6th PhileKhoob Mehr Cup Standard 2025 Group A (Rating 1750 to 2200)
17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 22 Oct 2025 in Arak, Iran. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1963, and top seed was Amir Hossein Jamshidi (🇮🇷 IRI, FM, 2164).
Mohammad Hossein Heravi (🇮🇷 IRI, 2157) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Amir Hossein Jamshidi (7.5) and Koorosh Biglarifard (6.5). Heravi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Behrad Vasheghani (1834) beat Mohammad Malekzadeh (2085), a +251-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
FM Amir Hossein Jamshidi held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Heravi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).
FM Amir Hossein Jamshidi beat Mohammad Hossein Heravi (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAmir Hossein Jamshidi | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Mohammad Hossein Heravi | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3CMKoorosh Biglarifard | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Shervin Gharaee Shirazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heravi, Mohammad Hossein | 2157 | IRI | +14B | +16N | −2B | +4N | =3N | +13B | +5N | +8B | +6N | 7.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 24.25 | 2154 | +3.0 |
| 2 | Jamshidi, Amir HosseinFM | 2164 | IRI | +17N | +4B | +1N | +3B | =10N | +5B | +9N | +6B | F | 7.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 33.00 | 2371 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Biglarifard, KooroshCM | 1911 | IRI | +15N | +6B | +13N | −2N | =1B | =9N | =10B | +4B | +11N | 6.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 22.00 | 2101 | +88.0 |
| 4 | Gharaee Shirazi, Shervin | 1875 | IRI | +8B | −2N | +16B | −1B | =6N | +11N | +13B | −3N | +5B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 14.50 | 1988 | +52.4 |
| 5 | Azizi, Alireza | 1897 | IRI | =11B | +9N | −10N | +6B | +8B | −2N | −1B | +12N | −4N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 14.75 | 1941 | +19.2 |
| 6 | Vasheghani, Behrad | 1834 | IRI | +9B | −3N | =8B | −5N | =4B | +12N | +11B | −2N | −1B | 4.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 13.00 | 1917 | +35.6 |
| 7 | Assarzadeh, Nazanin Fatemeh | 1786 | IRI | −13B | +17B | =12N | −15N | −11B | +16N | =8B | +14B | F | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1835 | +21.2 |
| 8 | Kamran, Ali | 1765 | IRI | −4N | +15B | =6N | +12B | −5N | =14B | =7N | −1N | F | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 8.25 | 1853 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Malekzadeh, Mohammad | 2085 | IRI | −6N | −5B | +17N | +16B | +14N | =3B | −2B | F | F | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 4.75 | 1893 | -33.2 |
| 10 | Karimi Soureh, Kiarash | 1810 | IRI | +12N | F | +5B | F | =2B | F | =3N | F | F | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 14.00 | 2181 | +74.8 |
| 11 | Golzari, Amirmohammad | 1804 | IRI | =5N | −12B | −14N | +17B | +7N | −4B | −6N | F | −3B | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 6.25 | 1729 | -30.8 |
| 12 | Sotoude Nia, Mahdiar | 1979 | IRI | −10B | +11N | =7B | −8N | F | −6B | +14N | −5B | F | 2.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 6.00 | 1717 | -99.2 |
| 13 | Saeedi, Reza | 1880 | IRI | +7N | F | −3B | F | +15B | −1N | −4N | F | F | 2.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 5.00 | 1836 | -7.2 |
| 14 | Soleymani, Parham | 1838 | IRI | −1N | F | +11B | F | −9B | =8N | −12B | −7N | F | 1.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.25 | 1736 | -34.0 |
| 15 | Borji, Parham | 1808 | IRI | −3B | −8N | F | +7B | −13N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 1643 | -17.0 |
| 16 | Sousanabadi Farahani, Ramin | 1763 | IRI | F | −1B | −4N | −9N | F | −7B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.00 | 1176 | -20.6 |
| 17 | Kosari, Sarina | 1847 | IRI | −2B | −7N | −9B | −11N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 1159 | -58.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Biglarifard, KooroshCMIRI+88.06.5 pts · #3
- 2Karimi Soureh, KiarashIRI+74.83.0 pts · #10
- 3Gharaee Shirazi, ShervinIRI+52.45.5 pts · #4
- 1Sotoude Nia, MahdiarIRI-99.22.5 pts · #11
- 2Kosari, SarinaIRI-58.80.0 pts · #17
- 3Soleymani, ParhamIRI-34.01.5 pts · #14
- R1+251 Elo gap
- R4+214 Elo gap
- R2+188 Elo gap