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6th PhileKhoob Mehr Cup Standard 2025 Group A (Rating 1750 to 2200)

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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.

Location
🇮🇷Arak, Iran
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 22 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷FMAmir Hossein Jamshidi2164
Avg top 10
1,963
Participants
17
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Amir Hossein Jamshidi held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Heravi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Amir Hossein Jamshidi beat Mohammad Hossein Heravi (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Heravi, Mohammad Hossein2157IRI+14B+16N2B+4N=3N+13B+5N+8B+6N7.535.035.024.252154+3.0
2Jamshidi, Amir HosseinFM2164IRI+17N+4B+1N+3B=10N+5B+9N+6BF7.534.534.533.002371+25.2
3Biglarifard, KooroshCM1911IRI+15N+6B+13N2N=1B=9N=10B+4B+11N6.535.536.522.002101+88.0
4Gharaee Shirazi, Shervin1875IRI+8B2N+16B1B=6N+11N+13B3N+5B5.538.038.014.501988+52.4
5Azizi, Alireza1897IRI=11B+9N10N+6B+8B2N1B+12N4N4.537.039.514.751941+19.2
6Vasheghani, Behrad1834IRI+9B3N=8B5N=4B+12N+11B2N1B4.041.043.513.001917+35.6
7Assarzadeh, Nazanin Fatemeh1786IRI13B+17B=12N15N11B+16N=8B+14BF4.013.013.04.501835+21.2
8Kamran, Ali1765IRI4N+15B=6N+12B5N=14B=7N1NF3.530.530.58.251853+15.6
9Malekzadeh, Mohammad2085IRI6N5B+17N+16B+14N=3B2BFF3.524.024.04.751893-33.2
10Karimi Soureh, Kiarash1810IRI+12NF+5BF=2BF=3NFF3.021.021.014.002181+74.8
11Golzari, Amirmohammad1804IRI=5N12B14N+17B+7N4B6NF3B2.528.528.56.251729-30.8
12Sotoude Nia, Mahdiar1979IRI10B+11N=7B8NF6B+14N5BF2.523.023.06.001717-99.2
13Saeedi, Reza1880IRI+7NF3BF+15B1N4NFF2.024.524.55.001836-7.2
14Soleymani, Parham1838IRI1NF+11BF9B=8N12B7NF1.523.523.54.251736-34.0
15Borji, Parham1808IRI3B8NF+7B13NFFFF1.016.016.04.001643-17.0
16Sousanabadi Farahani, Ramin1763IRIF1B4N9NF7BFFF0.020.520.50.001176-20.6
17Kosari, Sarina1847IRI2B7N9B11NFFFFF0.017.517.50.001159-58.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets