South Khorasan Standard Chess Championship 1404 - Men
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Dec 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Birjand, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1483, and top seed was Alborz Ghiyasi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1927).
Alireza Dehghani (🇮🇷 IRI, 1847) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Alborz Ghiyasi (3.5) and Ali Gholami (3.0). Dehghani won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Hamid Moini (1453) beat Abolfazl Hosseini Sourgi (1788), a +335-point gap.
Location
🇮🇷Birjand, Iran
Dates
14 Dec 2025 → 22 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAlireza Dehghani led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
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R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Alireza Dehghani never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Alireza Dehghani won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alireza Dehghani | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Alborz Ghiyasi | — | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3Ali Gholami | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Pouriya Hasani Bid | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dehghani, Alireza | 1847 | IRI | +7N | +4B | +5N | =6B | +3N | 4.5 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.75 | 1933 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Ghiyasi, Alborz | 1927 | IRI | +13B | −3N | +9B | =4N | +7B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1758 | -30.0 |
| 3 | Gholami, Ali | 1668 | IRI | +8N | +2B | −6N | +5B | −1B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 8.50 | 1707 | +3.8 |
| 4 | Hasani Bid, Pouriya | 1666 | IRI | +11B | −1N | +8B | =2B | =6N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1666 | -1.6 |
| 5 | Moini, Hamid | 1453 | IRI | +10B | +13N | −1B | −3N | +9B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1642 | +22.8 |
| 6 | Bagheri, Taha | 1602 | IRI | F | =9N | +3B | =1N | =4B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 1837 | +48.8 |
| 7 | Hajipour, Edris | 1438 | IRI | −1B | +11N | =10N | +12B | −2N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1027 | -3.2 |
| 8 | Khayat, Parham | 0 | IRI | −3B | +12N | −4N | +11B | −10N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 868 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Hosseini Sourgi, Abolfazl | 1788 | IRI | F | =6B | −2N | +10B | −5N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1388 | -28.6 |
| 10 | Sheykhi, Mohammad | 0 | IRI | −5N | F | =7B | −9N | +8B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1283 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Khosravi, Kasra | 0 | IRI | −4N | −7B | F | −8N | +13B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 562028910 | 0 | — | F | −8B | +13N | −7N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 627 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Azadeh, Amin | 1445 | IRI | −2N | −5B | −12B | F | −11N | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 891 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bagheri, TahaIRI+48.82.5 pts · #3
- 2Moini, HamidIRI+22.83.0 pts · #6
- 3Dehghani, AlirezaIRI+8.04.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Ghiyasi, AlborzIRI-30.03.5 pts · #2
- 2Hosseini Sourgi, AbolfazlIRI-28.61.5 pts · #7
- 3Hajipour, EdrisIRI-3.22.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R5+335 Elo gap
- R2+259 Elo gap