The 23th National Mens Chess Tournament of the ministry of energy - Standard 1404

Team SwissStandard

184 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Anzali, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1909, and top seed was Ali Rezazadeh (🇮🇷 IRI, 2028).

Abdolmajid Youselyani (🇮🇷 IRI, 1680) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Rahim Deljou (7.0) and Ahmadali Abri (6.0). Youselyani shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Saeid Hoseinzadeh (1485) beat Amin Karimian (1836), a +351-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Anzali, Iran

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Team · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Ali Rezazadeh2028

Avg top 10

1,909

Participants

184

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×167

Top 3

🥇
Abdolmajid Youselyani
🇮🇷IRI·1680
7.0pts·2580perf+25.0
🥈
Rahim Deljou
🇮🇷IRI·1924
7.0pts·2536perf+25.8
🥉
Ahmadali Abri
🇮🇷IRI·1789
6.0pts·2071perf+41.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
44	Youselyani, Abdolmajid	🇮🇷IRI	1680	7.0	1780	2580	+25.0
4	Deljou, Rahim	🇮🇷IRI	1924	7.0	1736	2536	+25.8
2	Abri, Ahmadali	🇮🇷IRI	1789	6.0	1798	2071	+41.0
3	Rezazadeh, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	2028	6.0	1735	2008	-2.4
26	Asadi, Farzam	🇮🇷IRI	1865	6.0	1664	1857	-0.2
6	Guran Orimi, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	1864	5.5	1777	1970	+16.8
1	Massoumi, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	1935	5.5	1732	1962	+4.0
8	Shafieizadeh Mahani, Sobhan	🇮🇷IRI	1792	5.5	1687	1880	+13.2
5	Adyani, Vahid	🇮🇷IRI	0	5.5	1698	1758	0.0
7	Karimian, Amin	🇮🇷IRI	1836	5.5	1687	1880	+7.4
12	Yousefiraki, Mojtaba	🇮🇷IRI	1893	5.5	1699	1848	-2.8
38	Zakipour, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	1822	5.5	1693	1966	+9.8
39	Radmehr, Hossein	🇮🇷IRI	1974	5.5	1702	1797	-30.8
77	Hasanzamani, Seyed Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	0	5.5	1714	1734	0.0
9	Amani, Mehran	🇮🇷IRI	1832	5.0	1706	1831	+0.8
21	Abazari Mahmoud Abadi, Mojtaba	🇮🇷IRI	1671	5.0	1753	1825	+19.6
10	Bahrani, Majid	🇮🇷IRI	1698	5.0	1756	1881	+29.2
11	Valinezhad, Daryoush	🇮🇷IRI	0	5.0	1742	1822	0.0
27	Boroumand, Amir Hosein	🇮🇷IRI	1767	5.0	1527	2327	+27.2
30	Khajehosseini, Mohammad Reza	🇮🇷IRI	1755	5.0	1660	1853	+10.0
22	Kazemi Hoseinabadi, Meisam	🇮🇷IRI	1706	5.0	1750	1822	+16.2
47	Farokhi, Mojtaba	🇮🇷IRI	1596	5.0	1679	1679	+9.0
91	Jafari, Davood	🇮🇷IRI	1698	5.0	1540	2340	+5.8
34	Salar, Amirhosein	🇮🇷IRI	1763	4.5	1832	1832	+16.8
15	Dianati, Reza	🇮🇷IRI	1779	4.5	1771	1828	+9.0
16	Dashti Nezhad, Parviz	🇮🇷IRI	1735	4.5	1775	1832	+16.2
20	Sedghi, Nader	🇮🇷IRI	1826	4.5	1695	1844	+4.2
17	Mohammad Hasani, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1788	4.5	1775	2111	+57.2
53	Azizi, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	1681	4.5	1690	1815	+10.2
137	Ebadi, Hossein	🇮🇷IRI	0	4.5	1841	1041	0.0
61	Tayebi, Seyed Hasan	🇮🇷IRI	1839	4.5	1610	1610	-33.6
35	Rostami, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1570	4.5	1660	1755	+38.8
14	Daryani, Kamran	🇮🇷IRI	1708	4.5	1661	1997	+51.6
75	Esfidani, Amir Mahdi	🇮🇷IRI	1795	4.5	1679	1679	-18.8
48	Varasteh, Reza	🇮🇷IRI	1858	4.5	1697	2497	+12.0
43	Malek, Arsalan	🇮🇷IRI	0	4.5	1603	1643	0.0
24	Abdolahi, Esmaeil	🇮🇷IRI	1665	4.0	1709	1709	+14.4
46	Taghizadeh, Naghi	🇮🇷IRI	1614	4.0	1755	1683	+7.6
49	Kafi Zadeh, Rahman	🇮🇷IRI	1666	4.0	1806	1734	+8.2
51	Mashi, Houshang	🇮🇷IRI	1895	4.0	1719	1647	-32.6
57	Hajari, Gholamreza	🇮🇷IRI	1711	4.0	1770	1698	-1.8
58	Poureshagh, Mahdi	🇮🇷IRI	0	4.0	1704	1704	0.0
29	Beheshti, Sasan	🇮🇷IRI	0	4.0	1678	1698	0.0
94	FIDE 428038339	—	0	4.0	1569	1569	0.0
42	Ebrahimpour, Hasan	🇮🇷IRI	1821	4.0	1686	1686	-26.4
108	Pouyandeh, Afshin	🇮🇷IRI	1583	4.0	1710	1585	-1.6
18	Yazdanshenas, Abozar	🇮🇷IRI	1584	4.0	1578	1914	+29.0
88	Lashkarian, Javad	🇮🇷IRI	1850	4.0	1836	2636	+9.6
31	Sharafifar, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	1789	4.0	1644	1837	+4.8
110	Alizadeh, Aliasghar	🇮🇷IRI	1560	4.0	1590	1590	+3.2
28	Heidari, S.vali	🇮🇷IRI	1665	4.0	1621	2421	+52.8
19	Esmaeili, Mahdi	🇮🇷IRI	1740	3.5	1686	1743	+2.8
70	Tabatabaei, Seyyed Aboalhasan	🇮🇷IRI	1729	3.5	1810	2003	+14.6
84	Anousheh, Mohammad Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1848	3.5	1687	1494	-71.6
13	Estakhri, Farid	🇮🇷IRI	1709	3.5	1689	1838	+18.2
25	Baharpour, Sajad	🇮🇷IRI	1566	3.5	1744	1937	+76.0
100	Ahmadi Khaneghahi, Yaser	🇮🇷IRI	1654	3.5	1801	1801	+14.4
62	Pishgir, Mohammad Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1699	3.5	1701	1701	+0.4
60	Zarei, Majid	🇮🇷IRI	1559	3.5	1654	1654	+14.8
37	Baratian, Kazem	🇮🇷IRI	1531	3.5	1604	1877	+49.2
87	Boorboori, Rasoul	🇮🇷IRI	1818	3.5	1655	2455	+11.2
76	Bashian, Navid	🇮🇷IRI	0	3.5	1508	1528	0.0
109	Nezhadali, Yousef	🇮🇷IRI	0	3.0	1690	1565	0.0
32	Shafiei, Mojtaba	🇮🇷IRI	1663	3.0	1794	1866	+26.4
89	Asadpour, Mehran	🇮🇷IRI	1725	3.0	1789	1596	-13.2
68	Orojeni Lak, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	1625	3.0	1840	1840	+16.6
41	Ghanbari, Mohammdreza	🇮🇷IRI	1692	3.0	1784	1784	+18.4
52	Ataeifar, Mohammadali	🇮🇷IRI	1705	3.0	1721	1721	+1.8
125	Sheikhi, Hossein	🇮🇷IRI	1655	3.0	1767	1494	-21.6
105	Bayati, Hamidreza	🇮🇷IRI	1645	3.0	1747	1554	-20.4
106	Shah Mohammadi, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	0	3.0	1705	1580	0.0
139	Sajadi, Nematollah	🇮🇷IRI	1519	3.0	1588	788	-16.2
114	Dabaghi, Ehsan	🇮🇷IRI	1747	3.0	1671	1349	-73.6
69	Adnani, Seyed Hadi	🇮🇷IRI	0	3.0	1586	1499	0.0
23	Saidani Navekesh, Sayed Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1665	3.0	1599	1792	+25.6
82	Heidari, Hamidreza	🇮🇷IRI	0	3.0	1653	1460	0.0
45	Hasani, Farhad	🇮🇷IRI	1522	3.0	1597	1597	+16.0
54	Peirovinezhad, Rahim	🇮🇷IRI	1601	3.0	1509	2309	+15.0
72	Hosseini, Saeed	🇮🇷IRI	1702	2.5	1792	1599	-32.0
86	Kabirian, Mortea	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.5	1608	1368	0.0
104	Hatamkhani, Esmaeil	🇮🇷IRI	1679	2.5	1636	1511	-25.6
65	Vali Dotapeh, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	1764	2.5	1878	1791	+2.8
117	Salimi Afrooz, Mohammad Taghi	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.5	1767	1445	0.0
33	Hazrati, Ghasem	🇮🇷IRI	1771	2.5	1800	1800	+6.4
83	Hadidi, Amin	🇮🇷IRI	1667	2.5	1779	1586	-8.4
107	Hoseinzadeh, Saeid	🇮🇷IRI	1485	2.5	1738	1613	+16.4
103	Rashidi, Mahmoud	🇮🇷IRI	1602	2.5	1774	1581	-4.4
71	Alizadeh, Davood	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.5	1646	1497	0.0
99	Rahimi, Mohsen	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.5	1736	1736	0.0
130	Sharbatchi, Sajad	🇮🇷IRI	1540	2.5	1751	1429	-17.6
36	Noparast, Reza	🇮🇷IRI	1831	2.5	1781	1876	+4.4
66	Sabouri, Farrokh	🇮🇷IRI	1815	2.5	1761	1761	-8.8
118	Akhavan Zakeri, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1706	2.5	1652	1379	-48.4
93	Jahantabi, Mehran	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.5	1606	1481	0.0
40	Ahmadian, Tahsin	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.5	1585	1605	0.0
79	Hashemi, Hojatolah	🇮🇷IRI	1574	2.5	1526	1526	-8.0
64	Nedaei, Behnam	🇮🇷IRI	1791	2.5	1732	1732	-8.8
162	Sharifzadeh, Ebrahim	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1787	987	0.0
136	Fathipoor, Mahdi	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1716	916	0.0
63	Eskandari, Roozbeh	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1701	1614	0.0
147	Hedayati, Farham	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1681	881	0.0
80	Karimi, Majid	🇮🇷IRI	1625	2.0	1648	1523	-16.0
164	Khosrojerdi, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1690	890	0.0
142	FIDE 562035320	—	0	2.0	1785	985	0.0
150	FIDE 562035495	—	0	2.0	1744	944	0.0
95	Khavari, Mahdi	🇮🇷IRI	1835	2.0	1675	1550	-20.6
74	Homayounnia, Abdollah	🇮🇷IRI	1413	2.0	1594	1507	+15.6
170	Hasanabadi, Ahmad	🇮🇷IRI	1709	2.0	1570	770	-13.8
102	Hazbeian, Salem	🇮🇷IRI	1826	2.0	1767	1642	-14.6
97	Saba, Omidreza	🇮🇷IRI	1422	2.0	1729	1729	+27.6
73	Barikani, Hosein	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1601	1514	0.0
56	Ghazavi, Hosein	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1745	1745	0.0
98	Azizi, Behrooz	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1600	1475	0.0
81	Ghadami, Eslam	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1530	1337	0.0
55	Delavar, Saeed	🇮🇷IRI	1751	2.0	1754	1879	+21.2
169	Norouzi Moghadam, Dariuosh	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1698	898	0.0
168	Salimi, Shoeib	🇮🇷IRI	0	2.0	1695	895	0.0
50	Ebrahimi, Esmaeil	🇮🇷IRI	1768	2.0	1646	1771	+0.4
90	FIDE 562035533	—	0	2.0	1461	1481	0.0
115	Taghizadeh, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1674	1.5	1841	1568	-7.4
124	Barghandan, Asghar	🇮🇷IRI	1701	1.5	1713	1391	-57.6
96	Hajari, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.5	1607	1414	0.0
155	Hoseinzadeh, Bahman	🇮🇷IRI	1636	1.5	1562	762	-71.2
59	Eskafi Noghani, Mahmoud	🇮🇷IRI	1695	1.5	1779	1779	+6.2
128	Nikzad, Yashar	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.5	1706	1513	0.0
78	Bahri, Mirabbas	🇮🇷IRI	1698	1.5	1701	1701	0.0
113	Harouni, Jahangir	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.5	1650	1457	0.0
67	Hasanzadeh, Ahmad	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.5	1591	1591	0.0
101	Poorheidar, Afshin	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1775	1502	0.0
134	Akbarpour, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1914	1114	0.0
182	Aghaei, Naghi	🇮🇷IRI	1609	1.0	1620	820	-19.4
92	Alaei Bafghi, Hamid	🇮🇷IRI	1715	1.0	1737	1497	-54.0
158	Dehghan Dehnavi, Hossein	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1825	1025	0.0
120	Yousefi, Hassan	🇮🇷IRI	1476	1.0	1584	1262	-39.6
145	Taghian, Abolghasem	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1635	835	0.0
177	Shahbakhti, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	1441	1.0	1738	938	-12.4
180	Molaei, Alireza	🇮🇷IRI	1509	1.0	1630	830	-19.4
159	Noorisadat, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	1603	1.0	1729	929	-40.4
146	FIDE 562035541	—	0	1.0	1610	810	0.0
157	Moeini, Hamid	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1721	921	0.0
165	Khanjani, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	1461	1.0	1844	1044	-7.2
111	Nosrati, Mansoor	🇮🇷IRI	1415	1.0	1713	1588	+21.6
133	FIDE 428067088	—	0	1.0	1699	899	0.0
85	Aghajani, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	1500	1.0	1560	1435	-5.0
156	FIDE 42742927	—	0	1.0	1683	883	0.0
126	Ebadifar, Majid	🇮🇷IRI	1497	1.0	1558	1365	-6.6
183	FIDE 562035509	—	0	1.0	1858	1058	0.0
143	Dehghan Manshadi, Behrooz	🇮🇷IRI	1565	1.0	1699	899	-12.8
174	Goli, Saeid	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1579	779	0.0
181	Molashahi, Mohammad	🇮🇷IRI	0	1.0	1485	685	0.0
176	FIDE 536037702	—	0	0.5	1711	911	0.0
122	Moslem, Foad	🇮🇷IRI	1784	0.5	1728	1455	-49.2
127	Malmir, Mostafa	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.5	1739	1417	0.0
132	Firoozjaee, Hossein	🇮🇷IRI	1790	0.5	1775	1502	-42.8
116	Nasiri, Ahmad	🇮🇷IRI	1805	0.5	1771	1449	-33.6
131	Zandi, Fardin	🇮🇷IRI	1559	0.5	1638	1316	-44.0
173	Senobarian, Hossein	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.5	1723	923	0.0
123	Shiran, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.5	1669	1476	0.0
129	FIDE 32752121	—	0	0.5	1658	1465	0.0
178	FIDE 562035347	—	0	0.5	1822	1022	0.0
121	Balazadeh, Esmaeil	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.5	1708	1435	0.0
119	Khazaee, Esmaeil	🇮🇷IRI	1780	0.5	1792	1599	-18.4
112	Moradi, Mohsen	🇮🇷IRI	1799	0.5	1725	1532	-28.4
163	FIDE 428038444	—	0	0.0	1747	947	0.0
179	Ghezeljaei, Hamrah	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1736	936	0.0
153	FIDE 562035525	—	0	0.0	1691	891	0.0
141	Nikouhasanabad, Farhad	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1830	1030	0.0
135	Basiri, Hadi	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1752	952	0.0
167	FIDE 32752300	—	0	0.0	1687	887	0.0
166	Malak Raeisi, Kazem	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1821	1021	0.0
154	Mokhtarzadeh, Mohammadreza	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1660	860	0.0
144	Jalili Vash, Iraj	🇮🇷IRI	1511	0.0	1413	613	-12.6
140	Daneshyar, Reza	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1673	873	0.0
152	Rahmani Cherati, Saber	🇮🇷IRI	1651	0.0	1812	1012	-13.4
161	Yazdani, Mohammadreza	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1541	741	0.0
151	Medghalchi, Bahman	🇮🇷IRI	1639	0.0	1882	1082	-16.8
160	FIDE 562035339	—	0	0.0	1752	952	0.0
148	Saberi, Saeid	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1924	1124	0.0
184	FIDE 536037613	—	0	0.0	1676	876	0.0
149	Aghajanloo, Ali	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1789	989	0.0
138	FIDE 36740357	—	0	0.0	1754	954	0.0
171	Nasr, Mojtaba	🇮🇷IRI	1515	0.0	1560	760	-17.6
175	Zabardast, Mehdi	🇮🇷IRI	0	0.0	1583	783	0.0
172	Zeini, Davoud	🇮🇷IRI	1794	0.0	1566	766	-15.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Baharpour, SajadIRI
+76.0
3.5 pts · #25
2Mohammad Hasani, AliIRI
+57.2
4.5 pts · #17
3Heidari, S.valiIRI
+52.8
4.0 pts · #28

Top rating losers

1Dabaghi, EhsanIRI
-73.6
3.0 pts · #114
2Anousheh, Mohammad AliIRI
-71.6
3.5 pts · #84
3Hoseinzadeh, BahmanIRI
-71.2
1.5 pts · #155

Biggest upsets

R4+351 Elo gap
Hoseinzadeh, Saeid1485 beat Karimian, Amin1836
R4+332 Elo gap
Nosrati, Mansoor1415 beat Dabaghi, Ehsan1747
R1+308 Elo gap
Baratian, Kazem1531 beat Tayebi, Seyed Hasan1839