Markazi Standard Dey 1404

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53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 26 Dec 2025 in Arak, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Mostafa Ahmadi Tari (🇮🇷 IRI, 1901).

Reza Saeedi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1831) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Noyan Heydarian (5.5) and Parham Soleymani (5.5). Saeedi won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Saeed Sotoude Nia (1476) beat Masoud Abdoli (1833), a +357-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Arak, Iran

Dates

23 Dec 2025 → 26 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Mostafa Ahmadi Tari1901

Avg top 10

1,833

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×49

Top 3

🥇
Reza Saeedi
🇮🇷IRI·1831
7.0pts·2498perf+48.0
🥈
Noyan Heydarian
🇮🇷IRI·1749
5.5pts·1970perf+70.4
🥉
Parham Soleymani
🇮🇷IRI·1804
5.5pts·1882perf+29.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Reza Saeedi led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Saeedi7Soleymani5.5Heydarian5.5Abdoli5Ahmadi Tari5Yousefi5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Reza Saeedi never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Reza Saeedi beat Parham Soleymani (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Reza Saeedi 7 wins (R1–R7)Parham Soleymani 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Reza Saeedi	*	1	1	—
2Parham Soleymani	0	*	—	—
3Noyan Heydarian	0	—	*	—
4Masoud Abdoli	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Saeedi, Reza	1831	IRI	+30N	+16B	+5N	+3B	+10N	+2B	+11N	7.0	29.0	32.0	32.00	2498	+48.0
2	Heydarian, Noyan	1749	IRI	+33N	+26B	=11N	+4B	+6B	−1N	+10N	5.5	29.0	31.5	22.25	1970	+70.4
3	Soleymani, Parham	1804	IRI	+31B	+46N	+15B	−1N	+18B	+5N	=7B	5.5	28.0	29.5	20.00	1882	+29.2
4	Saeidi, Shahrokh	1762	IRI	+50B	+32N	=7B	−2N	+13N	=8B	+17N	5.0	26.5	27.0	16.50	1794	+12.0
5	Gorgvand, Gholamreza	1649	IRI	+53B	+38N	−1B	+14N	+12B	−3B	+13N	5.0	26.5	26.5	14.00	1720	+20.0
6	Ahmadi Tari, Mostafa	1901	IRI	F	+22N	+12B	+8B	−2N	+17B	+27N	5.0	25.5	25.5	20.00	1925	+3.8
7	Yousefi, Mahyar	1876	IRI	+25N	+45B	=4N	=27B	+16N	=10B	=3N	5.0	25.0	26.5	17.50	1823	-5.6
8	Soleimany, Alireza	1692	IRI	+44B	=14N	+39B	−6N	+21B	=4N	+12B	5.0	24.0	25.5	16.00	1683	-0.8
9	Abdoli, Masoud	1833	IRI	+19B	−12N	−23B	+22N	+31B	+26N	+14B	5.0	22.5	25.5	18.00	1663	-43.6
10	Borji, Parham	1791	IRI	+40N	+13B	+17N	+11B	−1B	=7N	−2B	4.5	30.0	32.0	17.00	1810	+4.6
11	Menhaj, Ali	1881	IRI	+23B	+18N	=2B	−10N	+39B	+20N	−1B	4.5	28.5	30.5	16.25	1691	-22.4
12	Salami, Sina	1572	IRI	+34N	+9B	−6N	+28B	−5N	+25B	−8N	4.0	26.0	28.5	13.50	1673	+28.4
13	Mamashli, Arshia	1539	IRI	+52B	−10N	+29B	+15N	−4B	+19N	−5B	4.0	25.5	25.5	11.00	1588	+10.8
14	Mikaeili, Elshan	1500	IRI	+35N	=8B	=24N	−5B	+33N	+28B	−9N	4.0	24.0	26.5	12.25	1593	+21.6
15	Lashkari, Mahyar	1663	IRI	+21N	+20B	−3N	−13B	−25N	+50B	+28N	4.0	23.5	24.0	11.50	1384	-58.0
16	Bahrami, Gholamreza	1580	IRI	+43B	−1N	+44B	+40N	−7B	=23N	=20B	4.0	23.0	24.5	8.75	1457	-9.4
17	Shayan Manesh, Ali Akbar	1647	IRI	+49B	+47N	−10B	+19N	+23B	−6N	−4B	4.0	23.0	23.5	9.00	1712	+19.2
18	Khademi Araghi, Sheragim	1587	IRI	+36N	−11B	+33N	+26B	−3N	−27B	+25N	4.0	21.5	24.0	11.00	1584	-8.0
19	Mohammad Talebi, Roham	1451	IRI	−9N	+34B	+45N	−17B	+24N	−13B	+37N	4.0	21.0	22.5	9.50	1581	+32.8
20	Hafizi, Mehrdad	0	IRI	+?B	−15N	+32B	+37N	=27N	−11B	=16N	4.0	20.5	20.5	8.50	1652	0.0
21	Ghafari, Mahla	0	IRI	−15B	+?N	=46B	+43N	−8N	+39B	=32B	4.0	17.0	17.0	5.75	1408	0.0
22	Mohamadi Rad, Sobhan	1615	IRI	F	−6B	+50N	−9B	+49N	+37B	+23N	4.0	16.5	16.5	6.50	1614	-2.4
23	Sotoude Nia, Saeed	1476	IRI	−11N	+36B	+9N	+24B	−17N	=16B	−22B	3.5	25.0	27.5	13.00	1644	+21.2
24	Sharifi Neyestany, Ali	1647	IRI	+37N	F	=14B	−23N	−19B	+40N	+29B	3.5	18.5	18.5	9.00	1199	-67.6
25	Baklou, Akram	1460	IRI	−7B	−29N	+34B	+35N	+15B	−12N	−18B	3.0	22.5	25.0	9.00	1482	+0.8
26	Jalalvandi, Mohammadreza	1497	IRI	F	−2N	+35B	−18N	+40B	−9B	+30N	3.0	22.0	22.0	7.50	1456	-11.2
27	Arvan, Rayan	1640	IRI	F	+41B	F	=7N	=20B	+18N	−6B	3.0	21.0	21.0	10.50	1793	+22.8
28	Saeidifar, Danial	1484	IRI	−47B	+49N	+38B	−12N	+29B	−14N	−15B	3.0	18.0	18.5	5.50	858	-51.6
29	Masoudi, Mahoor	0	IRI	−45N	+25B	−13N	+30B	−28N	+?B	−24N	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.00	1472	0.0
30	Shabani, Ali	1411	IRI	−1B	−43N	+52B	−29N	+44B	+38N	−26B	3.0	18.0	18.0	3.50	854	-18.4
31	Zolfali, Diana	1409	IRI	−3N	F	=43B	+51B	−9N	=33B	+34N	3.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1007	-6.4
32	Barati, Amirali	1520	IRI	F	−4B	−20N	=49B	+41N	+43B	=21N	3.0	17.0	17.5	5.75	962	-8.0
33	FIDE 562030140	0	—	−2B	+51N	−18B	+38N	−14B	=31N	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	4.00	1243	0.0
34	Pourjafari, Ahmad	0	IRI	−12B	−19N	−25N	+?B	=35B	+51N	−31B	2.5	17.0	17.0	1.75	669	0.0
35	Shali, Raha	0	IRI	−14B	F	−26N	−25B	=34N	+49B	+36N	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.25	685	0.0
36	Meykadeh, Moein	0	IRI	−18B	−23N	+?B	=50N	−37B	+44N	−35B	2.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	744	0.0
37	Ghasemi, Mahan	0	IRI	−24B	+?N	F	−20B	+36N	−22N	−19B	2.0	18.0	18.0	2.50	1354	0.0
38	Yarmohammadi, Abdollah	0	IRI	F	−5B	−28N	−33B	+42N	−30B	+39N	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	722	0.0
39	Yari, Siavash	0	IRI	+?B	F	−8N	+41B	−11N	−21N	−38B	2.0	17.5	17.5	2.00	1562	0.0
40	Alborzi, Nikan	0	IRI	−10B	+52N	F	−16B	−26N	−24B	+49N	2.0	16.5	16.5	0.50	829	0.0
41	Majidi, Sadra	0	IRI	F	−27N	+?B	−39N	−32B	F	+43N	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	1424	0.0
42	Salimi, Hamidreza	0	IRI	−46B	−44N	F	=?N	−38B	+?N	=51B	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.25	1319	0.0
43	Nazaryanzad, Pooyan	0	IRI	−16N	+30B	=31N	−21B	F	−32N	−41B	1.5	19.0	20.5	4.50	1393	0.0
44	FIDE 428032144	0	—	−8N	+42B	−16N	=45B	−30N	−36B	−?N	1.5	18.0	18.0	2.75	1188	0.0
45	Aliabadi, Saeed	1601	IRI	+29B	−7N	−19B	=44N	−48B	F	F	1.5	16.5	16.5	3.75	855	-35.6
46	Tayebi, Abolfazl	1525	IRI	+42N	−3B	=21N	F	F	F	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	4.00	1004	-6.8
47	Sotoude Nia, Mahdiar	1898	IRI	+28N	−17B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1577	-29.2
48	Mohammadi, Mohammad	0	IRI	F	F	F	F	+45N	F	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	1621	0.0
49	Haditale, Anita	0	IRI	−17N	−28B	F	=32N	−22B	−35N	−40B	0.5	18.5	20.5	1.50	1251	0.0
50	Alikhani, Kiyan	0	IRI	−4N	F	−22B	=36B	F	−15N	F	0.5	16.0	16.0	1.25	881	0.0
51	FIDE 428049314	0	—	F	−33B	F	−31N	F	−34B	=42N	0.5	13.5	13.5	1.00	609	0.0
52	FIDE 42766419	0	—	−13N	−40B	−30N	F	F	F	−?B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	674	0.0
53	Ghanati, Mohsen	0	IRI	−5N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	849	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Heydarian, NoyanIRI
+70.4
5.5 pts · #6
2Saeedi, RezaIRI
+48.0
7.0 pts · #1
3Mohammad Talebi, RohamIRI
+32.8
4.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Sharifi Neyestany, AliIRI
-67.6
3.5 pts · #36
2Lashkari, MahyarIRI
-58.0
4.0 pts · #27
3Saeidifar, DanialIRI
-51.6
3.0 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R3+357 Elo gap
Sotoude Nia, Saeed1476 beat Abdoli, Masoud1833
R2+261 Elo gap
Salami, Sina1572 beat Abdoli, Masoud1833
R2+251 Elo gap
Shayan Manesh, Ali Akbar1647 beat Sotoude Nia, Mahdiar1898