Golestan Province Championship Standard 1404

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56 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Dec 2025 to 03 Jan 2026 in Gorgan, Iran. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1916, and top seed was Abolfazl Mogheyseh (🇮🇷 IRI, CM, 2150).

Abolfazl Mogheyseh (🇮🇷 IRI, CM, 2150) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Soroush Esmaeili (6.5) and Hosein Fenderski (5.0). Mogheyseh shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Behrad Momeni (1501) beat Parham Arab (1858), a +357-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Gorgan, Iran

Dates

31 Dec 2025 → 03 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷CMAbolfazl Mogheyseh2150

Avg top 10

1,916

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×52

Top 3

🥇
CMAbolfazl Mogheyseh
🇮🇷IRI·2150
6.5pts·2265perf+12.0
🥈
Soroush Esmaeili
🇮🇷IRI·2075
6.5pts·2259perf+22.0
🥉
Hosein Fenderski
🇮🇷IRI·1867
5.0pts·1935perf+15.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Mogheyseh6.5Esmaeili6.5Ghasemi5Saghaei5Fenderski5Shabanifard5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Mogheyseh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Abolfazl Mogheyseh drew with Soroush Esmaeili (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Abolfazl Mogheyseh 4 wins (R1–R4)Soroush Esmaeili 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMAbolfazl Mogheyseh	*	½	—	1
2Soroush Esmaeili	½	*	—	—
3Reza Ghasemi	—	—	*	—
4Parsina Saghaei	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mogheyseh, AbolfazlCM	2150	IRI	+40B	+16N	+3B	+28N	=2B	+6N	+5B	6.5	28.5	31.0	27.75	2265	+12.0
2	Esmaeili, Soroush	2075	IRI	+25N	+29B	+22N	+4B	=1N	+8B	+3N	6.5	28.0	31.0	27.75	2259	+22.0
3	Fenderski, Hosein	1867	IRI	+20N	+9B	−1N	+24B	+14B	+4N	−2B	5.0	31.0	34.5	21.50	1935	+15.0
4	Shabanifard, Mohammadsaleh	1764	IRI	+45B	+21N	+8B	−2N	+28B	−3B	+18N	5.0	26.5	28.5	17.00	1890	+43.2
5	Paeinmahalli, Ali	1696	IRI	+41B	−33N	+38B	+18N	+7B	+13B	−1N	5.0	26.0	28.5	19.00	1986	+35.0
6	Saghaei, Parsina	1831	IRI	=30N	+50B	+17N	+31B	+12N	−1B	=13N	5.0	25.5	27.0	16.75	1873	+23.2
7	Ghasemi, Reza	1847	IRI	+43N	+23B	−28N	+9B	−5N	+11B	+17N	5.0	24.5	27.0	19.00	1836	+3.6
8	Ebrahimi, Omid	1899	IRI	+47N	+24B	−4N	+29B	+10B	−2N	=14B	4.5	27.0	29.0	15.25	1842	-12.8
9	Gorzin, Mohammad Youna	1588	IRI	+55B	−3N	+21B	−7N	+45B	+19N	=10B	4.5	24.0	25.0	12.75	1735	+44.8
10	Sharafi, Avash	1838	IRI	F	+26B	+25N	+23B	−8N	+12B	=9N	4.5	24.0	24.0	17.25	1810	-1.6
11	Javdan, Asmail	1914	IRI	+46B	=36N	=12B	=16N	+22B	−7N	+21B	4.5	23.5	25.5	14.75	1779	-18.2
12	Mirzaie, Amir Arsalan	1763	IRI	+27N	+52B	=11N	+33B	−6B	−10N	+36B	4.5	23.5	24.5	12.75	1719	-8.4
13	Arab, Parham	1858	IRI	−32B	+35N	+46B	+19N	+34B	−5N	=6B	4.5	23.0	25.0	14.50	1709	-41.6
14	Seleyari, Mohammad Mahan	1721	IRI	F	+27B	+47N	+43B	−3N	+29B	=8N	4.5	20.5	20.5	13.25	1835	+18.6
15	Jafari, Behnia	1748	IRI	−21B	−45N	+53B	+35N	+38B	+34N	=33B	4.5	17.5	18.5	11.50	1563	-42.4
16	Rabipour, Zahra	1694	IRI	+44N	−1B	+20N	=11B	=31N	−17B	+46N	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.25	1729	+6.8
17	Mosayebi, Pourya	1637	IRI	=26N	+42B	−6B	=30N	+32B	+16N	−7B	4.0	23.5	26.0	12.75	1666	+3.6
18	Mogheyseh, Fatemeh	0	IRI	+37B	=31N	=19B	−5B	+23N	+40N	−4B	4.0	23.5	26.0	12.50	1664	0.0
19	IRI, Faramarz	1643	IRI	=42N	+30B	=18N	−13B	+20N	−9B	+32N	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.25	1654	+1.8
20	Sherafat Nia, Mohamad	1506	IRI	−3B	+55N	−16B	+41N	−19B	+49N	+34B	4.0	20.5	21.5	8.50	1562	+5.2
21	Taghipour, Arash	1420	IRI	+15N	−4B	−9N	+47B	=24N	+27B	−11N	3.5	25.5	27.5	11.75	1643	+73.2
22	Zareie, Kamyar	1832	IRI	+35B	+32N	−2B	−34N	−11N	+30B	=23N	3.5	23.5	26.5	10.75	1651	-56.4
23	Amanjani, Amir Ali	1539	IRI	+48B	−7N	+41B	−10N	−18B	+45N	=22B	3.5	21.5	23.5	8.25	1677	+30.8
24	Mohammadi, Amir Mohammad	1635	IRI	+54B	−8N	+45B	−3N	=21B	−26N	+35B	3.5	21.5	22.5	7.75	1633	-2.0
25	Madouei, Parviz	1521	IRI	−2B	+53N	−10B	−45N	=41B	+39N	+42B	3.5	21.0	22.0	7.75	1459	-11.4
26	Mansouri, Ali	0	IRI	=17B	−10N	−50N	+42B	+44N	+24B	F	3.5	20.0	21.5	10.50	1541	0.0
27	Golshahi, Mersad	1435	IRI	−12B	−14N	+54B	+37N	=51B	−21N	+40B	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.25	1548	+29.2
28	Safaeenezhad, Reza	1876	IRI	+38B	+34N	+7B	−1B	−4N	−36N	F	3.0	26.0	29.0	11.00	1733	-19.8
29	Naderian, Farhad	1642	IRI	+53B	−2N	+32B	−8N	+30B	−14N	F	3.0	24.5	25.5	7.00	1652	-1.6
30	Jamallivani, Radin	1456	IRI	=6B	−19N	+44N	=17B	−29N	−22N	+48B	3.0	22.0	24.0	9.00	1476	+0.8
31	Shafiee, Artin	1715	IRI	+39N	=18B	+36B	−6N	=16B	F	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	10.00	1725	+4.0
32	Momeni, Behrad	1501	IRI	+13N	−22B	−29N	+56B	−17N	+37N	−19B	3.0	22.0	22.0	7.50	1581	+20.0
33	Tafazzoli, Reza	0	IRI	+51N	+5B	F	−12N	=36B	F	=15N	3.0	21.5	21.5	10.25	1691	0.0
34	Harati Anaraki, Abdolhamid	1547	IRI	+56N	−28B	+52N	+22B	−13N	−15B	−20N	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.50	1523	-4.4
35	Mohammadpoor, Mitra	1472	IRI	−22N	−13B	+49N	−15B	+48N	+51B	−24N	3.0	20.0	21.5	5.50	1489	-10.4
36	Shokri, Barad	1576	IRI	F	=11B	−31N	+50B	=33N	+28B	−12N	3.0	19.5	19.5	8.25	1733	+36.8
37	Okhli, Ahmad	1630	IRI	−18N	+39B	−43N	−27B	+52N	−32B	+41B	3.0	18.5	19.5	6.50	1382	-32.8
38	Zareie, Mahyar	1509	IRI	−28N	+56B	−5N	+52B	−15N	+50B	F	3.0	18.0	18.0	2.50	1488	-8.0
39	Esmaeilnezhad, Parsa	1417	IRI	−31B	−37N	+48B	−40N	+56N	−25B	+52N	3.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	795	-44.4
40	Valiollahi, Alireza	1524	IRI	−1N	−44B	+42N	+39B	=43N	−18B	−27N	2.5	22.0	24.5	6.75	1482	-7.6
41	Vizvari, Radin	1416	IRI	−5N	+51B	−23N	−20B	=25N	+44B	−37N	2.5	21.5	23.0	5.75	1384	-10.0
42	Fakhr Hosseini, Seyed Sadra	0	IRI	=19B	−17N	−40B	−26N	+55N	+47B	−25N	2.5	19.5	20.5	5.00	1417	0.0
43	Kazemi, Rahmanberdi	1497	IRI	−7B	+48N	+37B	−14N	=40B	F	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	6.25	1593	+7.8
44	Abedi, Barsam	0	IRI	−16B	+40N	−30B	=46N	−26B	−41N	+54B	2.5	17.5	18.5	4.50	1371	0.0
45	Bagheri, Ahoura	1455	IRI	−4N	+15B	−24N	+25B	−9N	−23B	F	2.0	24.5	26.0	8.00	1507	+13.6
46	Rajaei, Hamin	1510	IRI	−11N	+49B	−13N	=44B	=50N	F	−16B	2.0	20.0	21.5	4.00	1395	-23.6
47	Torshizi, Javad	1509	IRI	−8B	+54N	−14B	−21N	−49B	−42N	+56B	2.0	18.0	18.0	1.00	880	-18.8
48	FIDE 428064011	0	—	−23N	−43B	−39N	+54N	−35B	+53B	−30N	2.0	16.0	17.0	2.00	687	0.0
49	Rahbar, Arash	0	IRI	F	−46N	−35B	F	+47N	−20B	+51N	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.50	1453	0.0
50	Molaeifar, Ali	1404	IRI	F	−6N	+26B	−36N	=46B	−38N	F	1.5	18.5	18.5	4.50	1278	-22.8
51	Alavi, Mir Mahmood	1575	IRI	−33B	−41N	F	+55B	=27N	−35N	−49B	1.5	15.0	15.0	2.75	1187	-29.2
52	Ansari, Barad	0	IRI	F	−12N	−34B	−38N	−37B	+56N	−39B	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	773	0.0
53	Kohzad, Morteza	0	IRI	−29N	−25B	−15N	F	+54B	−48N	−55B	1.0	16.0	17.0	1.00	835	0.0
54	FIDE 562016105	0	—	−24N	−47B	−27N	−48B	−53N	+55B	−44N	1.0	14.5	15.5	1.00	727	0.0
55	FIDE 536053210	0	—	−9N	−20B	F	−51N	−42B	−54N	+53N	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	757	0.0
56	FIDE 562017802	0	—	−34B	−38N	F	−32N	−39B	−52B	−47N	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	697	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Taghipour, ArashIRI
+73.2
3.5 pts · #15
2Gorzin, Mohammad YounaIRI
+44.8
4.5 pts · #14
3Shabanifard, MohammadsalehIRI
+43.2
5.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Zareie, KamyarIRI
-56.4
3.5 pts · #13
2Esmaeilnezhad, ParsaIRI
-44.4
3.0 pts · #54
3Jafari, BehniaIRI
-42.4
4.5 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R1+357 Elo gap
Momeni, Behrad1501 beat Arab, Parham1858
R1+328 Elo gap
Taghipour, Arash1420 beat Jafari, Behnia1748
R6+300 Elo gap
Shokri, Barad1576 beat Safaeenezhad, Reza1876