21st Qazvin Chess League 1404 Round 5-11
Team SwissStandard
57 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 13 Feb 2026 in Qazvin, Iran. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2029, and top seed was Mahyaar Mehry (🇮🇷 IRI, 2094).
Ali Mousivand (🇮🇷 IRI, 2045) won with 6.0/11, ahead of Mohammadreza Shahbazi (5.0) and Ehsan Poursalan (5.0). Mousivand shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ehsan Poursalan (1697) beat Mohammadreza Shahbazi (2054), a +357-point gap.
Location
🇮🇷Qazvin, Iran
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 13 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 11 rounds
Titled players · 1
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×53
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mousivand, Ali | 🇮🇷IRI | 2045 | 6.0 | 1788 | 2588 | +11.0 |
| 7 | Shahbazi, Mohammadreza | 🇮🇷IRI | 2054 | 5.0 | 1655 | 1848 | -13.0 |
| 1 | Poursalan, Ehsan | 🇮🇷IRI | 1697 | 5.0 | 1789 | 2029 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Rezaeii , Amirreza | 🇮🇷IRI | 1923 | 5.0 | 1649 | 2449 | +18.2 |
| 40 | WIMMohamadi, Niyousha | 🇮🇷IRI | 1910 | 4.5 | 1725 | 1532 | -39.6 |
| 17 | Mehri, Mohammad Mehdi | 🇮🇷IRI | 1755 | 4.0 | 1679 | 1804 | +8.0 |
| 6 | Taleshi, Radmehr | 🇮🇷IRI | 2003 | 4.0 | 1681 | 1874 | -15.6 |
| 8 | Afrooz, Mohammad Taha | 🇮🇷IRI | 1863 | 4.0 | 1740 | 2540 | +40.8 |
| 3 | Poursalan, Iman | 🇮🇷IRI | 1742 | 4.0 | 1671 | 1743 | +0.4 |
| 18 | Khodabandehloo, Arad | 🇮🇷IRI | 1603 | 4.0 | 1772 | 1772 | +14.8 |
| 16 | Ghasem Karimi, Adib | 🇮🇷IRI | 2015 | 4.0 | 1626 | 2426 | +3.2 |
| 5 | Rezaeipour, Sina | 🇮🇷IRI | 2024 | 4.0 | 1729 | 2529 | +20.8 |
| 32 | Rouhi, Arash | 🇮🇷IRI | 1583 | 3.0 | 1725 | 1725 | +16.0 |
| 10 | Abedi, Amin | 🇮🇷IRI | 1983 | 3.0 | 1672 | 2472 | +5.6 |
| 20 | Aghaei, Sina | 🇮🇷IRI | 1651 | 2.5 | 1798 | 1798 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Rahmani, Milad | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 2.5 | 1609 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Sharafi, Amirhossein | 🇮🇷IRI | 1994 | 2.0 | 1874 | 1749 | -38.0 |
| 11 | Nabizadeh, Nikan | 🇮🇷IRI | 1521 | 2.0 | 1758 | 1758 | +40.4 |
| 28 | Amirpour, Gholamreza | 🇮🇷IRI | 1565 | 2.0 | 1770 | 1577 | -1.4 |
| 22 | Alizadeh, Mohammad Mahdi | 🇮🇷IRI | 1532 | 2.0 | 1803 | 1678 | +14.4 |
| 14 | Hadadi, Mahdi | 🇮🇷IRI | 1844 | 2.0 | 1784 | 1909 | +4.8 |
| 31 | Akbari, Hossein | 🇮🇷IRI | 1888 | 2.0 | 1858 | 1733 | -10.4 |
| 12 | Siadat, Seyed Gholamreza | 🇮🇷IRI | 1580 | 2.0 | 1695 | 1695 | +9.0 |
| 24 | Najafi Tabar, Aydin | 🇮🇷IRI | 1956 | 2.0 | 1656 | 1656 | -13.6 |
| 15 | Mardali, Yousef | 🇮🇷IRI | 2051 | 2.0 | 1984 | 2784 | +36.8 |
| 13 | Sharifi Razavi, Mohammadtaha | 🇮🇷IRI | 1892 | 2.0 | 1750 | 2550 | +24.0 |
| 25 | Mahdi Beygi, Alireza | 🇮🇷IRI | 1582 | 2.0 | 1806 | 2606 | +15.8 |
| 43 | Mehry, Mahyaar | 🇮🇷IRI | 2094 | 2.0 | 2015 | 1215 | -12.0 |
| 30 | Khezri, Seyed Majid | 🇮🇷IRI | 1656 | 2.0 | 1406 | 2206 | +4.2 |
| 19 | Dezhdar, Roozbeh | 🇮🇷IRI | 2031 | 1.5 | 1633 | 1826 | -6.8 |
| 27 | Aghaalikhani, Amirabbas | 🇮🇷IRI | 1479 | 1.0 | 1686 | 1446 | -13.6 |
| 26 | Razavizadeh, Amirabbas | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 1.0 | 1752 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Rahmani, Parviz | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 1.0 | 1783 | 1783 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Rahmani, Mohsen | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 1.0 | 1817 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Bahadori, Saeid | 🇮🇷IRI | 1419 | 1.0 | 1743 | 943 | -8.6 |
| 34 | Taherkhani, Mostafa | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 1.0 | 1765 | 1765 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sotoude Nia, Mahdiar | 🇮🇷IRI | 1898 | 1.0 | 1683 | 1683 | -9.0 |
| 54 | Taherkhani, Mahdi | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 1.0 | 1827 | 1027 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Karimi, Amirreza | 🇮🇷IRI | 1452 | 0.5 | 1735 | 935 | -26.8 |
| 38 | Shams, Amirali | 🇮🇷IRI | 1419 | 0.5 | 1723 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Mohamadi, Mahdi | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 0.5 | 1694 | 1501 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Kahak, Mohammad Sadra | 🇮🇷IRI | 1602 | 0.5 | 1715 | 1442 | -22.4 |
| 35 | Shafaei, Vahid | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 0.5 | 1863 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Karimi, Aref | 🇮🇷IRI | 1662 | 0.5 | 1864 | 1064 | -36.0 |
| 36 | Lamei Ramand, Behrooz | 🇮🇷IRI | 1551 | 0.5 | 1758 | 1485 | -5.4 |
| 55 | Nourmohammadi, Kamyar | 🇮🇷IRI | 1464 | 0.5 | 1874 | 1074 | -3.2 |
| 50 | FIDE 536085065 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1748 | 948 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 32748329 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1808 | 1008 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 32714190 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1867 | 1067 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Zamani, Mohammadmahdi | 🇮🇷IRI | 1418 | 0.0 | 1897 | 1097 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 562029681 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1725 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Seydabadi, Mohsen | 🇮🇷IRI | 1658 | 0.0 | 1916 | 1116 | -15.2 |
| 41 | Sheykhmohammadi, Ali | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 0.0 | 1763 | 963 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Ghafouri, Soheil | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 0.0 | 2081 | 1281 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Bajelan, Alireza | 🇮🇷IRI | 0 | 0.0 | 1914 | 1114 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Soudmand, Sayed Mohsen | 🇮🇷IRI | 1806 | 0.0 | 1742 | 942 | -23.2 |
| 45 | Ghoorchibeygi, Alireza | 🇮🇷IRI | 1845 | 0.0 | 1585 | 785 | -16.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Afrooz, Mohammad TahaIRI+40.84.0 pts · #8
- 2Nabizadeh, NikanIRI+40.42.0 pts · #11
- 3Poursalan, EhsanIRI+40.45.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Mohamadi, NiyoushaWIMIRI-39.64.5 pts · #40
- 2Sharafi, AmirhosseinIRI-38.02.0 pts · #23
- 3Karimi, ArefIRI-36.00.5 pts · #51
Biggest upsets
- R5+357 Elo gap
- R6+265 Elo gap
- R7+224 Elo gap