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Qom Standard Championship 1404(Fajr Cup)

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29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Qom, Iran. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1749, and top seed was Korosh Alizadegan (🇮🇷 IRI, 2154).

Korosh Alizadegan (🇮🇷 IRI, 2154) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Mohamad Sadegh Bojand (5.5) and Alireza Maleki (5.5). Alizadegan shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Alireza Maleki (1653) beat Mohammad Javad Balaghi (1801), a +148-point gap.

Location
🇮🇷Qom, Iran
Dates
11 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷Korosh Alizadegan2154
Avg top 10
1,749
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇷Iran×24
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Korosh Alizadegan led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
3
1
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Alizadegan takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

Korosh Alizadegan takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Korosh Alizadegan drew with Mohamad Sadegh Bojand (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Korosh Alizadegan 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Mohamad Sadegh Bojand 3 wins (R1–R3)Alireza Maleki 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Korosh Alizadegan*
½
1
—
2Mohamad Sadegh Bojand
½
*
½
—
3Alireza Maleki
0
½
*
1
4Yasir Maiwada INUWA——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alizadegan, Korosh2154IRI+12B+9N+4B=2N+3B+8N+10B6.528.032.029.2521490.0
2Bojand , Mohamad Sadegh1857IRI+10N+15B+8N=1B+13B=3N=4B5.528.532.023.501977+18.4
3Maleki, Alireza1653IRI+16B+18N+13N+5B−1N=2B+9N5.528.031.021.751944+73.2
4Ansarizadeh, Mohammadreza1798IRI+22N+17B−1N+6B+9N=5B=2N5.028.530.518.751819+1.6
5INUWA, Yasir Maiwada1671NGR=11N+14B+24N−3N+7B=4N+8B5.026.528.018.001792+12.8
6Mehrjerdi, Parsina0IRI+25N−8B+19B−4N+12B+20N=13B4.522.023.512.7515040.0
7Mortazavi Rad, Hamidreza0IRI=24N−11B+23N+21B−5N+15B+14N4.520.021.511.7515910.0
8Mirgaluy Bayat, M Amin1733IRI+20B+6N−2B+12N+17B−1B−5N4.028.531.014.001087-40.0
9Shabani, Saleh1597IRI+27N−1B+11N+22B−4B+18N−3B4.026.027.510.501525-18.8
10Bakhshi, Vahid0IRI−2B+16N+18B−13N+19B+17N−1N4.025.028.012.5011360.0
11Jokar, Amir Erfan0IRI=5B+7N−9B+24B=15N−13N+19B4.023.525.013.2515760.0
12Bahmani, M Arad0IRI−1N+28B+14N−8B−6N+21B+17B4.023.524.59.5016700.0
13Balaghi, Mohammad Javad1801IRIF+19N−3B+10B−2N+11B=6N3.526.526.513.25955-44.8
14Oujari, Matin0IRI+21B−5N−12B=20N+29N+16B−7B3.521.522.57.7515850.0
15Zareei, Behrooz1570IRI+29B−2N+20B−17N=11B−7N+21N3.521.522.57.501678+4.8
16Khademi, Yasin0IRI−3N−10B+28N=25B+26N−14N+20B3.518.519.55.7516360.0
17Mansoorifard, Fatemeh0IRI+26B−4N+21B+15B−8N−10B−12N3.022.524.07.0016630.0
18Shabani, Arta0IRI+23N−3B−10N+27B+22N−9BF3.019.020.55.5015210.0
19FIDE 5620397090—+28N−13B−6N+29B−10N+22B−11N3.019.020.04.009990.0
20Imani, Ali0IRI−8N+23B−15N=14B+25N−6B−16N2.521.022.55.2514460.0
21Iranikhah, M Amin1499IRI−14N+27B−17N−7N+23B−12N−15B2.020.522.03.501594+15.2
22Ghasemi, Reza0IRI−4B+29N+25B−9N−18B−19N−23B2.018.519.52.508020.0
23Manouchehri, Mahdi1411IRI−18B−20N−7BF−21N+27B+22N2.015.515.53.501462+5.6
24Lashkari, Mahyar1605IRI=7B+26N−5B−11NFFF1.515.015.03.751645+4.4
25FIDE 5360820820—−6BF−22N=16N−20B−26B+28N1.515.015.02.758180.0
26Khavari, Arsalan1618IRI−17N−24B=27NF−16B+25NF1.514.015.02.251322-30.8
27Movahedi, Sina0IRI−9B−21N=26B−18N−28B−23N+29N1.513.514.51.751209-37.6
28FIDE 5620397170—−19B−12N−16BF+27N−29B−25B1.015.016.01.5014450.0
29FIDE 5360329050—−15N−22BF−19N−14B+28N−27B1.014.514.51.006980.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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