2nd Royal King Genaveh Standard Cup Bahman 1404

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43 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Genaveh, Iran. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2109, and top seed was Hamidreza Tahmasebi (🇮🇷 IRI, FM, 2354).

Hamidreza Tahmasebi (🇮🇷 IRI, FM, 2354) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mahdi Khademi (6.5) and Pouya Mari Ooriad (6.5). Tahmasebi shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Sobhan Aboutalebi (1804) beat Parham Habibifard (2168), a +364-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Genaveh, Iran

Dates

17 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷FMHamidreza Tahmasebi2354

Avg top 10

2,109

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×3

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×43

Top 3

🥇
FMHamidreza Tahmasebi
🇮🇷IRI·2354
7.5pts·2350perf+2.4
🥈
Mahdi Khademi
🇮🇷IRI·2162
6.5pts·2198perf+12.4
🥉
Pouya Mari Ooriad
🇮🇷IRI·2096
6.5pts·2168perf+20.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Hamidreza Tahmasebi led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Tahmasebi7.5Zahmati6.5Mari Ooriad6.5Khademi6.5Vaziri6.5Khalesi6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Hamidreza Tahmasebi never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Hamidreza Tahmasebi drew with FM Sobhan Zahmati (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Pouya Mari Ooriad won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMHamidreza Tahmasebi	*	½	½	½
2FMSobhan Zahmati	½	*	½	½
3Pouya Mari Ooriad	½	½	*	0
4Mahdi Khademi	½	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tahmasebi, HamidrezaFM	2354	IRI	+17N	+13B	=5N	+12B	+6N	=2B	+4N	=3B	+8N	7.5	47.5	52.5	42.75	2350	+2.4
2	Khademi, Mahdi	2162	IRI	+32B	+22N	+8B	=14N	+3B	=1N	=5B	=13N	=6B	6.5	46.5	50.0	35.00	2198	+12.4
3	Mari Ooriad, Pouya	2096	IRI	+21N	+19B	+10N	=6B	−2N	+29B	+8N	=1N	=5B	6.5	46.5	50.0	33.50	2168	+20.8
4	Vaziri, Rasool	2083	IRI	+23N	+15B	−6N	+7B	+19B	=8N	−1B	+10N	+13B	6.5	44.5	49.0	32.75	2129	+13.0
5	Zahmati, SobhanFM	2091	IRI	+36B	+30N	=1B	+26N	F	+14B	=2N	+7B	=3N	6.5	41.0	41.0	30.75	2246	+31.6
6	Khalesi, VahidFM	2233	IRI	+18B	+9N	+4B	=3N	−1B	=13N	+20B	=14N	=2N	6.0	47.5	52.0	33.00	2148	-13.4
7	Khosravi, Korosh	1899	IRI	+20B	−12N	+21B	−4N	+37B	+16N	+9B	−5N	=14B	5.5	42.5	44.5	24.00	1985	+42.8
8	Namdarigharghani, Parsa	1949	IRI	+38N	+40B	−2N	+28B	+15N	=4B	−3B	+19N	−1B	5.5	42.0	43.0	19.25	2030	+18.6
9	Salehi reihani, Bahamin	1908	IRI	+24N	−6B	+17N	−15B	=33N	+30B	−7N	+25B	+20N	5.5	38.0	41.0	23.00	1890	-4.9
10	Ghasemi, Abdollah	1924	IRI	+41N	+37B	−3B	=22N	+26B	=19N	=14B	−4B	+16N	5.5	38.0	39.0	19.00	1950	+7.8
11	Hashemi Zadeh, Seyyed Kasra	1931	IRI	=34B	+29N	−26B	−19N	F	+31B	+21N	+18N	+17B	5.5	33.0	33.0	23.00	1927	-0.8
12	Habibifard, Parham	2168	IRI	+31N	+7B	−14N	−1N	+32B	+18N	−13B	−17N	+19B	5.0	41.0	44.5	22.00	1952	-80.2
13	Ghiyasi, Alborz	1912	IRI	+16B	−1N	+43B	F	+30N	=6B	+12N	=2B	−4N	5.0	41.0	41.0	20.75	2132	+84.8
14	Mahmoudi, Mohammad Pouria	2026	IRI	+33B	+43N	+12B	=2B	F	−5N	=10N	=6B	=7N	5.0	39.0	39.0	20.75	2102	+33.2
15	Dargahi, Abolfazl	1805	IRI	+25B	−4N	+35B	+9N	−8B	−20N	+22B	−16N	+33B	5.0	38.5	41.0	19.50	1844	+8.8
16	Shakibaei Yekta, Ouriya	1722	IRI	−13N	+31B	−19N	+17B	+27N	−7B	+28N	+15B	−10B	5.0	38.0	41.5	21.00	1872	+70.8
17	Aboutalebi, Sobhan	1804	IRI	−1B	+38N	−9B	−16N	+25N	+40B	+33N	+12B	−11N	5.0	37.5	38.5	15.00	1898	+37.6
18	Kazemi, Niloofar	1798	IRI	−6N	=41B	=37N	+24B	+40N	−12B	+26N	−11B	+29N	5.0	31.5	32.5	14.50	1891	+35.2
19	Heydarian, Noyan	1817	IRI	+35N	−3N	+16B	+11B	−4N	=10B	+29N	−8B	−12N	4.5	43.0	45.5	19.25	1917	+42.4
20	Eizadi, Erfan	1711	IRI	−7N	−21B	+23N	+38B	+28N	+15B	−6N	=29B	−9B	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.75	1838	+28.0
21	Hajjarzadeh, Mohammad Reza	1782	IRI	−3B	+20N	−7N	=25B	+35N	+26B	−11B	+23N	F	4.5	37.0	37.0	17.50	1851	+14.8
22	Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi	1850	IRI	+27N	−2B	+24N	=10B	−29N	=33B	−15N	=31B	+34N	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.50	1813	-17.6
23	Dolatshahi, Rohollah	1772	IRI	−4B	−25N	−20B	+39N	=42N	+27B	+34N	−21B	+28N	4.5	31.5	32.5	12.50	1727	-11.6
24	Rastaghi, Helena	1714	IRI	−9B	+32N	−22B	−18N	=34N	=35B	+42N	=28B	+30N	4.5	31.0	32.0	12.50	1771	+32.4
25	Hesami, Arya	1570	IRI	−15N	+23B	−28N	=21N	−17B	+38B	+30N	−9N	=32B	4.0	35.0	37.0	14.00	1759	+90.0
26	Ahmadi, Akbar	1835	IRI	F	+39B	+11N	−5B	−10N	−21N	−18B	+38B	+31N	4.0	34.0	34.0	12.50	1831	-1.2
27	Ramezani, Pourya	1702	IRI	−22B	=36N	+34B	−30N	−16B	−23N	=39B	+37N	+35N	4.0	27.5	29.0	9.50	1689	-5.6
28	Asgharei, Arshia	1809	IRI	−37B	+34N	+25B	−8N	−20B	+32N	−16B	=24N	−23B	3.5	34.5	36.5	12.75	1654	-74.8
29	Hajari, Gholamreza	1709	IRI	F	−11B	+36N	+43N	+22B	−3N	−19B	=20N	−18B	3.5	34.0	34.0	10.25	1805	+17.4
30	Darabi, Mohammad Parsa	1808	IRI	+39N	−5B	=40N	+27B	−13B	−9N	−25B	+36N	−24B	3.5	33.5	34.5	8.50	1688	-60.0
31	Ghanbari, Bahamin	1788	IRI	−12B	−16N	−33B	+36B	+41N	−11N	+37B	=22N	−26B	3.5	31.5	32.5	7.75	1748	-25.2
32	Moradi, Mahdi	1784	IRI	−2N	−24B	+39N	+41B	−12N	−28B	+40N	F	=25N	3.5	29.0	30.0	5.50	1758	-10.0
33	Banisaeed, Sadegh	1771	IRI	−14N	−35B	+31N	+42B	=9B	=22N	−17B	F	−15N	3.0	34.5	35.5	9.50	1714	-13.8
34	Dashti Nezhad, Parviz	1752	IRI	=11N	−28B	−27N	F	=24B	+37N	−23B	+40N	−22B	3.0	29.5	29.5	8.00	1676	-18.2
35	Baharlouei, Rasta	1665	IRI	−19B	+33N	−15N	F	−21B	=24N	−36B	+39N	−27B	2.5	29.5	29.5	6.75	1602	-27.2
36	Beytmashall, Abdolghader	1779	IRI	−5N	=27B	−29B	−31N	F	+42B	+35N	−30B	F	2.5	24.5	24.5	5.50	1661	-24.2
37	Mohamadi Rad, Sobhan	1654	IRI	+28N	−10N	=18B	=40B	−7N	−34B	−31N	−27B	F	2.0	31.0	31.0	6.50	1602	-23.2
38	Dashti, Ali	1754	IRI	−8B	−17B	F	−20N	+39B	−25N	F	−26N	+42B	2.0	25.5	25.5	2.50	1556	-36.2
39	Khorshidiyan, Artemis	1591	IRI	−30B	−26N	−32B	−23B	−38N	F	=27N	−35B	+40B	1.5	25.0	25.0	3.00	1500	-29.6
40	Roostaie, Iliya	1689	IRI	F	−8N	=30B	=37N	−18B	−17N	−32B	−34B	−39N	1.0	29.0	29.0	2.75	1445	-85.2
41	Ariannik, Amirmohammad	1746	IRI	−10B	=18N	=42B	−32N	−31B	F	F	F	F	1.0	18.5	18.5	3.00	1533	-52.8
42	Behbin, Seyed Yousef	1569	IRI	−43B	F	=41N	−33N	=23B	−36N	−24B	F	−38N	1.0	18.5	18.5	2.75	1452	-30.4
43	Shabankareh, Sadegh	1805	IRI	+42N	−14B	−13N	−29B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	1611	-20.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hesami, AryaIRI
+90.0
4.0 pts · #25
2Ghiyasi, AlborzIRI
+84.8
5.0 pts · #15
3Shakibaei Yekta, OuriyaIRI
+70.8
5.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Roostaie, IliyaIRI
-85.2
1.0 pts · #40
2Habibifard, ParhamIRI
-80.2
5.0 pts · #12
3Asgharei, ArshiaIRI
-74.8
3.5 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R8+364 Elo gap
Aboutalebi, Sobhan1804 beat Habibifard, Parham2168
R7+256 Elo gap
Ghiyasi, Alborz1912 beat Habibifard, Parham2168
R7+238 Elo gap
Hesami, Arya1570 beat Darabi, Mohammad Parsa1808