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Iranian Youth Chess Championship 2026 (Girls U18)

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12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Qazvin, Iran. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1850, and top seed was Mahsa Alavi (🇮🇷 IRI, WFM, 1996).

Mahsa Alavi (🇮🇷 IRI, WFM, 1996) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Hasti Khosravi Mahmoei (5.5) and Niyousha Mohamadi (4.5). Alavi won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Niyousha Mohamadi (WIM, 1792) beat Maedeh Yousefian (WFM, 1922), a +130-point gap.

Location
🇮🇷Qazvin, Iran
Dates
15 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷WFMMahsa Alavi1996
Avg top 10
1,850
Participants
12
Titled players · 3
WIM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WFM Mahsa Alavi led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Alavi6.5Khosravi Mahmoei5.5Mohamadi4.5Aghadoust4.5Kargari Arian4Yousefian2.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

WFM Mahsa Alavi never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Mahsa Alavi beat Hasti Khosravi Mahmoei (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Mahsa Alavi 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Hasti Khosravi Mahmoei 3 wins (R5–R7)WIM Niyousha Mohamadi 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMMahsa Alavi*
1
1
½
2Hasti Khosravi Mahmoei
0
*
1
1
3WIMNiyousha Mohamadi
0
0
*
1
4Kimia Aghadoust
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alavi, MahsaWFM1996IRI+3N+5B+2N=4B+7N+8B+10B6.523.024.021.752248+61.2
2Khosravi Mahmoei, Hasti1954IRI+9B+4N−1B=5N+3N+6B+8N5.524.026.017.502081+43.6
3Mohamadi, NiyoushaWIM1792IRI−1B+8N+9B+6N−2B+4N=5N4.525.027.013.001977+70.8
4Aghadoust, Kimia1901IRI+10N−2B+7N=1N+5B−3B+9N4.525.026.012.751944+19.6
5Kargari Arian, Saba1907IRI+8B−1N+6B=2B−4N+10N=3B4.025.526.510.501895-1.6
6Yousefian, MaedehWFM1922IRI+11N=7B−5N−3B+9N−2NF2.519.519.54.251772-49.6
7Masoumi, Sahel1876IRI+12B=6N−4B+9N−1BFF2.515.515.53.251817-12.8
8Rabipour, Zahra1711IRI−5N−3B+11NF+10B−1N−2B2.022.522.52.001708-4.0
9Daneshpour, Aram1731IRI−2N+10B−3N−7B−6B+11N−4B2.020.521.52.001670-25.6
10Alishahi, Dina1638IRI−4B−9NF+11B−8N−5B−1N1.020.020.01.001554-24.8
11Ostovari, Tarannom1713IRI−6B+12N−8B−10NF−9BF1.07.57.50.001467-61.2
12Savari, Ghazaleh1534IRI−7N−11BFFFFF0.04.54.50.00995-15.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets