Iranian Youth Chess Championship 2026 (Girls U10)

Open SwissStandard

36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Qazvin, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1556, and top seed was Benita Garoosi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1659).

Benita Garoosi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1659) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mahdis Asadi Kalam (7.5) and Narges Rokhjavan (6.5). Garoosi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Elsana Faghih Shojaei (1424) beat Targol Hashemi (1570), a +146-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 · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Benita Garoosi1659

Avg top 10

1,556

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×31

Top 3

🥇
Benita Garoosi
🇮🇷IRI·1659
7.5pts·1771perf+44.8
🥈
Mahdis Asadi Kalam
🇮🇷IRI·1609
7.5pts·1767perf+53.2
🥉
Narges Rokhjavan
🇮🇷IRI·1595
6.5pts·1599perf+2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Garoosi7.5Asadi Kalam7.5Rokhjavan6.5Bagheri6Zafaranaki6Rahimnejadnajarkolaei6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Garoosi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Benita Garoosi beat Mahdis Asadi Kalam (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Benita Garoosi 3 wins (R4–R6)Mahdis Asadi Kalam 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Benita Garoosi	*	1	½	0
2Mahdis Asadi Kalam	0	*	½	1
3Narges Rokhjavan	½	½	*	0
4Maha Bagheri	1	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Garoosi, Benita	1659	IRI	+20N	+17B	−4N	+9B	+13N	+2B	=3N	+6B	+7N	7.5	46.5	50.5	41.25	1771	+44.8
2	Asadi Kalam, Mahdis	1609	IRI	+32B	+12N	+21B	+5N	+4B	−1N	+7B	+19N	=3B	7.5	44.5	47.5	36.75	1767	+53.2
3	Rokhjavan, Narges	1595	IRI	+14N	+7B	=27B	−4N	+10B	+8N	=1B	+11N	=2N	6.5	47.5	51.0	35.75	1599	+2.4
4	Bagheri, Maha	1541	IRI	+36B	+19N	+1B	+3B	−2N	+5N	−11B	−7N	+13B	6.0	47.0	47.0	29.00	1670	+41.2
5	Rahimnejadnajarkolaei, Hana	1542	IRI	+30N	+13B	+9N	−2B	+19N	−4B	−6N	+8B	+14N	6.0	44.5	48.0	28.50	1505	-12.8
6	Zafaranaki, Raha	1524	IRI	=11N	−8B	+28N	+14B	+12N	=7B	+5B	−1N	+19B	6.0	43.5	47.0	28.75	1578	+19.2
7	Sadati, Seyede Delara	1441	IRI	+31B	−3N	+16B	+15N	+27B	=6N	−2N	+4B	−1B	5.5	47.0	50.5	26.00	1514	+21.6
8	Karamali Nazer, Baran	1502	IRI	=15B	+6N	+22B	−27N	+11N	−3B	+12B	−5N	+18B	5.5	42.0	45.5	27.00	1573	+28.0
9	Najafi, Delsa	1428	IRI	+23N	+22B	−5B	−1N	+21B	−19N	+10B	=27N	+11B	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.25	1555	+34.0
10	FIDE 428097599	0	—	−21B	+18N	+17N	=12B	−3N	+28B	−9N	+29B	+27B	5.5	37.0	40.5	22.00	1516	0.0
11	Esmaeili, Fargol	0	IRI	=6B	+29N	=15B	+35N	−8B	+17B	+4N	−3B	−9N	5.0	42.5	45.0	22.00	1509	0.0
12	Validabadi, Lena	1472	IRI	+34B	−2B	+33N	=10N	−6B	+13B	−8N	=16N	+24B	5.0	41.5	44.0	19.75	1322	-31.2
13	Faghih Shojaei, Elsana	1424	IRI	+25B	−5N	+26B	+21N	−1B	−12N	+17N	+22B	−4N	5.0	41.0	45.0	20.50	1491	+23.6
14	Dehghan, Ailar	0	IRI	−3B	+31N	=23B	−6N	+15B	+16N	=27B	+24N	−5B	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.25	1218	0.0
15	FIDE 428092740	0	—	=8N	+28B	=11N	−7B	−14N	=18B	=20N	+23N	+31B	5.0	37.0	40.5	20.50	1467	0.0
16	Jalilpour, Sevil	0	IRI	−17N	+20B	−7N	=18B	+25N	−14B	+32N	=12B	+22N	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.75	1477	0.0
17	Soozani, Barana	1496	IRI	+16B	−1N	−10B	+34N	+32B	−11N	−13B	=20N	+28B	4.5	38.5	41.0	16.00	1417	-18.4
18	Nejati, Nazanin	1462	IRI	−26N	−10B	+29B	=16N	=23B	=15N	+30N	+25B	−8N	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.00	702	-17.6
19	Torabi Shaloghafari, Asena	0	IRI	F	−4B	+30N	+23N	−5B	+9B	+22N	−2B	−6N	4.0	42.5	42.5	17.00	1411	0.0
20	Foroughi, Negar	1423	IRI	−1B	−16N	=31B	=24N	=34B	+23N	=15B	=17B	=25N	4.0	37.5	40.0	15.75	1385	-4.0
21	Karami, Raha	1506	IRI	+10N	+33B	−2N	−13B	−9N	=32B	−29N	=26B	+35N	4.0	37.0	39.5	14.50	1291	-44.8
22	Hashemi, Targol	1570	IRI	+24B	−9N	−8N	+30B	+35B	+27N	−19B	−13N	−16B	4.0	36.0	38.5	13.50	1393	-48.4
23	Shakeripour, Nilofar	0	IRI	−9B	+24N	=14N	−19B	=18N	−20B	+33N	−15B	+29N	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.25	1165	0.0
24	Dehghan, Ailin	0	IRI	−22N	−23B	=25N	=20B	+33N	+35N	+28B	−14B	−12N	4.0	32.5	35.0	13.00	1490	0.0
25	Sokouti, Nazgol	0	IRI	−13N	−30B	=24B	+29N	−16B	+34N	+35B	−18N	=20B	4.0	32.0	34.5	12.50	1359	0.0
26	Mohammadi, Sara	0	IRI	+18B	−27N	−13N	−28B	=30N	−29B	+36B	=21N	+32N	4.0	30.5	30.5	11.25	1331	0.0
27	Alghaje, Helma	1497	IRI	F	+26B	=3N	+8B	−7N	−22B	=14N	=9B	−10N	3.5	41.5	41.5	18.00	1435	-17.6
28	Jafari, Elena	1509	IRI	=29B	−15N	−6B	+26N	+31B	−10N	−24N	+30B	−17N	3.5	36.0	39.5	12.75	710	-40.0
29	Foroughi, Negin	0	IRI	=28N	−11B	−18N	−25B	+36N	+26N	+21B	−10N	−23B	3.5	34.5	34.5	9.75	1492	0.0
30	Dehghani, Tanaz	0	IRI	−5B	+25N	−19B	−22N	=26B	+31N	−18B	−28N	+36N	3.5	33.5	33.5	9.50	721	0.0
31	Nejati, Naria	0	IRI	−7N	−14B	=20N	+36B	−28N	−30B	+34B	+33N	−15N	3.5	32.0	32.0	7.50	1185	0.0
32	FIDE 536048496	0	—	−2N	−34B	+36N	+33B	−17N	=21N	−16B	=35N	−26B	3.0	33.0	33.0	6.25	1329	0.0
33	FIDE 536035904	0	—	+35B	−21N	−12B	−32N	−24B	+36N	−23B	−31B	+34N	3.0	28.5	28.5	5.00	1359	0.0
34	Moballeghi, Anali	0	IRI	−12N	+32N	−35B	−17B	=20N	−25B	−31N	+36B	−33B	2.5	29.5	29.5	5.00	1145	0.0
35	Zomorodi, Gandom	1475	IRI	−33N	+36B	+34N	−11B	−22N	−24B	−25N	=32B	−21B	2.5	29.5	29.5	4.00	738	-33.2
36	FIDE 562035665	0	—	−4N	−35N	−32B	−31N	−29B	−33B	−26N	−34N	−30B	0.0	29.0	31.5	0.00	708	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Asadi Kalam, MahdisIRI
+53.2
7.5 pts · #2
2Garoosi, BenitaIRI
+44.8
7.5 pts · #1
3Bagheri, MahaIRI
+41.2
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Hashemi, TargolIRI
-48.4
4.0 pts · #16
2Karami, RahaIRI
-44.8
4.0 pts · #24
3Jafari, ElenaIRI
-40.0
3.5 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R8+146 Elo gap
Faghih Shojaei, Elsana1424 beat Hashemi, Targol1570
R2+142 Elo gap
Najafi, Delsa1428 beat Hashemi, Targol1570
R3+118 Elo gap
Bagheri, Maha1541 beat Garoosi, Benita1659