IM Ghorbani , New Iran champion

34 players compete in Iran Championship held in Mashhad from 24^th of September to 2^nd of October 2003, GM GhaemMaghami, Mahjoob and mallahi were abroad for international competitions, and finally after 11 round Swiss system tournament IM Ghorbani from Tehran with 9 point out of 11 got the title and Mohammadi from Esfahan with 8 stand second and Elshan moradiabadi from Tehran  and Shojat Ghane from Ardabil  stood next places with 7.5 points.

Omid Noroozi , Tehran champion

After 9 round Swiss competition from 12-20th July 2003, Omid Noroozi won the Tehran championship. there was 230 participate, and Omid with 8 from 9 and with better tie break than Mehdi Khaghani with the same point won the cup. after them Elshan Moradi  and Seyed Javad Alavi with 7.5 stand third and forth. See the complete table. See some games. Download pgn file

 Mohammed Kambuzia Appointed Adviser to FIDE President

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has approved the appointment of Mohammed Jafar Kambuzia, former President of the Chess Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and ex President of FIDE Zone 3.1a as Adviser to the FIDE President. In a letter to Mr. Kambuzia, President Ilyumzhinov commended him for his accomplishments, which include the building of a Chess Centre and Hotel for the Iranian Chess Federation and for the successful hosting of the 2000 World Chess Championship final match in Tehran.President Ilyumzhinov added that he was looking forward to Mr. Kambuzia`s contributions in advising him, inter alia, on the key policy area of commercialisation of the activities of FIDE.

Congratulate To Dr.Gholamrezaie

Dear Dr. Ali Asghar Gholamrezaie,

    I am extremely delighted to learn about your impressive win in the election to the esteemed office of the I.R. Iran Chess Federation. Kindly accept the felicitations of AICF and the Chess Fraternity of India on this mementoes occasion.

    We also offer our wholehearted support in your endeavors to promote chess in Asia, Iran in particular.

 With kind regards,

 P.T. Ummer Koya

Vice President –FIDE

Dr.Gholamrezaie New I.R.Iran

 Chess Federation President

Dr. Ali Asghar GHOLAMREZAIE was recently elected the new president of the I.R.Iran Chess Federation. He won the elections over twelve other candidates, garnering more than 50% of the votes in the first ballot on 21st June 2003. Dr. Gholamrezaie has good experience in chess organization and management at the Bahman Cultural Center.
In Iran every four years the General Committee of chess which includes 43 persons from different chess associations must elect the new president. The previous president Mr. Mohd. Kambouzia, resigned four months ago. He had been very successful in developing chess in Iran and built the chess federation building and hotel.
Darban got international Master Norm

GhaemMaghami-Mamedyarov

Iran& Azerbaijan champions match

Iran champion Grand Master Ghaem Maghami play  6 games match against Mamedyarof Sh.(2596)in baku from 29March-3April in Baku.See the games.Down load games in PGN

and there is also one Sheveningen between Azad Islam university and Azerbaijan selected team.

Iran players are Darabn 2341, Abbasifar 2286, Niknaddaf and Moradi2216.

Azerabijan players are Babaev 2406, Doliatov 2396,Guliev,L 2386,Badjarani2368

see the games, Download game in pgn formatt

GhaemMaghami Won Silver Medal of Asia

GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India beat GM Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhstan to win the gold medal and $12,000 in the 4th Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar. Iranian GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan drew with GM Utut Adianto of Indonesia to win the silver medal and $10,000. Six others in the top ten who qualify to the next stage of the cycle are GM Mohammad Al-Modiakhi of Qatar in third for the bronze medal, IM Neelotpal Das and GM Dibyendu Barua of India, Alexei Barsov of Uzbekistan, Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam and Hameed Kadhi of Yemen, see the official Site.

Fajr Decade's Anniversary Match

Nigel Short- Ghaem Maghami

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1-  GM Short   -  GM Maghami  1/2 33 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
2-  GM Maghami -  GM Short    0-1 57 A25 English Sicilian Attack
3 - GM Short   -  GM Maghami  1/2 23 B70 Sicilian Dragon
4-  GM Maghami -  GM Short    0-1 49 A09 Reti Opening
5- GM Short   -  GM Maghami   1/2 62 B90 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 e5

6- GM Maghami -  GM Short      1/2 16 D35 QGD Exchange

GM Nigel Short of England beat Iran`s GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 4:2 in their 6-game `Fajr Decade`s Anniversary Match` in Teheran. Short won games 2 and 4 and drew the other four games. The match was organized by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh of the Iranian Chess Federation and conducted by Chief Arbiter Mahdi Abdul Rahim of the UAE. Download PGN games.
Game 6: The last game was a QGD exchange without any tactical problem that ended in draw after 16 moves.
Game 5: the game was again a Sicilian Najdorf but today 6.Be2 e5 and Short played one of his novelties and the Black king remained in the center. Ehsan lost one pawn, but after that played very well and could give very good resistance. Finally he changed his Bishop with the last opponent`s pawn and the game became a draw . After this game the result is 3.5-1.5 for Short.
Game 4: Maghami tried a sharp line of the Reti opening but Short masterfully avoided any unnecessary complications by some early piece exchanges. On move 14, Maghami played a combination which Short had seen earlier and apparently was well prepared for, and in
turn he responded with a combination of his own. This led to an endgame with an extra pawn for Black. But from a seemingly drawn position, finally Black won with one pawn more.
Game 3: Again a Sicilian. This time Short tried 6.a4 and the game moved on to the Dragon Variation. On the 11th move Maghami sacrificed a pawn, and later on, on the 17th move he exchanged Bishop and Knight for a Rook and pawn. White offered a draw on move 23 and in a drawn position, and Black accepted.
Game 2 - Short takes lead
GM Nigel Short of England leads Iran`s GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2:1 in their 6-game `Fajr Decade`s Anniversary Match`. In the decisive game 2, Ghaem Maghami essayed the English opening against his English opponent but created weaknesses with his aggressive moves and lost in time trouble. The first and third games were drawn.
Game 1 a Draw
The first game of the `Fajr Decade`s Anniversary Match` ended in a draw. GM Nigel Short of England played White and the game followed the f4 variation in the Sicilian Najdorf. On the 33rd move Nigel offered the draw and Ehsan accepted despite having a slight advantage since he was in time trouble.
Short-Ghaem Maghami Match Slated
GM Nigel Short of England shall play the `Fajr Decade`s Anniversary Match` against the rising young Iranian star GM Ghaem Maghami starting today, 12 February until the 17th in Teheran. Match Director is Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh. The match shall be over 6 games conducted by Chief Arbiter Mahdi Abdul Rahim of the UAE. Short plays White in the first game which shall be broadcast online every day from 9:30GMT at the Iranian Chess Federation site.

Main sponsors are Credit Institution for Development and Islamic Azad University Dept. of Physical Education.

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Babol International Open

168 player from Iran ,Azerbaijan and Turkminestan participate in the 3rd Babol chess international open . tournament was a 11 round swiss system and time control was90minute for every player plus 30second for every  move,The main Sponser was Tahmasbi shop in babol and Emersun factory.

 At the End Grand master Ghaem Maghami , IM Ilgar Badjarani and Morteza Mahjoob with 9 point won the tournament.see complete table 

Iran Championship 2002

The 13th Iran championship held in Tehran  28 Jully- 3August 2002.26player ,9 round swiss System tournament,1:30'+30".GM Ghaem Maghami 7.5/9 , M. Darban 7, M. Mahjoob 6.5

Sh. Ghane ,A.Roghani, M. Ardeshi 6...

Games in pgn  .  complete results  . complete table

New Rting list published (Jully 2002)

In new ratin list  Iran have 144 rated player Ghaem Maghami 2519,Bagheri, Amir2424,Mallahi, Amir,2406,Ghane, Shojaat2404

are at the op of the list .see the complete list 

First Grand prix in Dubai 

Grand prix tournament with 120000$ prize start in Dubai .ponomariev,anad ,topalov, grischuk,....

there is 32 participants .the first day intersest event was victory of zue chen to ponomariev!women world champion could won the men world champion .!Official site iswww.fidegrandprix.com

ASIAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP  
Tehran, Iran, March 28 - April 4 2002
142 players from 10 countries start their competition in Iran chess federation .the first round start at 16 p.m. .there is 88 boys and 60 girls in 8 seperate groups under 10-12-14-16 .Iran with 42 player and India with 36 have most player in the tournament. other countries are United Arab Emirates 6, Lebanon 5,Sri Lanka 8,Uzbekistan 7,Mongolia 2,Vietnam 9, Tajikistan 6,Kazakhstan 7 ,Kyrgyz Stan 5,Turkmenistan 8,list of participants .

Results:R1,R2,R3,R4 ,R5,R6 ,R7, R8,R9, Games in pgn

Final standing

10 th fajr open tournament

Etehadi (2180!)lonely champion 

141 participants include one GM three IM and 45 Rated player start their competition in farhangsarye bahman in Tehran from 21 feb -1 march 2002 .this is a 11 round swiss tournament .topest rated player are 1.GM  Guliev 2. IM Babaev R .3.Ghane Sh 4. Mahjoob M. 5. IM Badjarani I. 6. Bayramouv V.7.IM Ghorbami M. 8.Areshi M. 9. Bakhtiari K. 10. Abbasifar H.

  list of players with rating 

after round 4 three player (Khaghani,Badjarani,Moradi) are 4 point.

after round 5 Khaghani and Badjarani are 5 and Guliev,S  , Bakhteeyari,k  , Roghani,A  , Etehadi,H  are 4.5.

after round 7 Roghani Arash from Iran (last year fajr champion )stay at top wih 6.5 ,after him IM Ilgar badjarani , Niknadaf Ali and Ettehadi Hotan are 6.

at the final stage Ettehadi H. from Iran takk 9/11 and stand at the first stage lonely ,after him IM Ilgar Badjarani , Guliev Sarhan , Mohajerin P. Babaev Rashad Mohammadi H.R.with 8.5/11 stand next.

look at the complete table

3rd Asian Individual Championships

30 GMs and equal number of IMs and title holders are participating in the strongest event yet to be held in India. The top 10 players will qualify for the World Chess Championships to be held later this year at France/England. the big prize money tournament should open greater avenues for Indians and said the USD 64000 event is fully sponsored by FIDE. Players from Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyistan, Lebanon, Pakistan, The Philippines, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen are confirmed to play in this event that should be a chess lovers delight for a fortnight.  Ghaem Maghami , Moradiabadi , Ghorbani ,Mahjoob  , Roghani are players from Iran Khakpoor and  Peyro Olia coach Iranian players  in this tournament.

Iran championship

Elshan Moradiabadi was the surprise winner with 10/11 a point and a half clear of the favourite Ehsan Ghaem Maghami. My thanks to Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh for the information. Iran championship started at 31st of July , 34 player compete  in 11 round Swiss tournament .new fide time control(40move 75min -15min rest&30S bonus for every move)

use in this tournament .  tournament held in 1st gallery of Sport culture center of Tehran.

See other news,games ,pairings ,tables,..... 

24th Asian Junior Boys and Girls Championship

The Boys U20 section was won by Nguyen Thanh,Son (2404) from Vietnam with 9/11 in addition he also achieved hisfirst GM Norm, he played sold chess throughout. Behind him were the Indianplayers IM Harikrishna (2522) and Rathnakaran on 7.5 points taking 2nd and3rd place. The Iranian hosts had IM Ghaem Maghami (2509) and Moradiabadi(2404) in a tie for fourth to eighth place along with Hasan Mehdi fromBangelash, Mahesh Chandran from India and Takyrbashev from Kazaghestan allon 7 points. Last year the first, second and third placed players were allfrom India, but this year Nguyen broke their stranglehold. It was differentin the Girls section where Indian players took all the medal positions 1stM Kasturi (2115) on 8½ points ahead of S Meenakshi (2245) and Tania Sachdev(2151) both on 8 points The event had a total of $4000 in prizes.News ,games,Pics,tables,Others

Iran in Baku Junior Chess Tournament

A Junior(U-16) team tournament took place in July, in Baku, Azerbaijan.6 teams from 4 country participate in this event. Iran youth team stood on the 3rd rank with 6 points. The table and players name are available.

Iran National Team in The 5th World Chess Team Championship

The Iranian national team will participate in the 5th world chess team championship, on October 11-21,2001 in Yerevan, Armenia. Organizing Committee also invited Mr.Kambouzia, the president of IRI Chess Fed. as a member of appeal committee of this event.

3rd Asian Individual Chess Championship

3rd Asian Individual Chess Championship will tale place 9-18 August 2001 in Calcutta ,Indial. Best 10 players will be qualified fir the FIDE World Chess Championship. From Iran IM Ehsan GhaemMaghami, IM Mohsen Ghorbani, Morteza Mahjoob and Elshan Moradi will participate in this event. 

"Asia 3.1 a Zonal tournament in Tehran"

"Asia 3.1 a Zonal tournament in Tehran"Two Chess mastership was earned for Iran The last round of western asia championship was held on friday morning in IRI chess Federation.

In the men section after this round Qatarian grand master,"Mohammad Al-Modiahki" in spite of the draw result with "Mortaza Mahjoob" took the first spot with 6.5 points and therefore got the permission to take part in 2001 world chess championship.In other tables "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami" beating "Jasem Saleh" from UAE stood second with 6 points."Amir Mallahi" the other Iranian bright player defeated "Ali Amjad" from Iraq and became third with 5.5 points. In other games "Elshan Moradi" was disappointed by "Mohammad Sammir" from Syria and the game between "Emad Haqi" of syria and "Mohammad Al Seid" of Qatar ended in draw. In the Ladies section,"Shadi Paridar" finished her last game against Nebal al Yelda(Syria) with draw and having 7.5 points not only became first and got the permission of attending in the 2001 women world championship but also she and "Shayesteh Ghaderpour" became first Iranian ladies who are honored to carry the IM title. "Shayesteh Ghaderpour" got this prestige after she defeated "Atousa Pourkashian" in the last round and gained 7 points,she had to be satisfied with the second spot of this tournament. "Mona Mahini" beating "Iman AlRoufi" achieved the third place of the competitions with 6 points.
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