18th Avicenna Open 2025 LIVE

The 18th Avicenna Open 2025 will take place August 24 – August 31 in Iran. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Iran, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are IM Amirreza Pour Agha Bala (2465), GM Shahin Lorparizangeneh (2463), GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (2412), GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (2410), IM Abtin Atakhan (2388), GM Levon Babujian (2352), FM Hamidreza Tahmasebi (2300), FM Ali Rastbod (2284), Amirmohammad Azadi (2272), FM Amirmasoud Moradi (2229), Rastin Khanjani (2213), FM Mehrdad Sedaghati (2198), Amirreza Kerdegar (2181), IM Mohsen Sharbaf (2156), Arvin Riahi (2145), Mahdi Khademi (2134), Korosh Alizadegan (2129), IM Jaza Jamal Ahmed (2128), WFM Setayesh Karimi (2118), FM Armin Samimi (2116). Scroll down for the full participants list.

More: 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A / Shri Dhanpat Rai Sachdeva Memorial 2025 / Dhofar International Rapid Chess Championship 2025

18th Avicenna Open 2025 Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	IM	Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza	IRI	2465
2	GM	Lorparizangeneh, Shahin	IRI	2463
3	GM	Hayrapetyan, Hovik	ARM	2412
4	GM	Mosadeghpour, Masoud	IRI	2410
5	IM	Atakhan, Abtin	IRI	2388
6	GM	Babujian, Levon	ARM	2352
7	FM	Tahmasebi, Hamidreza	IRI	2300
8	FM	Rastbod, Ali	IRI	2284
9		Azadi, Amirmohammad	IRI	2272
10	FM	Moradi, Amirmasoud	IRI	2229
11		Khanjani, Rastin	IRI	2213
12	FM	Sedaghati, Mehrdad	IRI	2198
13		Kerdegar, Amirreza	IRI	2181
14	IM	Sharbaf, Mohsen	IRI	2156
15		Riahi, Arvin	IRI	2145
16		Khademi, Mahdi	IRI	2134
17		Alizadegan, Korosh	IRI	2129
18	IM	Ahmed, Jaza Jamal	IRQ	2128
19	WFM	Karimi, Setayesh	IRI	2118
20	FM	Samimi, Armin	IRI	2116
21		Malekzadeh, Mohammad	IRI	2114
22	FM	Zahmati, Sobhan	IRI	2102
23	CM	Aryan, Ali Ehsan	IRQ	2098
24		Ghanbaralifarzad, Mohammad Hosei	IRI	2098
25		Hussein, Kadhim Hasan	IRQ	2089
26		Darini, Iliya	IRI	2087
27		Alizadeh, Amirmohammad	IRI	2075
28		Vaziri, Rasool	IRI	2069
29		Zeynali, Ali	IRI	2066
30		Safarnezhad, Armin	IRI	2065
31	CM	Delavari, Behnood	IRI	2064
32		Heravi, Mohammad Hossein	IRI	2060
33	CM	Rahbar, Aihan	IRI	2058
34		Ghadi Sahebi, Hosein	IRI	2053
35		Movagharhasani, Farhan	IRI	2051
36		Ghorbani, Mohammad Mehdi	IRI	2048
37		Rahmani, Pedram	IRI	2046
38	CM	Alizadeh, Mohammad Mahdi	IRI	2040
39		Arian, Matin	IRI	2035
40		Hoseini, S.Alireza	IRI	2029
41		Nateghi, Yasin	IRI	2023
42		Ali, Firas Qassim	IRQ	2016
43		Talebian Zadeh, Ilia	IRI	2016
44		Daneshvar, Kasra	IRI	2008
45	WFM	Jalali, Parima	IRI	2005
46		Memarzadeh, Hossein	IRI	1999
47		Jalalvand, Amir Hesam	IRI	1996
48	FM	Aryanejad, Hossein	IRI	1993
49		Karimi, Omid	IRI	1988
50	WCM	Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat	IRI	1985
51		Mardani, Alireza	IRI	1983
52		Taheri, Parsa	IRI	1982
53		Akbari, Rosha	IRI	1980
54	CM	Baqer, Hameed Khalaf Al-Musawi	IRQ	1975
55		Aghili Mofid, Davood	IRI	1971
56		Amiri, Mahan	IRI	1971
57		Pilvaieh, Ali	IRI	1958
58		Mardali, Yousef	IRI	1953
59		Salehi Reihani, Bahamin	IRI	1950
60		Kouchaki, Amirreza	IRI	1948
61	WFM	Yousefian, Maedeh	IRI	1946
62		Firas, Qassim Abbas	IRQ	1946
63		Honarparast, Mohammad	IRI	1944
64		Masajedian, Moein	IRI	1943
65		Moosavi, Seyed Arad	IRI	1941
66		Zihaghi, Amir Arsalan	IRI	1934
67		Ghasemi, Matin	IRI	1925
68		Sherafat, Mahdi	IRI	1924
69		Parsa Rad, Amirhesam	IRI	1923
70		Sharo, Samir Asaad	IRQ	1922
71		Gharaee Shirazi, Shervin	IRI	1915
72		Faraji, Mahan	IRI	1911
73		Karimi, Arad	IRI	1911
74	AGM	Rajabzadeh, Arsam	IRI	1906
75		Farzad, Khusraw	AFG	1905
76		Noorinezhad, Nafas	IRI	1903
77		Barati Masihi, Kevin	IRI	1902
78		Edalati, Parsa	IRI	1902
79		Kargari Arian, Saba	IRI	1902
80		Asadi, Mohammadmobin	IRI	1893
81		Ghasemi, Reza	IRI	1893
82		Vatan, Parmis	IRI	1816
83		Bozorgzad, Arsalan	IRI	1802