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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.NameFEDRtgI
1IMPour Agha Bala, AmirrezaIRI2465
2GMLorparizangeneh, ShahinIRI2463
3GMHayrapetyan, HovikARM2412
4GMMosadeghpour, MasoudIRI2410
5IMAtakhan, AbtinIRI2388
6GMBabujian, LevonARM2352
7FMTahmasebi, HamidrezaIRI2300
8FMRastbod, AliIRI2284
9Azadi, AmirmohammadIRI2272
10FMMoradi, AmirmasoudIRI2229
11Khanjani, RastinIRI2213
12FMSedaghati, MehrdadIRI2198
13Kerdegar, AmirrezaIRI2181
14IMSharbaf, MohsenIRI2156
15Riahi, ArvinIRI2145
16Khademi, MahdiIRI2134
17Alizadegan, KoroshIRI2129
18IMAhmed, Jaza JamalIRQ2128
19WFMKarimi, SetayeshIRI2118
20FMSamimi, ArminIRI2116
21Malekzadeh, MohammadIRI2114
22FMZahmati, SobhanIRI2102
23CMAryan, Ali EhsanIRQ2098
24Ghanbaralifarzad, Mohammad HoseiIRI2098
25Hussein, Kadhim HasanIRQ2089
26Darini, IliyaIRI2087
27Alizadeh, AmirmohammadIRI2075
28Vaziri, RasoolIRI2069
29Zeynali, AliIRI2066
30Safarnezhad, ArminIRI2065
31CMDelavari, BehnoodIRI2064
32Heravi, Mohammad HosseinIRI2060
33CMRahbar, AihanIRI2058
34Ghadi Sahebi, HoseinIRI2053
35Movagharhasani, FarhanIRI2051
36Ghorbani, Mohammad MehdiIRI2048
37Rahmani, PedramIRI2046
38CMAlizadeh, Mohammad MahdiIRI2040
39Arian, MatinIRI2035
40Hoseini, S.AlirezaIRI2029
41Nateghi, YasinIRI2023
42Ali, Firas QassimIRQ2016
43Talebian Zadeh, IliaIRI2016
44Daneshvar, KasraIRI2008
45WFMJalali, ParimaIRI2005
46Memarzadeh, HosseinIRI1999
47Jalalvand, Amir HesamIRI1996
48FMAryanejad, HosseinIRI1993
49Karimi, OmidIRI1988
50WCMKhalafvand, Dorsa SadatIRI1985
51Mardani, AlirezaIRI1983
52Taheri, ParsaIRI1982
53Akbari, RoshaIRI1980
54CMBaqer, Hameed Khalaf Al-MusawiIRQ1975
55Aghili Mofid, DavoodIRI1971
56Amiri, MahanIRI1971
57Pilvaieh, AliIRI1958
58Mardali, YousefIRI1953
59Salehi Reihani, BahaminIRI1950
60Kouchaki, AmirrezaIRI1948
61WFMYousefian, MaedehIRI1946
62Firas, Qassim AbbasIRQ1946
63Honarparast, MohammadIRI1944
64Masajedian, MoeinIRI1943
65Moosavi, Seyed AradIRI1941
66Zihaghi, Amir ArsalanIRI1934
67Ghasemi, MatinIRI1925
68Sherafat, MahdiIRI1924
69Parsa Rad, AmirhesamIRI1923
70Sharo, Samir AsaadIRQ1922
71Gharaee Shirazi, ShervinIRI1915
72Faraji, MahanIRI1911
73Karimi, AradIRI1911
74AGMRajabzadeh, ArsamIRI1906
75Farzad, KhusrawAFG1905
76Noorinezhad, NafasIRI1903
77Barati Masihi, KevinIRI1902
78Edalati, ParsaIRI1902
79Kargari Arian, SabaIRI1902
80Asadi, MohammadmobinIRI1893
81Ghasemi, RezaIRI1893
82Vatan, ParmisIRI1816
83Bozorgzad, ArsalanIRI1802



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