Pavel Maletin
The 6th Ferdowsi Open Tournament 2016 was held from January 28th to February 5th, in the city of Mashdad, Iran. The event was organized by the Khorasan Chess Association in a 9-round Swiss format with time control 90′ + 30″.
A total of 178 players from 18 different federation took part in the tournament, including 7 GMs and 2 IMs.
Russian players GM Pavel Maletin and IM Maksim Chigaev shared the first place at 7.5/9 points but Maletin clinched the title on a superior tie-break score.
A total of eighth players tied for the third place at 7 points each: Azeri GM Gadir Guseinov, Russian GM Dmitry Bocharov, Ukrainian GM Alexander Zubarev, GM Merab Gagunashvili from Georgia, GM Sergei Tiviakov from the Netherlands, GM Karen Grigoryan from Armenia, GM Ghaem Maghami from Iran and IM Vugar Rasulov from Azerbaijan.
LIVE games with analysis/ Standings and statistics
Final standings:
1 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2580 7.5
2 IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2526 7.5
3 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2646 7
4 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2567 7
5 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2553 7
6 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2541 7
7 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2611 7
8 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2602 7
9 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2594 7
10 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2585 7
11 GM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2493 6.5
12 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2474 6.5
13 IM Grabliauskas Virginijus LTU 2322 6.5
14 IM Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2475 6.5
15 Molaei Mohammadamin IRI 2230 6.5
16 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2539 6.5
17 IM Polyakov Maxim UKR 2444 6.5
18 Ghaffarifar Matin IRI 2054 6.5
19 Bahmani Amir Mohammad IRI 2000 6.5
20 Oliyazade Pooya IRI 2057 6.5
21 IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil IRI 2425 6
22 Khodashenas Mersad IRI 2393 6
23 Bagheri Maziar IRI 2262 6
24 Godarz Kasra IRI 2123 6
25 Vassalam Mohammad Taghi IRI 2053 6
26 Amini Amer IRI 2111 6
27 Fendereski Nima IRI 2239 6
28 Ansar Jaafari Abbas IRI 2066 6
29 Bakhtiari Kish Mazdak IRI 2067 6
30 Mohammadi Hossein IRI 1801 6
31 Karimi Yeganeh IRI 1971 6
32 Mousavi Ghods Hossein IRI 1922 6
33 Hejrati Mohammad Mahdi IRI 1967 6
34 Ghesmati Aryan IRI 1888 6
35 Rahmani Asef IRI 2024 6
36 Binaei Tavallaei Mahdi IRI 1743 6
37 Abedi Pouria IRI 1994 6
38 Kazemiyan Eski Abolfazl IRI 2093 5.5
39 Gholami Orimi Mahdi IRI 2226 5.5
40 Abedi Abolfazl IRI 2085 5.5
41 Hamedi Nia Vesal IRI 1833 5.5
42 CM Ismael Namir Mohammed Ismael IRQ 2254 5.5
43 Poormosavi Seyed Kian IRI 1904 5.5
44 Latifpour Mohammad IRI 1783 5.5
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