The Chess Association of “West Azerbaijan” province on behalf of I.R. Iran Chess Federation organized the 23rd Fajr International Open Chess Tournament from 18th to 23rd February, 2015 in Urmia, the capital of of West Azerbaijan Province in Iran.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.
157 players from 8 different countries took part in the event, including 4 GMs, 1 WGM, 5 IMs, 6 FMs and 3 WFMs.
IM Logman Guliev from Azerbaijan edged his compatriot GM Azer Mirzoev and Latvian GM Ilmars Starostits on a better tie-break score to take the gold after the whole group finished the event with 7,5/9 points.
Mirzoev became second, while Starostits remained third.
WFM Dorsa Derakhshani, a 17-year-old Iranian player, scored 7 points to become the best female player in the tournament and added 26 new ELO points to her rating.
You can see the full standings and replay the games below!
Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis
Final standings:
1 IM Guliev Logman AZE 2389 7,5
2 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2556 7,5
3 GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2454 7,5
4 IM Chighladze Iveri GEO 2338 7
5 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2496 7
6 IM Darban Morteza IRI 2334 7
7 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2424 7
8 Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2325 7
9 WFM Derakhshani Dorsa IRI 2209 7
10 Asgari Morteza IRI 2193 6,5
11 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2325 6,5
12 Khatibi Meysam IRI 2168 6,5
13 Roohi Abdolmajid IRI 2133 6,5
14 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2305 6,5
15 Ghaziolsharif Kaveh IRI 2193 6,5
16 Bagheri Maziar IRI 2188 6,5
17 IM Grabliauskas Virginijus LTU 2323 6
18 Khalili Saeid IRI 2109 6
19 Ahmadi Ramin IRI 1982 6
20 Heydari Gholamreza IRI 2112 6
21 Tarazooyeadl Mojtaba IRI 2210 6
22 CM Derakhshani Borna IRI 2081 6
23 Asghari Badeki Mehdi IRI 1990 6
24 Nikbin Saeed IRI 2060 6
25 Delavari Amirali IRI 1872 6
26 Hosseinzadeh Nima IRI 2192 6
27 Shamsi Gholamreza IRI 2028 6
28 FM Sevdimaliyev Urfan AZE 2459 6
29 Akbari Mohammad IRI 2050 6
30 Korevand Sina IRI 2002 6
31 Rahmatian Shayan IRI 1742 6
32 Gholami Orimi Mahdi IRI 1925 5,5
33 Ghaffarifar Matin IRI 1882 5,5
34 Hasanzade Toghrul AZE 1970 5,5
35 Mokhberi Iraj IRI 1918 5,5
36 Anjom Rooz Mehdi IRI 1880 5,5
37 FM Soozankar A.M. IRI 2258 5,5
38 WFM Asgarizadeh Minoo IRI 2125 5,5
39 Shakiba Behrooz IRI 2001 5,5
40 FM Gasimov Parviz AZE 2497 5,5
41 Ghalamzan Mohammad IRI 1740 5,5
42 Tabatabaei Hamed IRI 1820 5,5
43 Lotfi Aylar IRI 1933 5,5
44 Hemmatjou Arash IRI 1987 5,5
45 Godarz Kasra IRI 2123 5
46 Aghanejad Ebrahim IRI 0 5
47 WFM Asadi Motahare IRI 1903 5
48 Mammadov Sadig AZE 1909 5
49 Torshizi Ghorbani Mohammad Ho IRI 1877 5
50 Hashemi Sayyed Hessam IRI 1712 5
51 Biabani Hadi IRI 1617 5
52 Ebrahimi Nima IRI 0 5
53 Shiri Kazem IRI 0 5
54 Abdollahnezhad Chia IRI 0 5
55 Mohammadi Ehsan IRI 1952 5
56 Koorki Hasan IRI 1902 5
57 Khodabandeh Milad IRI 1852 5
58 Dalqi Azad AZE 1881 5
59 Shaygan Mansoor IRI 0 5
60 Ghahremani Farid IRI 1690 5
61 Parsaeinejad Azad IRI 0 5
62 Mardzadeh Sajjad IRI 1909 5
63 Ali Babaei Sasan IRI 1727 5
64 Yousefi Asl Javad IRI 0 5
65 Soltanzade Farid IRI 0 5
66 Katanova Aynur AZE 1694 5
67 Shahlacheshm Siamak IRI 1764 5
68 Kharazmi Nader IRI 0 5
69 FM Atanejhad Sahebali IRI 2180 4,5
70 Movahedi Yashar IRI 1625 4,5
71 Afsordeh Farshad IRI 0 4,5
72 Riyazifar Saeid IRI 0 4,5
73 Sadeghi Dereshgi Ehsan IRI 0 4,5
74 Gallehban Adel IRI 0 4,5
75 Kheyrjou Anahita IRI 1636 4,5
76 Varmziar Ghasem IRI 0 4,5
77 Javanpordel Vahid IRI 0 4,5
78 Ghoch Khani Hossein IRI 1721 4,5
79 Ahmed Qutayba Yunis IRQ 1713 4,5
80 Hajiloo Ali IRI 0 4
81 Norooz Melika IRI 1568 4
82 WCM Kiana Arab USA 1841 4
83 Nasrollahi Habib IRI 2011 4
84 Yousefi Arya IRI 0 4
85 Esm Hoseini Hosein Ali IRI 1830 4
86 Asgarizad Ali IRI 0 4
87 Kord Soleyman IRI 1570 4
88 Ordoukhani Zohreh IRI 1664 4
89 Ghasemzadeh Rezaei Aram IRI 0 4
90 Seyid Huseyn AZE 0 4
91 Najafi Alireza IRI 0 4
92 Ghahremani Farhad IRI 1678 4
93 Heydari Parsa IRI 0 4
94 Ansarinejad Soraya IRI 0 4
95 Shahbazi Akbar IRI 0 4
96 Emami Loghman IRI 0 4
97 Halaj Naghadehi Yousef IRI 0 4
98 Akbarnejad Hassan IRI 0 4
99 Haghi Feridoon IRI 1746 4
100 Ranjbar Hengameh IRI 0 4
101 Mammadli Zarrin AZE 1294 4
102 Khalilzade Rasool IRI 0 4
103 Shadan Ahmad IRI 0 4
104 Hatamov Bahaddin AZE 1625 3,5
105 Alizadeh Bakhtiar IRI 0 3,5
106 Bayramov Aladdin AZE 1638 3,5
107 Sharif Saleh Enzar IRQ 0 3,5
108 Ebrahim Doost Salahaddin IRI 0 3,5
109 Lotfi Mahyar IRI 0 3,5
110 Sedigh Ali IRI 0 3,5
111 Zerafat Armin IRI 0 3,5
112 Jalil Jamshidi Radin IRI 0 3,5
113 Jalali Hadi IRI 1822 3
114 Akbar Pour Khodaverdi IRI 1895 3
115 Ghiasvand Mohammad IRI 1767 3
116 Shamloo Rahim IRI 0 3
117 Cheraghportalalo M.Reza IRI 0 3
118 Hosseini Mahmoud IRI 1852 3
119 Jafargholizadeh Bahman IRI 0 3
120 Pakmehr Alireza IRI 0 3
121 Shokouhi M.Hossein IRI 0 3
122 Mohammadi Mohammad IRI 0 3
123 Parvizi Naser IRI 0 3
124 Niromand Mohammad Ebrahim IRI 0 3
125 Torkamanzad Jafar IRI 0 3
126 Tazkir Masood IRI 0 3
127 Mashmoul Masoumeh IRI 0 3
128 Riyazifar Soheil IRI 0 3
129 Soleimani Selma IRI 0 3
130 Momeni Eelia IRI 0 3
131 Safar Doost Milad IRI 0 3
132 Alishiri Javad IRI 0 3
133 Fayazi Shahriar IRI 1899 2,5
134 Eidivandi Amin IRI 0 2,5
135 Nezhadrasol Sor Vria IRI 1737 2,5
136 Hosseinlooee Mahan IRI 0 2,5
137 Shamsi Reza IRI 0 2,5
138 Fathi Khadijeh IRI 0 2,5
139 Rezaee Yasin IRI 0 2,5
140 Valizadegan Ebrahim IRI 1616 2
141 Asefi Hamed IRI 0 2
142 Ghaznavi Jamshid IRI 0 2
143 Alizadeh Soghra IRI 0 2
144 Alinia Jafar IRI 0 2
145 Ghorbani Parham IRI 0 2
146 Motallebifar Fereydoon IRI 0 1,5
147 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2361 1
148 Golmohammadi Hasan IRI 0 1
149 Haji Agha Parham IRI 0 1
150 Khodayans Artin IRI 0 0,5
151 Vahdati Tayeb IRI 1926 0
152 IM Mammadov Ayaz AZE 2407 0
153 Vahdati Dara IRI 1779 0
154 FM Mahdavirad Mehdi IRI 2274 0
155 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2554 0
156 Abdolmohammadi Habib IRI 0 0
157 Rafee Zade Amin HUN 0 0
