“26th Ferdowsi Cup” International Chess Festival was held in “Mashhad, Iran” from March 2-9.
The tournament was divided in 3 sections.
The winner in group A is IM Felipe Andres Gallego Alcaraz with 7 points out of 9.
3 players have finished with 6,5 points, GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili is with the best tie-break, followed by GM Kirill Stupak and GM Konstantin Tarlev.
IM Galego made a slow start ,but in the middle of the tournament have gathered pace and won 4 on a row, so he was leading before the last round.
In the last round GM Tarlev and Galego drew, while GM Mchedlishvili also drew with GM Amonatov
final standings Ferdowsi Cup 2018
1 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe 2461 7
2 Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 6,5
3 Stupak Kirill 2541 6,5
4 Tarlev Konstantin 2546 6,5
5 Amonatov Farrukh 2616 6
6 Goh Wei Ming Kevin 2472 6
7 Korneev Oleg 2557 6
8 Lopez Jasel 2333 5,5
9 Matinian Nikita 2514 5,5
10 Fendereski Nima 2289 5,5
11 Molaei Mohammadamin 2365 5,5
12 Bagheri Maziar 2301 5,5
13 Guliev Logman 2336 5
14 Kreisl Robert 2419 5
15 Guerrero Sierra Juan Carlos 2315 5
16 Fernandes Antonio 2423 5
17 Babayan Armine 2188 5
18 Primbetov Kazbek 2266 5
19 Khodashenas Mersad 2404 4,5
20 Karimi Omid 1941 4,5
21 Vojdani Siavosh 2206 4,5
22 Lim Zhuo Ren 2186 4,5
23 Vos Tjark 2224 4,5
24 Vassalam Mohammad Taghi 2077 4,5
25 Maghsoudloo Amir Ali 1815 4,5
26 Hamedi Nia Vesal 1857 4,5
27 Mousavi Ghods Hossein 1819 4,5
28 Khatibi Meysam 2263 4
29 Meftahi Houssem 2160 4
30 Ghesmati Aryan 1955 4
31 Mahdian Anousha 2102 4
32 Rezaee Mahdi 1906 4
33 Shahzamani Arman 2073 3,5
34 Mehrabi Morteza 2055 3,5
35 Gaboyan Susanna 2205 3,5
36 Moradi Sajad 2051 3,5
37 Teh Wee Zhun 1794 3,5
38 Gerayeli Kiarash 1993 3
39 Alavi Homa 2010 3
40 Godarz Kasra 2140 2,5
41 Aryanejad Hossein 2135 2,5
42 Ghorbaniyan Saeed 2049 2,5
43 Saeidian Hessamoddin 1789 2,5
44 Tabasi Mehdi 2021 2
45 Alavi Mir Mahmood 1613 2
46 Latifpour Mohammad 2022 0
