Mohammad Taha Arkak Rapid Cup

The Mohammad Taha Arkak Rapid Cup will take place on September 26 in Iran. It is a 6-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 10 min + 3 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 Mersad Khodashenas (2314), Jamal Zare (2155), Seyyed Amirreza Razavi (2107), Matin Arian (2106), Iman Hasanpor Moghadam (2089), Amirali Eskandari (2073), Korosh Khosravi (2057), Mohammad Taghi Vassalam (2035), Mohammad Taha Arkak (2017), Amir Arsalan Zihaghi (2016), Mehrsam Cheshmkhavari (2012), Asma Hasanpor Moghadam (2010), Amirhesam Parsa Rad (1928), Saeid Leghay Roodi (1875), Asef Rahmani (1864), Ali Rajabzade (1846), Ahmad Leghaei (1783), Vahid Kalateh (1749), Hasti Sharif Mashhadi (1738), M.A Eskandani (1717). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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Mohammad Taha Arkak Rapid Cup Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	IM	Khodashenas, Mersad	IRI	2314
2		Zare, Jamal	IRI	2155
3		Razavi, Seyyed Amirreza	IRI	2107
4		Arian, Matin	IRI	2106
5		Hasanpor Moghadam, Iman	IRI	2089
6		Eskandari, Amirali	IRI	2073
7		Khosravi, Korosh	IRI	2057
8		Vassalam, Mohammad Taghi	IRI	2035
9		Arkak, Mohammad Taha	IRI	2017
10		Zihaghi, Amir Arsalan	IRI	2016
11		Cheshmkhavari, Mehrsam	IRI	2012
12		Hasanpor Moghadam, Asma	IRI	2010
13		Dadpour, Kiarash	IRI	1951
14		Parsa Rad, Amirhesam	IRI	1928
15		Leghay Roodi, Saeid	IRI	1875
16		Rahmani, Asef	AFG	1864
17		Rajabzade, Ali	IRI	1846
18		Leghaei, Ahmad	IRI	1783
19		Kalateh, Vahid	IRI	1749
20		Sharif Mashhadi, Hasti	IRI	1738
21		Eskandani, M.A	IRI	1717
22		Hasan Poor, Mohammad Pooya	IRI	1712
23		Sahebi, Mostafa	IRI	1675
24		Sahebdadi Karizi, Azim	IRI	1672
25		Kamali, Mohsen	IRI	1671
26		Nejatiyan, Saeed	IRI	1659
27		Zangene Ghasemabadi, Mohammad	IRI	1644
28		Rahimian, Mohsen	IRI	1607
29		Baghchegi, Ahmad	IRI	1598
30		Shafeii, Shahdad	IRI	1597
31		Rajabi, Kamran	IRI	1593
32		Torabimoghadam, Amirmohammad	IRI	1588
33		Akhondi, Yaser	IRI	1587
34		Kermani, Nima	IRI	1582
35		Gozini, Saeid	IRI	1550
36		Paseban, Mahmood	IRI	1548
37		Tavousi, Abbas	IRI	1536
38		Asadi, Hamidreza	IRI	1535
39		Noori, Navid	IRI	1531
40		Irandoust, Mohammad Rasool	IRI	1530
41		Zolfaghari, Amirhosein	IRI	1530
42		Mashayekhan, Masoud	IRI	1522
43		Sharif Mashhadi, Helia	IRI	1516
44		Zabihi, Mohammadsaleh	IRI	1510
45		Abbaszadeh, Mohammad Saleh	IRI	1506
46		Zangene Ghasemabadi, Morteza	IRI	1500
47		Alizadeh, Amirhosein	IRI	1479
48		Mazhari, Abbas Alireza	IRI	1478
49		Monazami, Setayesh	IRI	1470
50		Khodadadi, Saleh	IRI	1441
51		Arkak, Mahdiar	IRI	1423
52		Maleki, Mohsen	IRI	1419
53		Akhavan Abdollahian, Mohammadreza	IRI	1411
54		Mashhoori, Hassan	IRI	1408
55		Abedi, Poria	IRI	0
56		Abolhasani, Sina	IRI	0
57		Ahmadi, Bardia	IRI	0
58		Ahmadi, Mahdi	IRI	0
59		Ahmadian, Mahdiyar	IRI	0
60		Akbari, Amir Arsalan	IRI	0
61		Akbari Moghaddam, Elina	IRI	0
62		Alizadeh, Mahgol	IRI	0
63		Amani, Amir Mohammad	IRI	0
64		Azimpoor, Ali	IRI	0
65		Ba ezzat, Sajjad	IRI	0
66		Bakhsheshi, Sepehr	IRI	0
67		Barati, Artin	IRI	0
68		Brokhian, Arsalan	IRI	0
69		Dadmehr, Mahtab	IRI	0
70		Dadmehr, Mehrad	IRI	0
71		Deldar, Kiarad	IRI	0
72		Doostro, Mohammad Edris	IRI	0
73		Ebrahimi, Omid	IRI	0
74		Enferadi, Mohammad Amin	IRI	0
75		Esmaeili, Mahmoud	IRI	0
76		Fahmidehkar, Amirabbas	IRI	0
77		Faryadi Shadmehri, Hadi	IRI	0
78		Feyz Abadi, Ali	IRI	0
79		Ghanbari, Zahra	IRI	0
80		Ghanbarniya, Mohammad Hadi	IRI	0
81		Ghorbi, Amir Mohammad	IRI	0
82		Ghotbi, Edris	IRI	0
83		Hakimi, Danial	IRI	0
84		Harati, Mohammadreza	IRI	0
85		Hashemirad, Seyed Sadra	IRI	0
86		Hekmat Pour, Poria	IRI	0
87		Hosseinalizadeh, Mohammad Bagher	IRI	0
88		Hosseini, Matin	IRI	0
89		Hosseinzadeh, Amirhossein	IRI	0
90		Jafari, Mersad	IRI	0
91		Jamalizadeh, Yasin	IRI	0
92		Jami, Hatef	IRI	0
93		Jarah, Jalal	IRI	0
94		Karbalayi Hosseini, Ali	IRI	0
95		Kazemi, Poria	IRI	0
96		Khaki, Salman	IRI	0
97		Khani, Ilya	IRI	0
98		Mahmoody, Pouyan	IRI	0
99		Melly, Mohammad	IRI	0
100		Moghimi, Nima	IRI	0
101		Mohagheghi, Fatemeh	IRI	0
102		Mohammadi Asl, Ali	IRI	0
103		Mohammadpour, Mehrana	IRI	0
104		Mohseni Nik, Helia	IRI	0
105		Moradzadeh, Mohammad	IRI	0
106		Motahari, Danial	IRI	0
107		Mousavi Nezhad, Seyed Amirali	IRI	0
108		Nasimi, Neda	IRI	0
109		Niyazi, Amir Ali	IRI	0
110		Noruz Zadeh, Rasool	IRI	0
111		Pirayesh, Rahil	IRI	0
112		Pishdad, Mojtaba	IRI	0
113		Rahimlou, Omid	IRI	0
114		Rahman niya, Hossein	IRI	0
115		Rahmati Hesari, Mohammad Amin	IRI	0
116		Rajabzadeh, Arad	IRI	0
117		Saadati, Ali Asghar	IRI	0
118		Saboori, Morteza	IRI	0
119		Sadeghi Saadatabadi, Ali	IRI	0
120		Salehi Jangal, Hossein	IRI	0
121		Saryazdi, Saniya	IRI	0
122		Sedigh Alizadeh, Mobin	IRI	0
123		Shahdoost, Hossein	IRI	0
124		Shahdoost, Mohammad Hadi	IRI	0
125		Shahdoost, Mohammad Javad	IRI	0
126		Shakib, Manochehr	IRI	0
127		Soleymani Farzaghi, Javad	IRI	0
128		Soltani, Rahmat	IRI	0
129		Taghipour, Seyad Reza	IRI	0
130		Taleei, Amirhossein	IRI	0
131		Tashakkori, Mohammad Adel	IRI	0
132		Teymoori, Ahmad Yasin	IRI	0
133		Vakili Torbati, Mohammad Sepehr	IRI	0
134		Yazdani, Kian	IRI	0
135		Zabihi, Sara	IRI	0
136		Zanganeh Ghasem Abadi, Hasti	IRI	0
137		Zanganeh Ghasem Abadi, Kiarash	IRI	0
138		Zanganeh Ghasem Abadi, Mohammad Amin	IRI	0
139		Zanganeh, Masoomeh	IRI	0
140		Zanganeh, Zahra	IRI	0
141		Movahed, Ali	IRI	0
142		Ashtari, Abolfazl	IRI	1570