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Omid Noroozi wins the 21st Fajr International Chess Tournament

Omid Noroozi grabbed the first prize at the 21st Fajr International Chess Tournament that took place on 20th – 28th February at Mashhad, northwestern of Iran.

Noroozi was proclaimed the winner after achieving an impressive 10.5/11 score, leaving his closer followers two whole points behind. The Iranian had a 2680 performance and won no less than 64 Elo points for this achievement.

He defeated a field with 19 titled players – including 4 GMs and 9 IMs -, which is even more surprising given the fact that he does not have a title.

Five players tied in second place with 8.5 points. IM Shota Azaladze had the best tie-break so took the second place. First seed  GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami arrived third.

Official website

14 years old Ahmad Asgarizadeh (left) vs Omid Noroozi

Omid Noroozi (playing with black)

Final Standings:

1 Noroozi Omid IRI 2347 10.5
2 IM Azaladze Shota GEO 2466 8.5
3 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2568 8.5
4 IM Benidze Davit GEO 2507 8.5
5 FM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2376 8.5
6 Asgari Morteza IRI 2310 8.5
7 IM Grabliauskas Virginijus LTU 2332 8.0
8 IM Ahmadinia Ebrahim IRI 2361 8.0
9 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2281 8.0
10 GM Mahjoob Morteza IRI 2433 8.0
11 IM Roghani Arash IRI 2366 8.0
12 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2514 8.0
13 IM Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein IRQ 2317 8.0
14 Mahdavirad Mehdi IRI 2176 7.5
15 Asnaashari Soroush IRI 2096 7.5
16 IM Darban Morteza IRI 2394 7.5
17 Manukyan Sargis V. ARM 2360 7.5
18 FM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2197 7.5
19 IM Morchiashvili Bachana GEO 2384 7.5
20 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2081 7.5
21 Bakhtiari Kish Mazdak IRI 2172 7.5
22 Godarz Kasra IRI 1993 7.5
23 Vassalam M.T. IRI 2124 7.5
24 Asnaashari Soheyl IRI 2123 7.5
25 Heydari Hashem IRI 0 7.5
26 GM Toufighi Homayoon IRI 2451 7.0
27 Babayan Armine ARM 2062 7.0
28 Pilvaieh Ali IRI 2151 7.0
29 Hosseini Attar S.Jamal IRI 2172 7.0
30 Sedghi Babak IRI 2073 7.0
31 Khojasteh M. IRI 2036 7.0
32 Sedaghati Mehrdad IRI 2205 7.0
33 Bagheri Maziar IRI 1926 7.0
34 Abedi Abolfazl IRI 2078 7.0
35 Tabasi Mehdi IRI 2037 7.0
36 Kianian M IRI 0 7.0
37 Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2140 6.5
38 Khalesi Vahid IRI 2278 6.5
39 Moosavi Ali IRI 2124 6.5
40 Shah Moradi Mohammad IRI 2104 6.5
41 Valizadeh Ali IRI 2180 6.5
42 Khamisi S Jafar IRI 2168 6.5
43 Kalantari B IRI 2088 6.5
44 IM Shalamberidze Akaki GEO 2360 6.5
45 Khodashenas Mersad IRI 2090 6.5
46 Amini Amer IRI 2232 6.5
47 Tatari Alireza IRI 1814 6.5
48 Lashkaryan Javad IRI 0 6.5
49 Ghodsian Mahdi IRI 1704 6.5
50 Tavousi Abbas IRI 1636 6.5
51 Toufani Kourosh IRI 1672 6.5
52 Nami Amin IRI 0 6.5
53 Laala Ghalenow Ali Reza IRI 1718 6.5
54 Farkhondeh Mehran IRI 1895 6.5
55 Gerayeli Kiarash IRI 0 6.5
56 Hosseinzadeh Nima IRI 2228 6.0
57 Asadi Ali IRI 2028 6.0
58 Galehdari Bardia IRI 2214 6.0
59 Karimi Hossein IRI 1891 6.0
60 Javaheri Shahrad IRI 1357 6.0
61 Pourmoradi Mostafa IRI 1705 6.0
62 Iranfar Amir IRI 1866 6.0
63 Yousefian M.Ali IRI 1939 6.0
64 Kazemi Akbar IRI 1742 6.0
65 Hamedi Nia Vesal IRI 1639 6.0
66 Badie Ashkan IRI 1667 6.0
67 Torshizi Ghorbani Mohammad Ho IRI 1703 6.0
68 Mohammed Khaleel Majeed IRQ 0 6.0
69 Pakgohar Mahdi IRI 1590 6.0
70 Zolfaghari Yousef IRI 0 6.0
71 Binaei Tavallaei Mahdi IRI 0 6.0
72 Arabi Saeid IRI 2179 5.5
73 Garsiforoush M. IRI 2143 5.5
74 Rawand Hamid Abdullah IRQ 1957 5.5
75 Taghavi Amir Abbas IRI 1887 5.5
76 Pourmoshrefi Hossein IRI 1914 5.5
77 Nameei Koushan IRI 1949 5.5
78 Rahemi Parsa IRI 1627 5.5
79 Kardo Ako Mohammad IRQ 2114 5.5
80 Yoosefi Saeed IRI 1899 5.5
81 Sahebi Mostafa IRI 0 5.5
82 Ojaghi Mehrad IRI 0 5.5
83 Tavakoli Mahmoud IRI 0 5.5
84 Miri Alireza IRI 0 5.5
85 Zamani Shahin IRI 0 5.5
86 Baghdaran Mahdi IRI 0 5.5
87 Hosseini Mohammad Ebrahim IRI 0 5.5
88 Saleh Abadi Farzan IRI 0 5.5
89 Dehghani Hamid IRI 2176 5.0
90 Shegarfian Saeed IRI 1903 5.0
91 Vojdani Siavosh IRI 1846 5.0
92 Rastegar Sina IRI 1966 5.0
93 Fallah Mohammad Mahdi IRI 1919 5.0
94 Taraz Shahrokh IRI 1885 5.0
95 Arbabi Mohammadtaghi IRI 0 5.0
96 Ghesmati Aryan IRI 1642 5.0
97 Ghanad Aliakbar IRI 1411 5.0
98 Hatefi Matin IRI 0 5.0
99 Vatandoost Ali IRI 1834 5.0
100 Bakhtyari Shayan IRI 0 5.0
101 Akbarzadeh Sina IRI 0 5.0
102 Faal Mohammad Reza IRI 0 5.0
103 Bazrafshan Ashkan IRI 0 5.0
104 Safaei Maliheh IRI 1719 5.0
105 Hallaj Maryam IRI 0 5.0
106 Qahhar Mohammed Ismael IRQ 0 5.0
107 Pak Niyat Ali IRI 0 5.0
108 Shenavari Gholamreza IRI 0 5.0
109 Bagherian Mobin IRI 0 5.0
110 Toosimoghadam Parham IRI 0 5.0
111 FM Soozankar A.M. IRI 2221 4.5
112 FM Koohestani Sh. IRI 2358 4.5
113 Azizi Mohammad Mehdi IRI 0 4.5
114 Hamedinia Majid IRI 1800 4.5
115 Cheshmeh Sangi Ahmad IRI 0 4.5
116 Mashhadban Mahdi IRI 1782 4.5
117 Haji Hosseinzadeh Mitra IRI 0 4.5
118 Alizadeh Mahdi IRI 0 4.5
119 Bazrafshan Omid IRI 0 4.5
120 Torkian Ehsan IRI 0 4.5
121 Jamali Amir IRI 0 4.5
122 Amiri Mehr Ashkan IRI 0 4.5
123 Tanavar Mohammadreza IRI 0 4.5
124 Barati Behnam IRI 0 4.5
125 Shahrookh Hiva IRI 0 4.5
126 Gholamiorimi Ali Mohammad IRI 0 4.5
127 Mozafari Arian IRI 0 4.5
128 Tavasolian Amirsaleh IRI 0 4.5
129 Akbari Hossein IRI 1711 4.0
130 Akbari Mostafa IRI 1717 4.0
131 Salehi Sadegh IRI 0 4.0
132 Darabi Zadeh Parviz IRI 1615 4.0
133 Naghavi Ali IRI 1735 4.0
134 Forootan Seid Mohammadreza IRI 0 4.0
135 Saliani Faraz IRI 0 4.0
136 Noshad Ayriana IRI 0 4.0
137 Rezaei Mohammad IRI 0 4.0
138 Kharaji Ali IRI 0 4.0
139 Zare Nima IRI 0 4.0
140 Seidi Hallaj Seideh Hasti IRI 0 4.0
141 Hedayat Masoud IRI 0 4.0
142 Sargolzaei Hamed IRI 0 4.0
143 Bayatmokhtari Mani IRI 0 4.0
144 Amini Amir Hossein IRI 0 3.5
145 Yazdan Mohammadhossein IRI 1705 3.5
146 Oloomi Ehsan IRI 0 3.5
147 Ghayoor Mirzaee Seid Jalal IRI 0 3.5
148 Alizadeh Rasa IRI 0 3.5
149 Nikzad Behzad IRI 0 3.0
150 Tayebi Amin IRI 0 3.0
151 Parvanehlooee Heshmatolla IRI 1760 3.0
152 Ekramitalab Farshid IRI 0 3.0
153 Ahmadi Parsa IRI 0 3.0
154 Farahmandrad Amirarmin IRI 0 3.0
155 Toosimoghadam Parsa IRI 0 3.0
156 Shahedi Danyal IRI 0 3.0
157 Ghafarian Mahdi IRI 0 3.0
158 Shokofteh Radin IRI 0 3.0
159 Zare Mohammad IRI 0 3.0
160 Khosropanah Amirsam IRI 0 2.5
161 Shahbani Amir IRI 0 2.5
162 Fartaj Mostafa IRI 0 2.0
163 Paeinmahaleh Ali IRI 0 1.5
164 Memariani Rouhollah IRI 0 1.0
165 Eidivandi Amin IRI 0 1.0
166 Nik Khou Noozhan IRI 0 1.0
167 Akhavan Abdollahian MohammadReza IRI 0 1.0
168 Golmakani Reyhaneh IRI 0 1.0
169 Mahmoodi Mahdi IRI 0 1.0
170 Aldaghi Omidreza IRI 0 0.0
171 Asgarizadeh Alinaghi IRI 0 0.0
172 Mahsoom Mahdi IRI 0 0.0
173 Mazhari Ali IRI 0 0.0
174 FM Kowsarinia Amir IRI 2301 0.0
175 Moovahedi Benyamin IRI 0 0.0

 

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