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.
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 |
