Parham Maghsoodloo wins Grand Prix PlusCity with 2900+ performance

Parham Maghsoodloo is the winner Grand Prix PlusCity 2025, one of the top rapid and blitz events in The Chess Calendar of 2025. In the event, that took place in Austria this May 29th, Maghsoodloo scored 12,0/13, finishing 1,5 points ahead of Baadur Jobava and Tobias Koelle. Top seeded Alexey Sarana is fifth 10,0/13, while second top seed Alexander Grischuk collected a total of 9,5/13.

Top woman of the event is Kateryna Lagno with 8,5/13, ahead of Stavroula Tsolakidou and Marina Brunello, who finished with the same points, but worse tiebreak.

A total of 320 players participated in the Grand Prix PlusCity. Among them was FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich who scored 4,5/13.

See the calendar of Parham Maghsoodloo here

Final standings

1	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2644	12
2	IM	Koelle, Tobias	GER	2553	10.5
3	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2639	10.5
4	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2627	10
5	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2696	10
6	GM	Erdos, Viktor	HUN	2579	10
7	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2690	9.5
8	GM	Teclaf, Pawel	POL	2563	9.5
9	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2668	9.5
10	GM	Petrov, Nikita	MNE	2546	9.5
11	GM	Kozul, Zdenko	CRO	2526	9.5
12	GM	Quparadze, Giga	GEO	2560	9.5
13	GM	Livaic, Leon	CRO	2555	9.5
14	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2452	9.5
15	GM	Nasuta, Grzegorz	POL	2418	9.5
16	GM	Balog, Imre	HUN	2567	9.5
17	IM	Brodowski, Piotr	POL	2372	9.5
18	IM	Levin, Guy	ISR	2369	9.5
19	GM	Jovanovic, Zoran	CRO	2551	9.5
20	GM	Meier, Georg	URU	2536	9
21	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	AUT	2498	9
22	GM	Subelj, Jan	SLO	2514	9
23	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	2626	9
24	FM	Fecker, Noah	SUI	2326	9
25	IM	Piesik, Piotr	CZE	2330	9
26	GM	Stevic, Hrvoje	CRO	2487	9
27	IM	Licznerski, Lukasz	POL	2415	9
28	FM	Korchynskyi, Mykola	UKR	2364	9
29	IM	Roshka, Yevgeniy	UKR	2487	9
30	IM	Krastev, Alexander	GER	2433	8.5
31	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2625	8.5
32	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	FID	2593	8.5
33	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2580	8.5
34	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2452	8.5
35	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2556	8.5
36	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2555	8.5
37	IM	Csonka, Balazs	HUN	2410	8.5
38	FM	Bethke, Richard	GER	2391	8.5
39	IM	Koellner, Ruben Gideon	GER	2339	8.5
40	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2569	8.5
41	FM	Hulka, Valentyn	UKR	2317	8.5
42	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2331	8.5
43	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	SLO	2424	8.5
44	GM	Palac, Mladen	CRO	2509	8.5
45	GM	Mikhalevski, Victor	ISR	2479	8.5
46	IM	Brunello, Marina	ITA	2295	8.5
47	FM	Paszewski, Mateusz	POL	2318	8.5
48	FM	Cu Hor, Winston Darwin	GUA	2317	8.5
49	CM	Hofstadler, Mario	AUT	2141	8.5
50	GM	Bologan, Victor	MDA	2457	8
51	GM	Pakleza, Zbigniew	POL	2449	8
52	FM	Pyrih, Roman	UKR	2406	8
53	GM	Zanan, Evgeny	ISR	2413	8
54	FM	Schernthaner, David	AUT	2253	8
55	IM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2393	8
56	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	POL	2488	8
57	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2378	8
58	FM	Sherman, Raem	ISR	2269	8
59	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2549	8
60	GM	Mohr, Georg	SLO	2414	8
61	IM	Soos, Arpad	HUN	2265	8
62	IM	Fromm, Marius	GER	2373	8
63	FM	Balint, Peter	AUT	2339	8
64		Hengl, Philip	AUT	2171	8
65	FM	Enoeckl, Philipp	AUT	2327	8
66	FM	Ernst, Robert	AUT	2136	8
67		Wagner, Stephan	AUT	2223	8
68	FM	Stork, Oliver	GER	2277	8
69		Podolskyi, Mykhailo	UKR	2334	8
70	GM	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2282	8
71	WIM	Demeter, Dorina	HUN	2103	8
72		Stoettner, Moritz	GER	2214	8
73		Frank, Paul	AUT	2239	8
74	IM	Hacker, Jonas	GER	2301	8
75	GM	Hansen, Eric	CAN	2561	7.5
76	GM	Horvath, Dominik	AUT	2418	7.5
77	IM	Schneider, Ilja	GER	2477	7.5
78	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2433	7.5
79	GM	Glek, Igor	BEL	2322	7.5
80	FM	Postlmayer, Jakob	AUT	2323	7.5
81	WGM	Dolzhykova, Kateryna	GER	2247	7.5
82		Breneis, Lukas	AUT	2161	7.5
83	IM	Konopka, Michal	CZE	2285	7.5
84	FM	Tancsa, Tamas	HUN	2146	7.5
85	FM	Hebesberger, Thomas	AUT	2231	7.5
86	IM	Froewis, Georg	AUT	2518	7.5
87	WGM	Reizniece, Dana	LAT	2191	7.5
88	FM	Wohlfahrt, Herbert	AUT	2333	7.5
89	IM	Fedorovsky, Michael	GER	2287	7.5
90	FM	Marakovits, Nico	AUT	2251	7.5
91		Marchhart, Matthias	AUT	2109	7.5
92		Kukushkin, Ivan	BUL	2195	7.5
93	FM	Kundianok, Vladislav	FID	2347	7.5
94	GM	Al-Mudahka, Mohd	QAT	2445	7.5
95	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2128	7.5
96		Warzycha, Gerwin	AUT	2107	7.5
97	FM	Topencik, Bruno	CZE	2033	7.5
98	FM	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2238	7.5
99	FM	Denk, Adolf	AUT	2229	7.5
100		Herter, Leonhard	GER	1931	7.5
101	FM	Weber, Samuel	GER	2301	7.5
102		Vartanov, Robert	AUT	1973	7.5
103		Grausgruber, Rene	AUT	1977	7.5
104		Nolz, Tom	AUT	2220	7.5
105		Lehocz, Jozsef Jr.	HUN	2142	7.5
106		Valean, David-Andrei	GER	2003	7.5
107	FM	Hellmayr, Alois	AUT	2217	7.5
108	FM	Sandhoefner, Florian	AUT	2191	7.5
109	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2505	7
110		Hinterreiter, Markus	GER	2255	7
111		Simic, Jakov	AUT	2004	7
112	WIM	Muetsch, Annmarie	BEL	2186	7
113		Mroz, Thomas	AUT	2084	7
114	CM	Bauer, Thomas	AUT	2131	7
115		Martynov, Aleksandr	FID	1953	7
116		Pleimer, Noah	AUT	1915	7
117		Pressler, Tobias	CZE	2098	7
118	FM	Leitgeb, Julian	AUT	2270	7
119		Hajdarevic, Dino	BIH	2096	7
120	IM	Casagrande, Harald	AUT	2115	7
121		Steiner, Adam	AUT	2085	7
122	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	GER	2085	7
123		Traunwieser, Georg	AUT	2121	7
124		Turlej, Lukasz	POL	2007	7
125	WFM	Orshonova, Elena	SRB	2027	7
126		Ljubic, Juro	AUT	2184	7
127	CM	Bezdek, Tomas	CZE	2082	7
128		Benedikt, Noah	AUT	2025	7
129		Manhardt, Thomas	AUT	2152	7
130	FM	Perhinig, Robert	AUT	2184	7
131		Matisons, Janis Mihaels	LAT	1785	7
132		Ramsbacher, David	AUT	2031	7
133		Waldner, Alois	AUT	1981	7
134		Huber, Guenther	AUT	1997	7
135		Kim, Thomas Jakob	AUT	1787	7
136	CM	Stoettner, Lukas	GER	2050	7
137		Scheffknecht, Philipp	AUT	2069	7
138		Lomsadze, Irakly	AUT	2011	7
139		Hofmann, Lorenz	GER	2021	7
140		Hoegl, Emanuel	AUT	2090	7
141		Goessler, Markus	AUT	2085	6.5
142	CM	Stichter, Constantin Paul	GER	2197	6.5
143	FM	Salvenmoser, Stefan	AUT	2195	6.5
144	CM	Feinig, Mario	AUT	2179	6.5
145		Schallner, Marc	GER	2159	6.5
146	FM	Lerch, Johannes	AUT	2256	6.5
147		Sohn, Benedikt	AUT	2114	6.5
148		Smirnov, Maksim	SLO	2065	6.5
149		Wimmer, Michael	AUT	1999	6.5
150	FM	Wahedi, Ahmad Siar	GER	2250	6.5
151		Panaiatov, Radoslav	BUL	2119	6.5
152		Hatzl, Johannes	AUT	2037	6.5
153		Moerwald, Magdalena	AUT	1966	6.5
154	CM	Gloessl, Sota Alexander	AUT	2077	6.5
155		Neumann, Christian	AUT	2036	6.5
156	FM	Kandic, Milan	SRB	2034	6.5
157		Pakhomov, Denis	FID	2033	6.5
158	WFM	Stoisavljevic, Sava	SRB	2057	6.5
159		Doujak, Gabriel Andreas	AUT	1860	6.5
160		Mcadam, Mark Dr.	GER	2008	6.5
161	FM	Karabalis, Harilos	GER	2132	6.5
162		Moraru, Sorin	AUT	2047	6.5
163		Cabala, Nathan	AUT	1880	6.5
164	AFM	Ozar, Semih	TUR	1617	6.5
165		Auinger, Marcel	AUT	1906	6.5
166	AIM	Alalidze, Saba	GEO	1774	6.5
167		Lehocz, Jozsef	HUN	1916	6.5
168		Raber, Eduard	AUT	1762	6.5
169		Rueger, Erhard	GER	2108	6.5
170		Kues, Hendrik	GER	2114	6
171		Birk, Robin	AUT	1955	6
172		Modric, Milos	SRB	1956	6
173		Radnaev, Leo	AUT	1825	6
174		Pedevilla, Luis	AUT	1997	6
175		Mujevic, Saba	AUT	1936	6
176		Ortner, Sebastian	AUT	2001	6
177		Hoelzl, Bernhard	AUT	1930	6
178		Rechberger, Franz	AUT	2094	6
179		Stadlinger, Lea	AUT	1891	6
180		Klinkan, Alexander	AUT	2001	6
181	WGM	Rodshtein, Tereza	CZE	2146	6
182	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1955	6
183		Gay, Lukas	SVK	1961	6
184		Pruell, Lukas	AUT	1948	6
185		Wiesner, Hans-Dieter	AUT	2013	6
186		Shiri, Mustafa	IRI	1909	6
187		Kukku, Ramesh	IND	1923	6
188		Werdecker, Roland	AUT	1807	6
189		Geiblinger, Lorenz	AUT	1722	6
190		Karigl, Marcel	AUT	0	6
191		Tieber, Michael	AUT	1869	6
192		Hahn, Tobias	AUT	1665	6
193		Leser, Stefan	GER	1919	6
194		Hoebarth, Guenter	AUT	1871	6
195		Schwabeneder, Alois	AUT	1900	6
196		Monschein, Wolfgang	AUT	1971	6
197		Pakina, Varvara	UKR	1953	6
198		Juricevic, Ante	AUT	1853	6
199		Aichinger, Johannes	AUT	1783	6
200		Ganic, Martin	CRO	1988	6
201		Tauber, Andreas	AUT	1962	6
202		Wischounig, Laurin	AUT	1919	6
203		Pollak, Tony	AUT	1745	6
204		Schinwald, Florian	AUT	1656	6
205		Kotliar, Anfisa	AUT	1754	6
206		Ramsbacher, Julian Niklas	AUT	1784	6
207		Squasi, Ernesto	AUT	1832	6
208		Marcos Herrero, Francisco	ESP	1820	6
209		Ploechl, Mario	AUT	0	6
210		Winterauer, Maximilian	AUT	1686	6
211		Ramsauer, Michael	AUT	2023	5.5
212	CM	Csernyik, Mark	HUN	2055	5.5
213		Kroon, Ivo	NED	1960	5.5
214		Havas, Clemens	AUT	1987	5.5
215	IM	Marusenko, Petr	UKR	1996	5.5
216		Tischler, Michel	AUT	1999	5.5
217		Sovago, Philipp	AUT	1894	5.5
218		Kondrak, Christoph	AUT	2171	5.5
219		Bachler, Wilhelm	AUT	1827	5.5
220		Mandzhieva, Altana	AUT	1779	5.5
221		Wimmer, Norbert	AUT	1944	5.5
222		Mullabazi, Selami	AUT	1805	5.5
223		Mohr, Pablo	SLO	1818	5.5
224		Hashme, Sayed Masud	AFG	1687	5.5
225	WIM	Mira, Helene	AUT	2032	5.5
226		Moestl, Rene	AUT	1834	5.5
227		Matthias, Thorsten	AUT	1985	5.5
228		Eder, Simon	AUT	1896	5.5
229		Slutski, Alexander	AUT	1765	5.5
230		Jaklitsch, Lukas	AUT	0	5.5
231		Donets, Alina	AUT	1767	5.5
232		Dumancic, Stanko	AUT	1876	5.5
233		Sreejith, G	IND	1755	5
234	CM	Maierhofer, Johann	AUT	2017	5
235		Smutny, Connor	USA	1835	5
236		Preundler, Florian	AUT	1991	5
237		Fernandez Escabia, Victor	ESP	1891	5
238		Topalidis, Pavlos	GRE	1848	5
239		Lukan, Dunja	AUT	1988	5
240		Sah, Eray	TUR	1677	5
241		Gold, Arthur	AUT	1821	5
242		Buchhas, Johann	AUT	1771	5
243		Voropai, Mykyta	UKR	1806	5
244		Dilly, Julian	AUT	1884	5
245		Geworgyan, Derenick	AUT	1718	5
246		Mazak, Vladimir	SVK	1758	5
247		Wilplinger, Hugo	AUT	1793	5
248		Matthias, Liam	AUT	1713	5
249		Hammami, Ahmad	AUT	1827	5
250		Mena Cortes, Alain Daniel	AUT	1732	5
251		Schwabeneder, Peter	AUT	1823	5
252		Schaufler, Elias	AUT	1743	5
253		Knezevic, Josip	CRO	1754	5
254		Richter, Filip	CZE	1728	5
255		Hahn, Simon	AUT	1659	5
256		Jahedi-Turk, Erwin	AUT	1694	5
257		Nagy, Gergely	HUN	1681	5
258		Kinoshita, Kanako	JPN	1809	5
259		Doersieb, Bianca	AUT	1648	4.5
260		Hegedues, Hugo	AUT	1640	4.5
261		Misak, Vojtech	CZE	1583	4.5
262		Jeitler, Selina	AUT	1751	4.5
263		Elgit, Ahmed	AUT	1637	4.5
264		Pelekanakis, Konstantinos	AUT	1703	4.5
265		Laffer, Michael	AUT	1737	4.5
266		Dvorkovich, Arkady	FID	0	4.5
267		Fernandez Escabia, Eloi	ESP	1572	4.5
268		Spritzendorfer, Alexander	AUT	1820	4.5
269		Mazak, Ryan	SVK	1756	4.5
270		Abesadze, Tamaz	GEO	1674	4.5
271		Kaponig, David	AUT	0	4.5
272		Blazicek, Yannik	AUT	0	4.5
273		Ragchaasuren, Boerte	AUT	1638	4.5
274		Topencikova, Ellen	CZE	1566	4.5
275		Siligan, Anton Josef	AUT	0	4.5
276		Raber, Ulrich	AUT	1518	4.5
277		Schoegl-Wolf, Hubertus	AUT	0	4.5
278		Niedermayer, Benedikt	AUT	0	4.5
279	WFM	Horvath, Maria	AUT	1899	4
280		Borisov, Pavel	UKR	2079	4
281		Omer, Hogr	AUT	1641	4
282		Gusenleitner, Christoph	AUT	1799	4
283		Geworgyan, Daniela	AUT	1625	4
284		Ertl, Taliesin	AUT	1561	4
285		Mnyshenko, Oleksandr	AUT	1522	4
286		Giardino, Maurizio	ITA	0	4
287		Potocnik, Fabian	AUT	1581	4
288		Podolsky, Daniel	SVK	1675	4
289		Lenhard, Alexander	GER	1826	4
290		Gabrielyan, Eduard	AUT	1611	4
291		Bamer, Friedrich	AUT	1848	3.5
292		Dragnev, Lubomir	AUT	1818	3.5
293		Hegedues-Moederndorfer, Theodor	AUT	1500	3.5
294		Angerer, Werner	AUT	1669	3.5
295		Poellner, Florian	GER	1667	3.5
296		Kurz, Alexander Harald	AUT	1510	3.5
297		Königsdorfer, Stefan	AUT	0	3.5
298		Ertl, Karin	AUT	0	3.5
299		Kaiser, Simon	BEL	0	3.5
300		Grenzlehner, Riccardo	AUT	1547	3.5
301		Hemanth Gowda, Parinitha	AUT	0	3.5
302		Gilhofer, Tobias	AUT	0	3
303		Holzer, Leopold	AUT	0	3
304		Pilz, Raphael	AUT	0	3
305		Schevchenko, Yaromir	UKR	0	3
306		Herrera Londono, Andres Felipe	AUT	0	2.5
307	GM	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2566	2
308		Lorenz, Alfred	AUT	1812	2
309		Totter, Harald	AUT	0	2
310		Geworgyan, Stefanie	AUT	1668	1
311	GM	Hertneck, Gerald	GER	2461	0
312	IM	Costa, Leonardo	GER	2415	0
313	IM	Iashvili, Akaki	GEO	2342	0
314		Szvetits, Rene	AUT	2062	0
315	WFM	Polterauer, Chiara	AUT	2038	0
316	FM	Holzmann, Herbert	AUT	1998	0
317		Jevremovic, Filip	AUT	1949	0
318		Kersten, Julian	AUT	1939	0
319		Slivova, Linda	CZE	1863	0
320		Lisch, Dominik	GER	1749	0