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Parham Maghsoodloo wins Iranian Championship
April 14, 2021
A few years ago I was quietly tracking the games of Morosevich and Ivanchuk because they were iconic players not much in the news.
Now, I find that during the pandemic, young players are getting online tournament practice and they may well be near the top when things get back to normal. We should be aware of what they are doing!
Two that we noted a couple of years ago were Firouzja and Maghsoodloo from Iran. Here is the latest on Parham.
From the article on chessbase:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/parham...n-championship
by
André Schulz
4/14/2021 – 14 points out of 15 games and an Elo-performance of 2843 - Parham Magsoodloo won the Iranian Championship 2021, a 16-player round-robin tournament, in impressive fashion. However, Maghsoodloo was also pushed by his rival Pouya Idani who scored 13.0/15 and finished second.
In the FIDE country list Iran is on place 28, behind Sweden but ahead of Denmark. The list of the best Iranian players includes 13 grandmasters, although the country has lost two strong grandmasters through emigration: Alireza Firouzja, who might soon play for France, and Elshan Moradiabadi, who emigrated to the USA.
Iran also has a remarkably high number of strong female players. With a rating of almost 2500 Elo Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (born 1997) is number nine in the overall list, Atousa Pourkashiyan (2322) is 31st and Mitra Hejazipour (2319) 34th.
Alireza Firouzja, Parham Maghssoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei were the country's most promising talents. In fact, Firouzja (born 2003) developed so quickly that he had no time to excel in junior tournaments. When he was 12 he won the Iranian Championship 2016, and in 2019 he won it for the second time. In 2018, he finished 6th in the World Rapid Chess Championship, and in 2019 (when he had already left Iran) he was runner-up in the World Rapid Chess Championship, which was one by Magnus Carlsen.
Parham Maghsoodloo is now the country's number one and in 2018 he won the World Junior Championship U20. Amin Tabatabaei also had a number of successes: at the Junior World Championship U8 in 2009 he won bronze, in 2014 he became Asian Champion U14, Bronze bei der U8-Weltmeisterschaft 2009 und Silber bei der U14-Weltmeisterschaft 2014 and won silver at the World Junior Championship U14.
Pouya Idani (born 2005) is another remarkable talent. In 2011 he won silver at the World Junior Championship U16 and in 2013 he became Junior World Champion U18.
The National Championship 2021 was played over-the-board and in a format reminiscent of old tournaments from the last century. No fewer than 16 players took part and played a round-robin.
Number one seed Maghsoodloo was in outstanding shape and won 13 of his 15 games. The other two ended in a draw. Pouya Idani played two more draws than Maghsoodloo and finished second with 13.0/15.
All of Maghsoodloo’s games from the tournament
Time Control: Standard: 90 minutes with 30 sec increments from move 1
Iranian Men Championship Final
Tehran, Iran
Round 1, April 5
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Idani, Pouya
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bc7 Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nd4 Ne7 13.g4 Nxg4 14.Rg1 Nf6 15.f4 Ne8 16.Qc5 Ng6 17.f5 d6 18.Qb4 Ne5 19.Bh3 Qh4 20.Rg3 b5 21.Kb1 Qe7 22.Qb3 Nc4 23.a4 Bd7 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ncxb5 Rc8 27.Rc3 d5 28.Na7 Rc7 29.Ndb5 Rb7 30.exd5 exd5 31.Bg2 Be6 32.Qa4 Rf4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Qa6 Bf7 35.Bf1 Re4 36.Nc6 Qd7 37.Bh3 Ra4 38.Qxa4 Qxc6 39.Bf1 Nc7 40.c4 Bg6+ 41.Bd3 dxc4 42.Bxg6 Qxg6+ 43.Ka1 h6 44.Qxc4+ Kh7 45.Na3 1/2-1/2
Round 2, April 5
Darini, Pouria – Maghsoodloo, Parham
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.c4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Bc6 13.Qd2 f5 14.exf5 Nh4 15.f3 Rxf5 16.Ne4 Qe8 17.Ng3 Re5 18.Bf4 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Rxe2 20.Qxe2 Nxf3 21.Ne4 Nh4 22.Qg4 Be7 23.Bg3 h5 24.Qe2 Nf5 25.Be5 Qg6 26.Ng3 Nh4 27.Kg1 Rf8 28.Bd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Nxg2 30.Qd3 0-1
Round 3, April 6
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Daneshvar, Bardiya
B12 Caro-Kann, Tartakower variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Be6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Ng5 Nxe5 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Qh5+ Ng6 11.Bc4 Nf6 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bxe6+ Kb8 15.g3 Rhe8 16.Bb3 Bb4 17.O-O-O Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rxe4 20.Qf1 Qe3+ 21.Bd2 Qc5 22.c3 a6 23.Kb1 Re7 24.Bc1 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc2 Nf6 27.a4 Ka8 28.Qh3 Qe5 29.Qc8+ Qb8 30.Qe6 Qe8 31.Qc4 Ne5 32.Qe2 h6 33.h3 Ned7 34.Qf2 Qe5 35.g4 Qd5 36.Qe3 Qe5 37.Qd3 Nd5 38.h4 Qe7 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Ne5 41.Qd4 Nf3 42.Qe4 Ne5 43.a5 Nf7 44.c4 Nd6 45.Qd4 Nc7 46.Be3 Kb8 47.b3 Kc8 48.Bf4 Nde8 49.g6 Qe1+ 50.Kb2 Qxa5 51.Be5 b5 52.Qc5 Kb7 53.Bd4 Qd2 54.Qb6+ Kc8 55.Bc3 Qg2 56.Be5 Qg5 57.Bd4 Kd7 58.Bc3 bxc4 59.Qd4+ Kc8 60.bxc4 Kb7 61.Qd7 Qf4 62.Bxg7 Nxg7 63.Qxg7 Qxc4 64.Qe7 Qd4+ 65.Kb1 Qb6+ 66.Ka2 Qa5+ 67.Kb2 Qb6+ 68.Kc3 Qa5+ 69.Kd3 Qf5+ 70.Kd2 Qf2+ 71.Kd3 Qf5+ 72.Kc3 Qa5+ 73.Kd3 1/2-1/2
Round 4, April 6
Atakhan, Abtin – Maghsoodloo, Parham
E01 Catalan, Closed
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Nd2 b6 9.b3 Ba6 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.Qc2 Rfd8 14.Qb1 Bb4 15.Rfd1 c5 16.Na2 Bxd2 17.Rxd2 dxc4 18.bxc4 cxd4 19.Rxd4 e5 20.Rh4 Qd6 21.Ba1 g5 22.Rh6 Bxc4 23.Nc3 Qf8 24.Rxf6 Nxf6 25.Qf5 Qg7 26.Qxe5 Be6 27.h3 g4 28.h4 Qh6 29.Ne4 Rxc1+ 30.Kh2 Rxa1 31.Nxf6+ Kf8 32.Qxa1 Ke7 33.Ne4 Bf5 34.Qa3+ Ke8 35.Ng5 Qf6 36.e4 Bg6 37.Qe3 Qd4 38.Qe2 h6 39.h5 Bxh5 40.Ne6 fxe6 41.Qb5+ Ke7 42.Qxh5 Qxf2 43.Qxg4 Rd2 44.Qg7+ Kd8 0-1
Round 5, April 7
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Tabatabaei, M. Amin
E46 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 c5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Ne2 b6 9.d5 d6 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 e5 12.O-O-O Na6 13.f4 exf4 14.exf4 Nc7 15.Bd3 f5 16.g4 Qh4 17.h3 Bd7 18.Kb1 Qf6 19.Rhg1 Rae8 20.Rg3 Re7 21.Rdg1 Kh8 22.Ka1 g6 23.g5 Qd4 24.Ne2 Qg7 25.h4 b5 26.h5 Kg8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rh3 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Rfe8 30.Rgh1 Nb5 31.Qd2 Nd4 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.Ka2 Re3 34.Rh6 d3 35.Bxd3 Qd4 36.Bb5 1-0
Round 6, April 8
Daghli, Arash – Maghsoodloo, Parham
B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Ne2 Bc5 6.Ng3 Qf6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Qg5 9.Qf3 d6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.h3 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 Rfd8 14.Be2 h6 15.h4 Qg6 16.Nf5 d5 17.g4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxg4 19.Ned6 h5 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.Rdf1 g6 22.Ne4 Qxf5 23.Qe2 Rxd3 24.cxd3 Bxa2+ 25.Kxa2 Qe6+ 26.Kb1 Nb4 27.Nc3 Rc8 28.d4 Qb3 29.Qd2 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Qc2+ 31.Ka1 Rc6 32.Qe2 Ra6+ 0-1
Round 7, April 8
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
E42 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 Nc6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Qxe4 Qxd4 13.Bd3 Qxe4+ 14.Bxe4 e5 15.b4 a6 16.O-O-O Be6 17.Kb2 f5 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.Bc3 Kf7 20.a4 g6 21.f3 Rd5 22.Rxd5 Bxd5 23.Rd1 Be6 24.Rd6 Ke7 25.Bd3 Ra7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Nd4 28.Bb4 Ra2+ 29.Kc3 Kf7 30.f4 Ne2+ 31.Bxe2 Rxe2 32.Rb6 Bd5 33.fxe5 Bxg2 34.Rf6+ Kg8 35.e6 Bd5 36.c6 bxc6 37.b6 1-0
(to be continued)
April 14, 2021
A few years ago I was quietly tracking the games of Morosevich and Ivanchuk because they were iconic players not much in the news.
Now, I find that during the pandemic, young players are getting online tournament practice and they may well be near the top when things get back to normal. We should be aware of what they are doing!
Two that we noted a couple of years ago were Firouzja and Maghsoodloo from Iran. Here is the latest on Parham.
From the article on chessbase:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/parham...n-championship
by
André Schulz
4/14/2021 – 14 points out of 15 games and an Elo-performance of 2843 - Parham Magsoodloo won the Iranian Championship 2021, a 16-player round-robin tournament, in impressive fashion. However, Maghsoodloo was also pushed by his rival Pouya Idani who scored 13.0/15 and finished second.
In the FIDE country list Iran is on place 28, behind Sweden but ahead of Denmark. The list of the best Iranian players includes 13 grandmasters, although the country has lost two strong grandmasters through emigration: Alireza Firouzja, who might soon play for France, and Elshan Moradiabadi, who emigrated to the USA.
Iran also has a remarkably high number of strong female players. With a rating of almost 2500 Elo Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (born 1997) is number nine in the overall list, Atousa Pourkashiyan (2322) is 31st and Mitra Hejazipour (2319) 34th.
Alireza Firouzja, Parham Maghssoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei were the country's most promising talents. In fact, Firouzja (born 2003) developed so quickly that he had no time to excel in junior tournaments. When he was 12 he won the Iranian Championship 2016, and in 2019 he won it for the second time. In 2018, he finished 6th in the World Rapid Chess Championship, and in 2019 (when he had already left Iran) he was runner-up in the World Rapid Chess Championship, which was one by Magnus Carlsen.
Parham Maghsoodloo is now the country's number one and in 2018 he won the World Junior Championship U20. Amin Tabatabaei also had a number of successes: at the Junior World Championship U8 in 2009 he won bronze, in 2014 he became Asian Champion U14, Bronze bei der U8-Weltmeisterschaft 2009 und Silber bei der U14-Weltmeisterschaft 2014 and won silver at the World Junior Championship U14.
Pouya Idani (born 2005) is another remarkable talent. In 2011 he won silver at the World Junior Championship U16 and in 2013 he became Junior World Champion U18.
The National Championship 2021 was played over-the-board and in a format reminiscent of old tournaments from the last century. No fewer than 16 players took part and played a round-robin.
Number one seed Maghsoodloo was in outstanding shape and won 13 of his 15 games. The other two ended in a draw. Pouya Idani played two more draws than Maghsoodloo and finished second with 13.0/15.
All of Maghsoodloo’s games from the tournament
Time Control: Standard: 90 minutes with 30 sec increments from move 1
Iranian Men Championship Final
Tehran, Iran
Round 1, April 5
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Idani, Pouya
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bc7 Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nd4 Ne7 13.g4 Nxg4 14.Rg1 Nf6 15.f4 Ne8 16.Qc5 Ng6 17.f5 d6 18.Qb4 Ne5 19.Bh3 Qh4 20.Rg3 b5 21.Kb1 Qe7 22.Qb3 Nc4 23.a4 Bd7 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ncxb5 Rc8 27.Rc3 d5 28.Na7 Rc7 29.Ndb5 Rb7 30.exd5 exd5 31.Bg2 Be6 32.Qa4 Rf4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Qa6 Bf7 35.Bf1 Re4 36.Nc6 Qd7 37.Bh3 Ra4 38.Qxa4 Qxc6 39.Bf1 Nc7 40.c4 Bg6+ 41.Bd3 dxc4 42.Bxg6 Qxg6+ 43.Ka1 h6 44.Qxc4+ Kh7 45.Na3 1/2-1/2
Round 2, April 5
Darini, Pouria – Maghsoodloo, Parham
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.c4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Bc6 13.Qd2 f5 14.exf5 Nh4 15.f3 Rxf5 16.Ne4 Qe8 17.Ng3 Re5 18.Bf4 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Rxe2 20.Qxe2 Nxf3 21.Ne4 Nh4 22.Qg4 Be7 23.Bg3 h5 24.Qe2 Nf5 25.Be5 Qg6 26.Ng3 Nh4 27.Kg1 Rf8 28.Bd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Nxg2 30.Qd3 0-1
Round 3, April 6
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Daneshvar, Bardiya
B12 Caro-Kann, Tartakower variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Be6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Ng5 Nxe5 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Qh5+ Ng6 11.Bc4 Nf6 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bxe6+ Kb8 15.g3 Rhe8 16.Bb3 Bb4 17.O-O-O Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rxe4 20.Qf1 Qe3+ 21.Bd2 Qc5 22.c3 a6 23.Kb1 Re7 24.Bc1 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc2 Nf6 27.a4 Ka8 28.Qh3 Qe5 29.Qc8+ Qb8 30.Qe6 Qe8 31.Qc4 Ne5 32.Qe2 h6 33.h3 Ned7 34.Qf2 Qe5 35.g4 Qd5 36.Qe3 Qe5 37.Qd3 Nd5 38.h4 Qe7 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Ne5 41.Qd4 Nf3 42.Qe4 Ne5 43.a5 Nf7 44.c4 Nd6 45.Qd4 Nc7 46.Be3 Kb8 47.b3 Kc8 48.Bf4 Nde8 49.g6 Qe1+ 50.Kb2 Qxa5 51.Be5 b5 52.Qc5 Kb7 53.Bd4 Qd2 54.Qb6+ Kc8 55.Bc3 Qg2 56.Be5 Qg5 57.Bd4 Kd7 58.Bc3 bxc4 59.Qd4+ Kc8 60.bxc4 Kb7 61.Qd7 Qf4 62.Bxg7 Nxg7 63.Qxg7 Qxc4 64.Qe7 Qd4+ 65.Kb1 Qb6+ 66.Ka2 Qa5+ 67.Kb2 Qb6+ 68.Kc3 Qa5+ 69.Kd3 Qf5+ 70.Kd2 Qf2+ 71.Kd3 Qf5+ 72.Kc3 Qa5+ 73.Kd3 1/2-1/2
Round 4, April 6
Atakhan, Abtin – Maghsoodloo, Parham
E01 Catalan, Closed
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Nd2 b6 9.b3 Ba6 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.Qc2 Rfd8 14.Qb1 Bb4 15.Rfd1 c5 16.Na2 Bxd2 17.Rxd2 dxc4 18.bxc4 cxd4 19.Rxd4 e5 20.Rh4 Qd6 21.Ba1 g5 22.Rh6 Bxc4 23.Nc3 Qf8 24.Rxf6 Nxf6 25.Qf5 Qg7 26.Qxe5 Be6 27.h3 g4 28.h4 Qh6 29.Ne4 Rxc1+ 30.Kh2 Rxa1 31.Nxf6+ Kf8 32.Qxa1 Ke7 33.Ne4 Bf5 34.Qa3+ Ke8 35.Ng5 Qf6 36.e4 Bg6 37.Qe3 Qd4 38.Qe2 h6 39.h5 Bxh5 40.Ne6 fxe6 41.Qb5+ Ke7 42.Qxh5 Qxf2 43.Qxg4 Rd2 44.Qg7+ Kd8 0-1
Round 5, April 7
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Tabatabaei, M. Amin
E46 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 c5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Ne2 b6 9.d5 d6 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 e5 12.O-O-O Na6 13.f4 exf4 14.exf4 Nc7 15.Bd3 f5 16.g4 Qh4 17.h3 Bd7 18.Kb1 Qf6 19.Rhg1 Rae8 20.Rg3 Re7 21.Rdg1 Kh8 22.Ka1 g6 23.g5 Qd4 24.Ne2 Qg7 25.h4 b5 26.h5 Kg8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rh3 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Rfe8 30.Rgh1 Nb5 31.Qd2 Nd4 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.Ka2 Re3 34.Rh6 d3 35.Bxd3 Qd4 36.Bb5 1-0
Round 6, April 8
Daghli, Arash – Maghsoodloo, Parham
B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Ne2 Bc5 6.Ng3 Qf6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Qg5 9.Qf3 d6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.h3 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 Rfd8 14.Be2 h6 15.h4 Qg6 16.Nf5 d5 17.g4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxg4 19.Ned6 h5 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.Rdf1 g6 22.Ne4 Qxf5 23.Qe2 Rxd3 24.cxd3 Bxa2+ 25.Kxa2 Qe6+ 26.Kb1 Nb4 27.Nc3 Rc8 28.d4 Qb3 29.Qd2 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Qc2+ 31.Ka1 Rc6 32.Qe2 Ra6+ 0-1
Round 7, April 8
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
E42 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 Nc6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Qxe4 Qxd4 13.Bd3 Qxe4+ 14.Bxe4 e5 15.b4 a6 16.O-O-O Be6 17.Kb2 f5 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.Bc3 Kf7 20.a4 g6 21.f3 Rd5 22.Rxd5 Bxd5 23.Rd1 Be6 24.Rd6 Ke7 25.Bd3 Ra7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Nd4 28.Bb4 Ra2+ 29.Kc3 Kf7 30.f4 Ne2+ 31.Bxe2 Rxe2 32.Rb6 Bd5 33.fxe5 Bxg2 34.Rf6+ Kg8 35.e6 Bd5 36.c6 bxc6 37.b6 1-0
(to be continued)
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