Morteza Mahjoob
Number of games in database: 153
Years covered: 2000 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2546
Overall record: +51 -55 =47 (48.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B30 B22 B33 B27 B96  French Defense (11)      C05 C03 C09 C00 C07  French Tarrasch (9)      C05 C03 C09 C07 C08  Caro-Kann (5)      B17 B10 B19 B16	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (32)      B40 B43 B42 B27 B22  Sicilian Kan (15)      B43 B42 B41  Caro-Kann (11)      B10 B18 B12 B13 B14  Dutch Defense (10)      A81 A86 A85  Nimzo Indian (5)      E21 E45 E30 E36 E20  Reti System (4)      A04

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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MORTEZA MAHJOOB (born Mar-20-1980) Iran [what is this?] Iranian Grandmaster.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Iljushin vs M Mahjoob   1-0 43 2000 World Junior A80 Dutch 2. M Mahjoob vs G Vescovi   0-1 76 2000 34th Olympiad B53 Sicilian 3. E Vladimirov vs M Mahjoob   ½-½ 57 2000 Asia Cities-ch 12th A81 Dutch 4. Degraeve vs M Mahjoob   ½-½ 64 2000 34th Olympiad B40 Sicilian 5. De Vreugt vs M Mahjoob   1-0 66 2000 World Junior B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. M Mahjoob vs V Akobian   ½-½ 34 2000 Wch U20 D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 7. S Halkias vs M Mahjoob   1-0 35 2000 World Junior A80 Dutch 8. M Mahjoob vs S Golafroozi   1-0 68 2001 ch-IRI B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. S Ghane vs M Mahjoob   0-1 54 2001 Asian Candidates A80 Dutch 10. P Kostenko vs M Mahjoob   0-1 24 2001 Asian Championships B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. M Mahjoob vs K Asrian   0-1 44 2001 open B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 12. M Ardeshi vs M Mahjoob   ½-½ 29 2001 open B41 Sicilian, Kan 13. M Mahjoob vs M Ghorbani   ½-½ 39 2001 Asian Candidates B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 14. M Mahjoob vs A Mallahi   0-1 47 2001 ch-IRI B33 Sicilian 15. I Hakki vs M Mahjoob   0-1 43 2001 Zone 3.1a B40 Sicilian 16. A Nguyen vs M Mahjoob 1-0 24 2001 Asian Championships B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. M Mahjoob vs R Bagirov   1-0 37 2001 open C05 French, Tarrasch 18. R Vera vs M Mahjoob   ½-½ 44 2001 World Teams A80 Dutch 19. S A Akbarinia vs M Mahjoob   1-0 46 2001 ch-IRI A80 Dutch 20. M Mahjoob vs A Mallahi   ½-½ 32 2001 Asian Candidates B33 Sicilian 21. M Mahjoob vs M Al-Modiahki   ½-½ 38 2001 Asian Championships B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. A IRQ Ali vs M Mahjoob 1-0 33 2001 Zone 3.1a A04 Reti Opening 23. C Sandipan vs M Mahjoob   ½-½ 8 2001 Asian Championships B42 Sicilian, Kan 24. M Mahjoob vs S Ghane   ½-½ 16 2001 open C47 Four Knights 25. A Roghani vs M Mahjoob   1-0 30 2001 Asian Candidates A81 Dutch  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153

Aug-10-09    Joshka: Good luck to this fellow, attempting to break the simul record in Iran this Thursday!! 500 players!....they say he needs to win 80% of the games to qualify for the record. Aug-10-09    Augalv: Official website: http://www.iran500.ir/en/home.html Aug-17-09    Augalv: Mahjoob did it. http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/m... Aug-31-09    Whitehat1963: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Impressive display of endurance. Aug-31-09    wordfunph: Congrats Iranian GM Mahjoob Morteza for smashing the Guinness simul chess world record against 500 with +397 =90 -13 or 88.4%! Aug-31-09    Open Defence: wow, I thought he might go the way of Ostap Bender.... Sep-04-09    BIDMONFA: Morteza Mahjoob MAHJOOB, Morteza http://www.bidmonfa.com/mahjoob_mor... _ Jul-08-10    GrahamClayton: Interesting article about Mahjoob's attempts to raise the profile of chess in Iran: http://www.google.com/hostednews/af... Aug-29-10    GrahamClayton: <wordfunph>Congrats Iranian GM Mahjoob Morteza for smashing the Guinness simul chess world record against 500 with +397 =90 -13 or 88.4%! <wordfunph>, Here is an article about the exhibition: http://www.payvand.com/news/09/aug/... Aug-29-10    SugarDom: GM Jayson Gonzales will attempt to break the record with 600 opponents this coming sep 11.

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