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Parham Maghsoodloo
P Maghsoodloo 
https://www.chessoba.com 

Number of games in database: 1,019
Years covered: 2012 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2706 (2670 rapid, 2644 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2740
Overall record: +267 -115 =245 (62.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 392 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Reti System (61) 
    A04 A06 A05
 Queen's Gambit Declined (52) 
    D35 D31 D37 D38 D30
 English (45) 
    A13 A15 A14 A10 A16
 Sicilian (40) 
    B90 B51 B31 B97 B33
 Queen's Pawn Game (38) 
    D02 E10 A46 A41 A45
 Nimzo Indian (33) 
    E46 E21 E49 E44 E32
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (127) 
    B90 B67 B32 B30 B51
 Queen's Pawn Game (45) 
    D02 E10 A45 A40 E00
 Queen's Gambit Declined (39) 
    D39 D31 D37 D35 D30
 Ruy Lopez (32) 
    C78 C92 C67 C65 C93
 Nimzo Indian (28) 
    E46 E20 E48 E21 E32
 Grunfeld (24) 
    D85 D70 D72 D86 D80
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Anand vs P Maghsoodloo, 2020 0-1
   P Maghsoodloo vs F Vallejo Pons, 2022 1-0
   P Maghsoodloo vs Svidler, 2024 1-0
   P Maghsoodloo vs S L Narayanan, 2021 1-0
   Maziar Bagheri vs P Maghsoodloo, 2017 0-1
   P Maghsoodloo vs S P Sethuraman, 2018 1-0
   S Kuipers vs P Maghsoodloo, 2019 0-1
   P Maghsoodloo vs V Rasulov, 2014 1-0
   P Maghsoodloo vs E Najer, 2023 1-0
   G Souleidis vs P Maghsoodloo, 2023 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship (2018)
   Iranian Championship (2018)
   Iranian Championship (2021)
   Austrian Bundesliga 2022/23 (2022)
   Sharjah Masters (2018)
   Reykjavik Open (2025)
   Grenke Freestyle Open (2025)
   Biel (2019)
   Tata Steel India (2022)
   FIDE Grand Swiss (2023)
   Bundesliga 2023/24 (2023)
   Gibraltar Masters (2020)
   Chigorin Memorial (2018)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)
   Sunway Sitges Open (2019)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Sharjah Masters
   P Maghsoodloo vs T Xiao (May-24-25) 1/2-1/2
   S Vetokhin vs P Maghsoodloo (May-23-25) 1-0
   P Maghsoodloo vs Giri (May-22-25) 0-1
   E Amar vs P Maghsoodloo (May-21-25) 1/2-1/2
   P Maghsoodloo vs A Ahmadzada (May-20-25) 1-0

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PARHAM MAGHSOODLOO
(born Aug-11-2000, 24 years old) Iran

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Grandmaster (2016).

Master Title

Maghsoodloo won a direct award of his IM title by qualifying for the World Cup 2015. In 2016, he was awarded his Grandmaster(8) title with a submission of 4 GM norms by September.

Championships

<Youth> His first FIDE-rated event was in the Iranian U12 Championship in 2011 staged in Esfahan where he scored 6/9. The following year, he competed in the World U12 Championship in Slovenia, placing equal fifth with 8/11, a point behind the joint leaders that included Samuel Sevian. He was equal fifth in the Iranian U14 Championship in 2013 and equal fifth, a point behind the winner Li Di in the world U14 Championship 2013 that was staged in the UAE at the end of the year.

<Regional and National> Maghsoodloo first played in the national championship in 2013, where his score of 4/11, while modest, added a significant boost to his rating. He followed this up with equal first at the Mazandaran (a province of Iran) Chess Championship 2014 and 7/11 at the national championship in 2014, the latter sufficient for equal fourth behind Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Pouria Darini and Omid Noroozi. He won the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021 Iranian Championships, scoring a blistering 14/15 at the Iranian Championship (2021).

<Continental> Maghshoodloo finished sixth at the Asian Continental Championship (ACC) 2015. Although the tournament had only five qualification spots for the World Cup 2015, he qualified because two of the players who finished ahead of him had already qualified. (1)

<World> He qualified for the World Cup (2015) via his result at the ACC 2015 (see above). In the first round he was matched with Wesley So, who defeated him in both games to eliminate Maghsoodloo from the tournament. World U-20 champion 2018.

Maghshoodloo tore through the field at the World Junior Championship (2018). In the first ten rounds he yielded only one draw, to his countryman Alireza Firouzja. Despite his last round loss, his 9.5/11 score sufficed to win the championship by a full point.

He participated at the FIDE Grand Swiss (2021) getting 6.0 of 11.0.

Standard Tournaments

Maghshoodloo's first open FIDE-rated tournament in which grandmasters participated was the 3rd Zendeh Roud International staged in Isfahan in 2011. In his first such outing he scored 5.5/9, albeit not against titled players. Another good early performance was scoring 8/11, a point from the lead, at the Iranian Chess Festival staged in Hamedan in July 2012. The following year in March 2013, he placed equal first at the 3rd Esfahan Norooz Cup Tournament alongside Aryan Gholami, Amohammad M Soozankar, Mehrdad Sedaghati and Ali Asadi. He was equal second behind Homayoon Toufighi at the 6th Baran Cup 2013 that was staged in Rasht and equal third at the 12th Iranian Men Festival (2013). In September 2013, he placed equal second behind Morteza Mahjoob at the Mazandaran Open Cup. In March 2014, he won his first FIDE-rated open when he finished clear first with 9/11 at the Qazvin Nowruz Open. In August 2014, Maghsoodloo placed a strong equal fourth at the 12th Avicenna International Open staged in Hamedan in Iran, gaining 54 points for this event alone. The following month, he placed equal third behind Toufighi and Masoud Mosadeghpour at the 2nd Khomein Open (in the city of Khomein). He was outright first at the 13th Iranian Men Festival in August 2014, scoring 10/11 and scored a strong 5/9 at the Baku Open (2014), adding 46 rating points for the latter.

At the Tata Steel India (Rapid) (2021) he placed 7th.

Team Events

His first FIDE-rated league participation was in the 2013 Mazandaran League. The following year he played for Iran, scoring 7.5/10 for his team's 3rd board at the 2014 World youth team chess Olympiad(2), 8/10 on 3rd board at the 2015 WYCO(3), in the Khorasan-Shomali league and then in the Iranian Super League. He also played in the Mazandaran League and the Iranian Super League in 2015. He picked up the top board's 1st place along with Alireza Firouzja and Arash Tahbaz (8 out of 9 games played at their 4th seat), as the 3 each scored 7.5 for Iran for a team win at the 2016 World youth chess Olympiad(4). Aryan Gholami picked up 4.5/7 points at 3rd seat and Anahita Zahedifar won one of her 2 games that she was scheduled to play on reserve board, but had to miss one other round.

References and Sources

(1) http://chess-results.com/tnr182542.... (2015 Asian Continental chess championship), (2) http://wyco2014.chess.hu/?lang=en (2014 World youth chess Olympiad), (3) http://wyco2015.mongolchess.mn/ (top prize on 3rd board at the 2015 WYCO), (4) http://wyco2016chess.sk/en (2016 World youth chess Olympiad), (5) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr153... (2014 WYCO), (6) http://wy2016.fide.com/program/ (2016 O-16 WYCC), (7) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr239... (2016 O-16 WYCC), (8) https://ratings.fide.com/title_appl... (confirms GM title).

Wikipedia article: Parham Maghsoodloo

Last updated: 2024-01-30 10:41:51

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 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,019  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Maghsoodloo vs A Kowsarinia  0-1432012Iranian ChampionshipA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
2. A Valizadeh vs P Maghsoodloo  ½-½662012Iranian ChampionshipE01 Catalan, Closed
3. P Maghsoodloo vs S K Mousavi  1-0832012Iranian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
4. O Noroozi vs P Maghsoodloo  ½-½322012Iranian ChampionshipA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
5. P Maghsoodloo vs M Asgari  0-1542012Iranian ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
6. A Aghaei vs P Maghsoodloo  ½-½552012Iranian ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. P Maghsoodloo vs S Lorparizangeneh  ½-½562012Iranian ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
8. M Khademi vs P Maghsoodloo  1-0502012Iranian ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. M Shah Moradi vs P Maghsoodloo  1-0292012Iranian ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
10. P Maghsoodloo vs M Akbari Gelvardi  1-0552012Iranian ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
11. N Khalafova vs P Maghsoodloo 0-1632014Baku OpenB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
12. P Maghsoodloo vs P Smirnov  0-1512014Baku OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
13. A Amrayeva vs P Maghsoodloo 0-1432014Baku OpenE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
14. Y Wen vs P Maghsoodloo  ½-½472014Baku OpenD72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line
15. P Maghsoodloo vs Shimanov  ½-½272014Baku OpenA06 Reti Opening
16. P Maghsoodloo vs V Rasulov 1-0612014Baku OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
17. Kuzubov vs P Maghsoodloo  1-0512014Baku OpenA16 English
18. P Idani vs P Maghsoodloo  1-02920154th Sardaran OpenB10 Caro-Kann
19. P Maghsoodloo vs M Gagunashvili  ½-½2920154th Sardaran OpenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
20. P Maghsoodloo vs Z Rahman  1-076201514th Asian ContinentalA04 Reti Opening
21. So vs P Maghsoodloo 1-0432015World CupA30 English, Symmetrical
22. P Maghsoodloo vs So 0-1402015World CupA22 English
23. P Maghsoodloo vs M Gholami Orimi  1-0492016Khazar CupA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. V Malaniuk vs P Maghsoodloo  ½-½562016Khazar CupA48 King's Indian
25. P Maghsoodloo vs E Ghaem Maghami  1-0392016Khazar CupE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
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Jul-24-16  fisayo123: https://twitter.com/chess24com/stat...

He's been on a killing spree recently.

Jul-24-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <fisayo123: He's been on a killing spree recently.>

No harm in that, so long as he does not start playing 1.e4 and 2.Qh5 against all and sundry. One Gavinator over at chess.com was quite enough!

Aug-15-16  BIDMONFA: Parham Maghsoodloo

MAGHSOODLOO, Parham
http://www.bidmonfa.com/maghsoodloo...
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Sep-08-16  fisayo123: I like his approach to chess. A genuine talent.
Jan-26-18  Eastfrisian: He is born on November 8.
Apr-17-18  kardopov: This guy is for real. He is now rising above his horizon and a force to reckon with. Beware the 24 yrs and above who failed to land a berth against Carlsen, for there are plenty of youngsters ready to supplant you, and this guy is among them. Take your bow now and be ready to leave the arena.
Apr-18-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Troller: 7/7 right now in Sharjah Masters! Last 4 rounds he beat Wang Hao, Sethuraman P Sethuraman, Vladislav Artemiev and Gawain Jones. He is playing White against Eltaj Safarli in the penultimate round today.
Apr-18-18  mprodrigues: <Troller: 7/7 right now in Sharjah Masters! Last 4 rounds he beat Wang Hao, Sethuraman P Sethuraman, Vladislav Artemiev and Gawain Jones.>

Was about to post that, fantastic run!

Sep-02-18  1d410: This guy is the future for sure
Sep-12-18  belgradegambit: Currently the leader at the world junior championship.
Sep-13-18  aliasniamor: <Currently the leader at the world junior championship.>

And with a 8.5/9 run so far, no less ! With only 2 rounds to go and 1.5 point lead on the second (many) players of the tournament, he should be able to secure a first place win if nothing goes completely wrong.

Not to mention he also had a 8.5/9 score in the last tournament he played. With these two results he not only entered the live top 100 but is even approching the 2700 mark with a live rating of 2686.5 !!

Sep-13-18  paavoh: Wonderful positional game in round 9 today in WJC.
Sep-14-18  NightKnight: This guy has won 17 out of his last 19 games! 2 draws. Broke 2690 ELO. Could break into 2700 and top 50 in world during olympiad, since the opposition there will have higher ELOs also.
Sep-15-18  paavoh: Despite the last round loss to Esipenko, he has won the World U20 Championship. Congratulations!
Jul-07-19  sonia91: He just won the traditional Leon rapid tournament in Spain after beating Vassily Ivanchuk in the final (it's a KO event). Maghsoodloo beat in the semifinal local GM Jaime Santos Latasa.

Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin also took part in the tourney, but was defeated by Ivanchuk in the semifinals.

Aug-11-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Happy Birthday, Grandmaster Maghsoodloo!
Apr-14-21  0ZeR0: Parham Maghsoodloo won this year's Iranian Championship with an incredible 14/15 points. He won the last twelve games in a row.
Apr-15-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: At the risk of lowering the intellectual tone, is he the big fat guy with the puffer jacket?
Apr-15-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <MissScarlett> His FIDE profile contains a photo https://ratings.fide.com/profile/12... and yes, you are right (about lowering the intellectual tone, I mean)
Oct-23-21  Albertan: DuoBeniajan wins Spanish Team Championship:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/duobe...

Aug-11-23  EvanTheTerrible: Despite his good year, Maghsoodloo is at risk of losing the #1 Iranian spot to Tabatabei. Well, he was, until Tabatabei lost a good chunk of rating to Keymer.
Aug-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Duda spolied his party.
Oct-07-23  fabelhaft: Led Iran to team gold in the Asian Games in China, after beating the favourite teams first board players Wei Yi and Gukesh. China without Ding Liren failed to medal. India was second and Uzbekistan third after the nine rounds. Impressive by Iran to win an event like this in spite of Firouzja representing France nowadays.
Jan-30-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Sad to see that he never plays the Parham Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Qh5!). He always plays the insipid 2.Nf3?, with lackluster results. Repertoire Explorer: Parham Maghsoodloo (white).
Aug-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <Is playing chess a weight-loss hack?>

https://www.yahoo.com/news/playing-...

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