Maghsoodloo, Parham Age 24

Source: fide.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2719.0
Live Rank
#25
FIDE Rating
2719
World Rank
#26
Iran Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2742 - Dec 2023 (Age 23)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2742) - Dec 2023 (Age 23)
Rapid
2665 World #40, Peak 2732 (May 2024)
Blitz
2668 World #44, Peak 2735 (Sep 2019)
Born
11 Aug 2000
Iran
FIDE ID 12539929
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2024
Total Games:
1613
Wins:
789 (49%)
Losses:
313 (19%)
Draws:
511 (32%)
Total score:
65%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2690
White:
A07 Hungarian Opening (31 games)
D02 London System (30 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (27 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (24 games)
B30 Sicilian Defense (23 games)
B67 Sicilian Defense (17 games)

Before Maghsoudloo, Iranian players were not taken seriously, as it was believed that they did not systematically work on chess and relied solely on talent. But Parham, even without the genius of Firouzja, changed the picture. By consistently training 10-12 hours a day he broke into the world elite!

Parham was born on August 12, 2000 in Gonbad-e Kavus. He attended a good school for talented children and wanted to become a pharmacist, but at the age of 9, he discovered chess and it completely captivated him. From the very beginning, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to training and soon became the provincial champion, then began winning all the youth tournaments in the country. In 2014 Maghsoudloo was included in the Iranian youth team which took 3rd place at the Youth Olympiad, and in the next two years won "gold" twice! The team leader was close to becoming the adult champion of Iran (3rd place, Firouzja won) and made it to the 2015 World Cup, where he lost to So in the 1st round.

Maghsoodloo became a grandmaster at the age of 16, but immediately after that, in 2017 he became the national champion (and again in 2018 and 2021) and the World Champion "under 20". He won the title with a round to spare, scoring 9.5/10 – even a loss in the last round still left him with a one-point lead. In 2018, he won five opens: in Mumbai (where he received a prize and praise from Anand), Amol, Chomein, Sharjah (his 7/7 start caused a real sensation) and Yerevan. After that Parham led the Iranian team at the Olympiad (6.5/10), the Asian Team Championship (5/7 – 1st place on board 1), and the World Team Championship (4/9).

Maghsoudloo soared to a rating of 2689, ranked 4th among juniors in the world, and began receiving invitations to major tournaments, but his career was interrupted by the pandemic. He returned to active play only at the end of 2021, immediately surpassing the "2700" mark. Like many of his peers, Parham performed brightly at the Chennai Olympiad (8/11), but played even better at the 2023 Asian Games, leading the Iranian team to the championship title. His personal contribution to the victory was to score 7.5/9 on board 1, defeating Gukesh, Wei Yi, Le Quang Liem and others.

Today Maghsoodloo is an integral part of the young elite. At the same time, Parham is very good in strong opens: he took 3rd place in the Grand Swiss (7.5/11) and Qatar Masters (6.5/9), and 5th in Sharjah Masters (6/9), but he has not yet performed as well in round-robin tournaments, which hinders his further rise. So far, the Iranian's peak is 12th place (2742) in December 2023, but with his incredible work ethic and unabashed ambitions, this is certainly not the limit!

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Maghsoodloo, Parham2665Svidler, Peter27091-039London4 Oct 2024
2Maghsoodloo, Parham2665Rapport, Richard26950-1109London3 Oct 2024
3Martirosyan, Haik M2667Maghsoodloo, Parham27231-072Budapest22 Sep 2024
4Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Deac, Bogdan Daniel26801/2-1/244Budapest21 Sep 2024
5Ding, Liren2736Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/260Budapest20 Sep 2024
6Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Gukesh, Dommaraju27640-134Budapest19 Sep 2024
7Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Le, Quang Liem27411/2-1/242Budapest18 Sep 2024
8Carlsen, Magnus2832Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/287Budapest16 Sep 2024
9Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn25091-040Budapest15 Sep 2024
10Bjerre, Jonas Buhl2648Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/230Budapest14 Sep 2024
11Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Mchedlishvili, Mikheil25741-030Budapest13 Sep 2024
12Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Tan, Jun Ying23221-040Budapest11 Sep 2024
13Balabayeva, Kseniya2335Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-125Astana5 Aug 2024
14Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Derksen, Vadim17351-041Astana5 Aug 2024
15Kovanova, Mariya2118Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-140Astana5 Aug 2024
16Skak, Abuali1969Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-145Astana5 Aug 2024
17Pranav, V.2598Maghsoodloo, Parham27231-054Astana5 Aug 2024
18Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Pranav, V.25980-156Astana5 Aug 2024
19Pranav, V.2598Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/287Astana5 Aug 2024
20Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Pranav, V.25981-053Astana5 Aug 2024
21Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Ju, Wenjun25631/2-1/239Astana5 Aug 2024
22Ju, Wenjun2563Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-133Astana5 Aug 2024
23Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Ju, Wenjun25631-046Astana5 Aug 2024
24Tulekenova, Aiza1581Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-137Astana5 Aug 2024
25Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Agmanov, Zhandos24581/2-1/233Astana5 Aug 2024
26Agmanov, Zhandos2458Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-133Astana5 Aug 2024
27Jumabayev, Rinat2577Maghsoodloo, Parham27231-070Astana4 Aug 2024
28Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Niemann, Hans Moke27111/2-1/267Astana4 Aug 2024
29Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Urazayev, Arystanbek24661-044Astana4 Aug 2024
30Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna26491/2-1/258Astana4 Aug 2024
31Gareyev, Timur2541Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-138Astana3 Aug 2024
32Yakubboev, Nodirbek2655Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/233Astana3 Aug 2024
33Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Van Foreest, Jorden26961-045Astana3 Aug 2024
34Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Nepomniachtchi, Ian27671-051Astana3 Aug 2024
35Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Mamedov, Edgar24431-048Astana2 Aug 2024
36Wei, Yi2762Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/287Astana2 Aug 2024
37Zemlyanskii, Ivan2543Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-126Astana2 Aug 2024
38Suleimen, Ergali2334Maghsoodloo, Parham27230-149Astana2 Aug 2024
39Karthik Venkataraman2581Maghsoodloo, Parham27251/2-1/236Ankara26 Jul 2024
40Cheparinov, Ivan2638Maghsoodloo, Parham27251/2-1/230Ankara24 Jul 2024
41Maghsoodloo, Parham2725Ioannidis, Evgenios25011-072Ankara23 Jul 2024
42Galperin, Platon2554Maghsoodloo, Parham27250-141Ankara21 Jul 2024
43Maghsoodloo, Parham2725Niemann, Hans27031/2-1/254Ankara20 Jul 2024
44Yu, Yangyi2720Maghsoodloo, Parham27251/2-1/246Ankara17 Jul 2024
45Maghsoodloo, Parham2725Artemiev, Vladislav26941/2-1/237Ankara16 Jul 2024
46Yilmaz, Mustafa2588Maghsoodloo, Parham27251/2-1/227Ankara15 Jul 2024
47Maghsoodloo, Parham2725Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan26151/2-1/241Ankara14 Jul 2024
48Grischuk, Alexander2719Maghsoodloo, Parham27331-036Tashkent9 Jul 2024
49Maghsoodloo, Parham2733Yakubboev, Nodirbek26341/2-1/266Tashkent9 Jul 2024
50Maghsoodloo, Parham2644Vakhidov, Jakhongir25211-030Tashkent9 Jul 2024
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