Maghsoodloo, Parham Age 24

Source: fide.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2679.6
Live Rank
#47
FIDE Rating
2674
World Rank
#49
Iran Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2742 - Dec 2023 (Age 23)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2742) - Dec 2023 (Age 23)
Rapid
2669 World #35, Peak 2732 (May 2024)
Blitz
2668 World #41, Peak 2735 (Sep 2019)
Born
11 Aug 2000
Iran
FIDE ID 12539929
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2025
Total Games:
1656
Wins:
805 (49%)
Losses:
326 (19%)
Draws:
525 (32%)
Total score:
65%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2671
White:
A07 Hungarian Opening (32 games)
D02 London System (30 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (28 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (24 games)
B30 Sicilian Defense (23 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (18 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, Parham2674Gledura, Benjamin26611-028Germany12 Jan 2025
2Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2733Maghsoodloo, Parham26741/2-1/229Germany11 Jan 2025
3Uskov, Artem2430Maghsoodloo, Parham27031-059Doha12 Dec 2024
4Maghsoodloo, Parham2703Garifullina, Leya24511/2-1/232Doha11 Dec 2024
5Lodici, Lorenzo2564Maghsoodloo, Parham27031-047Doha10 Dec 2024
6Maghsoodloo, Parham2703Idani, Pouya26031/2-1/2110Doha9 Dec 2024
7Aaditya, Dhingra2448Maghsoodloo, Parham27030-134Doha7 Dec 2024
8Maghsoodloo, Parham2703Madaminov, Mukhiddin25011/2-1/257Doha6 Dec 2024
9Socko, Monika2402Maghsoodloo, Parham27030-141Doha5 Dec 2024
10Maghsoodloo, Parham2703Ashraf, Artin23881/2-1/256Doha4 Dec 2024
11Amartuvshin, Ganzorig2392Maghsoodloo, Parham27031/2-1/259Doha3 Dec 2024
12Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Saydaliev, Saidakbar24731-038Tashkent29 Nov 2024
13Atabayev, Saparmyrat2520Maghsoodloo, Parham27120-178Tashkent28 Nov 2024
14Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Neelash, Saha24581/2-1/231Tashkent27 Nov 2024
15Zemlyanskii, Ivan2543Maghsoodloo, Parham27120-140Tashkent26 Nov 2024
16Madaminov, Mukhiddin2501Maghsoodloo, Parham27121/2-1/276Tashkent25 Nov 2024
17Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Shyam, Nikil P24451-031Tashkent24 Nov 2024
18Nigmatov, Ortik2447Maghsoodloo, Parham27121-038Tashkent22 Nov 2024
19Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Zhang, Ziji23801-037Tashkent21 Nov 2024
20Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Aravindh, Chithambaram VR27060-164Chennai11 Nov 2024
21Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2686Maghsoodloo, Parham27121/2-1/237Chennai10 Nov 2024
22Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2799Maghsoodloo, Parham27121/2-1/244Chennai9 Nov 2024
23Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Sarana, Alexey26791/2-1/2119Chennai8 Nov 2024
24Aronian, Levon2739Maghsoodloo, Parham27121-046Chennai7 Nov 2024
25Maghsoodloo, Parham2712Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27391-045Chennai6 Nov 2024
26Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2737Maghsoodloo, Parham27121-050Chennai5 Nov 2024
27Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Radjabov, Teimour27001/2-1/224Vrnjacka Banja26 Oct 2024
28Maurizzi, Marc Andria2594Maghsoodloo, Parham27191/2-1/274Vrnjacka Banja25 Oct 2024
29Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Wei, Yi27631-048Vrnjacka Banja24 Oct 2024
30Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2783Maghsoodloo, Parham27191-053Vrnjacka Banja23 Oct 2024
31Laurusas, Tomas2573Maghsoodloo, Parham27190-140Vrnjacka Banja22 Oct 2024
32Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Arnaudov, Petar G24071-042Vrnjacka Banja21 Oct 2024
33Willemze, Thomas2322Maghsoodloo, Parham27190-124Vrnjacka Banja20 Oct 2024
34Sadhwani, Raunak2659Maghsoodloo, Parham27191-059London14 Oct 2024
35Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Sadhwani, Raunak26590-162London14 Oct 2024
36Svidler, Peter2698Maghsoodloo, Parham27190-155London11 Oct 2024
37Rapport, Richard2721Maghsoodloo, Parham27191-033London10 Oct 2024
38Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Radjabov, Teimour27000-147London9 Oct 2024
39Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27331-025London8 Oct 2024
40Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Yu, Yangyi27171/2-1/243London7 Oct 2024
41Yu, Yangyi2717Maghsoodloo, Parham27191/2-1/284London6 Oct 2024
42Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2733Maghsoodloo, Parham27191-068London5 Oct 2024
43Radjabov, Teimour2700Maghsoodloo, Parham27190-169London5 Oct 2024
44Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Svidler, Peter26981-039London4 Oct 2024
45Maghsoodloo, Parham2719Rapport, Richard27210-1108London3 Oct 2024
46Martirosyan, Haik M2667Maghsoodloo, Parham27231-072Budapest22 Sep 2024
47Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Deac, Bogdan Daniel26801/2-1/244Budapest21 Sep 2024
48Ding, Liren2736Maghsoodloo, Parham27231/2-1/260Budapest20 Sep 2024
49Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Gukesh, Dommaraju27640-134Budapest19 Sep 2024
50Maghsoodloo, Parham2723Le, Quang Liem27411/2-1/242Budapest18 Sep 2024
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