The 2016 Khazar Cup was organized by the Gulian Chess Association and Iranian Chess Federation from 11th February to 18th February, in Zibakenar, Iran.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament and a total of 77 players from 14 different countries took part in it.
The progress of the Iranian young players certainly deserves attention. After the youth domination at the Iranian Men’s Championship one month ago, now another Iranian promising player takes the gold. The 19-year-old IM Masoud Mosadeghpour lifted the trophy in competition of twelve Grandmasters and eight international masters.
Mosadeghpour scored 7/9 points to tie for the first place with Armenian GM Karen Grigoryan and GM Sergey Volkov from Russia but a better tie-break score sent him on top of the tournament. Grigoryan took the silver, while Volkov remained third.
http://www.prochess.ir/khabar.php
Final standings (top 25):
1 IM Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2462 Razavi Khorasan 7
2 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2606 Armenia 7
3 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2607 Russia 7
4 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2461 Golestan 6.5
5 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2593 Armenia 6.5
6 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2568 Khuzestan 6.5
7 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2539 Azerbaijan 6
8 GM Malaniuk Vladimir P UKR 2482 Ukraine 6
9 Khodashenas Mersad IRI 2393 Razavi Khorasan 6
10 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2570 Tehran 6
11 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2417 Mazandaran 6
12 Tahbaz Arash IRI 2282 Guilan 5.5
13 IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil IRI 2417 Guilan 5.5
14 GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2437 Latvia 5.5
15 Godarz Kasra IRI 2123 Razavi Khorasan 5.5
16 Mari Ooriad Pouya IRI 2205 Fars 5.5
17 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2613 Netherlands 5.5
18 Ghorbani Hadi IRI 2160 Tehran 5.5
19 IM Grabliauskas Virginijus LTU 2322 Lithuania 5.5
20 Asgari Morteza IRI 2189 Zanjan 5.5
21 IM Morchiashvili Bachana GEO 2342 Georgia 5.5
22 GM Stopa Jacek POL 2460 Poland 5.5
23 FM Sedaghati Mehrdad IRI 2310 Qazvin 5.5
24 GM Mahjoob Zardast Morteza IRI 2361 Tehran 5.5
25 IM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2503 Guilan 5