The 2015 Iranian National Chess Championship (Men’s Final) took place from 20th to 27th January, 2015, in Mashad, the second most populous city in Iran and a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv in the...
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami is champion of Iran
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami is champion of Iran Saturday, 07 December 2013 18:37 The Final National Championship of Iran was held from 27th November to 5th december in Tabriz. 36 players competed in the 11-round Swiss event. Top seed...
Meijers and Ghaem Maghami share first in Bad Ragaz
The 8th International Oster-Open in Bad Ragaz was held from 28th March to 1st April at the Saal des Mehrzweckgebäudes in Bad Ragaz, Swizterland. 101 players from 14 countries competed in the seven-round Swiss event. Grandmasters Viesturs Meijers and...
Talking chess
First Talking Chess match in Tehran 9.3.2013 – In an effort to turn chess into a spectator sport the Iranian Chess Federation (really!) is taking the initiative and staging an innovative match in which the players – former World...
Ghaem Maghami wins Fajr Open
Final top 10 standings: 1. GM Ghaem Maghami (IRI, 2570) 9 / 11 2. GM Pantsulaia (GEO, 2592) 8½ 3-10. IM Nigalidze (GEO, 2460), IM Darini (IRI, 2458), IM Azaladze (GEO, 2403), GM R.Ibrahimov (AZE, 2550), GM Golizadeh (IRI,...
Iran chess champ expelled for refusing Israel game
Iran chess champ expelled for refusing Israel game(AFP) – 3 hours ago BASTIA, France — Organisers of an international chess tournament in Corsica said on Tuesday they had expelled Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami for refusing to take on...
Iran and Israel clash in Bastia
GM Ghaem Maghami, 9 times Iran champion The Corsica Masters was going on perfectly in the first rounds of the competition – with a superb prize fund, happy participants, and record participation. Everything on the boards was going fine...
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami wins 10th Avicenna International Open
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami dominates another tournament10th Avicenna International Open on 24-31st July in Hamadan, Iran The 10th Avicenna International Open Tournament, organized by the Hamadan Chess Association on behalf of I.R.Iran Chess Federation, was held from 24th to...
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Wins Dubai Open Blitz
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Wins Dubai Open Blitz Saturday, 16 April 2011 17:21 Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran, who arrived in Dubai only for the one day blitz tournament and returned to Iran immediately after, won the ENOC Cup...
War on the chess board
Iranian ‘checkmates’ Israeli to win back recordBy Farhad Pouladi (AFP) – 5 hours ago TEHRAN — An Iranian grandmaster said he ousted the Israeli title holder on Wednesday to regain the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games after facing...