The 13th Sahel Open Tournament was held on 19-24th December, in Bandar Abbas, center of Hormozgan Province, Iran. 73 participants, including 27 rated and 2 titled, competed.
Sayyed Hossein Daneshpour, 5th seed in the tournament, obtained the first place with 8 points from nine rounds.
Ali Faghirnavaz and GM Homayoon Toufighi both finished with 7.5 points, but with better tiebreak score Faghirnavaz landed on the 2nd place. Toufighi defeated Daneshpour in the last round and finished third.
The tournament director was Hossein Ahmadi Sarkhooni and the chief arbiter was FA Shahram Salari.
News by Ali Ghaemmaghami (http://iranianchess.ir/)
Final standings:
1. Daneshpour S.H. 2175 Hormozgan – 8
2. Faghirnavaz Ali 2317 Gilan – 7.5
3. GM Toufighi Homayoon 2440 Gilan – 7.5
4. IM Darban Morteza 2384 Tehran – 7
5. Khalesi Vahid 2221 Zanjan – 7
6. Ghaledar Faraz 2076 Esfahan – 6.5
7. Sadeghi Adel 2109 Hormozgan – 6.5
8. Khaje Hesamedini Ali 2158 Fars – 6.5
9. Asgharzadeh M.Reza 2046 Mazandaran – 6
10. Momtahan Hossein 0 Fars – 6
11. Bashniji Morteza 2046 Hormozgan – 6
12. Bahadori Abdollah 2029 Hormozgan – 6
13. Hajipoor Javad 0 Boushehr – 6
Any IM or GM norm?