A 16-year-old youngster from Teheran IM Bardiya Daneshvar emerged as the winner of the 55th Iranian Men’s Final Chess Championship and took his maiden national title.
The event took place from 15-24 June in Sari, being played as a 14-player round-robin tournament with classical time control. The 55th edition of the Iranian Men’s Final turned into a close race between Bardiya Daneshvar and the top seed IM Seyed Khalil Mousavi, who was coming into the final round a half-point ahead of his main rival.
Bardiya pulled off a crucial victory over Arash Dahli and caught up with Seyed Khalil (pictured below), who made a quick draw with White against Ali Rastbod. Both scored an impressive 9½/13 and tied for the first place, but the title went to Daneshvar by dint of better Sonnerborn-Berger (second tiebreak variable). Scroll down for final rankings
The 13-time national champion Ehsan Ghaem Maghami took the last place on the podium after edging out Ali Rastbod again, thanks to better tiebreaks.
Final standings:
1
IM
Daneshvar Bardiya
2477
9½
2
IM
Mousavi Seyed Khalil
2533
9½
3
GM
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
2519
8½
4
FM
Rastbod Ali
2337
8½
5
GM
Mosadeghpour Masoud
2469
8
6
FM
Daghli Arash
2432
7½
7
GM
Darini Pouria
2436
6½
8
IM
Tahbaz Arash
2436
6
9
Omidi Arya
2315
5½
10
FM
Poormosavi Seyed Kian
2427
5
11
Ashraf Artin
2260
5
12
FM
Atakhan Abtin
2385
4½
13
Khamisi S Jafar
2151
4
14
Naderi Abdollah
2120
3
Photos: Sharif Nataj and Mazandaran Chess Association Telegram channel