The 18th Avicenna Open 2025 will take place August 24 – August 31 in Iran. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Iran, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are IM Amirreza Pour Agha Bala (2465), GM Shahin Lorparizangeneh (2463), GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (2412), GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (2410), IM Abtin Atakhan (2388), GM Levon Babujian (2352), FM Hamidreza Tahmasebi (2300), FM Ali Rastbod (2284), Amirmohammad Azadi (2272), FM Amirmasoud Moradi (2229), Rastin Khanjani (2213), FM Mehrdad Sedaghati (2198), Amirreza Kerdegar (2181), IM Mohsen Sharbaf (2156), Arvin Riahi (2145), Mahdi Khademi (2134), Korosh Alizadegan (2129), IM Jaza Jamal Ahmed (2128), WFM Setayesh Karimi (2118), FM Armin Samimi (2116). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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18th Avicenna Open 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
IM
Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza
IRI
2465
2
GM
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
IRI
2463
3
GM
Hayrapetyan, Hovik
ARM
2412
4
GM
Mosadeghpour, Masoud
IRI
2410
5
IM
Atakhan, Abtin
IRI
2388
6
GM
Babujian, Levon
ARM
2352
7
FM
Tahmasebi, Hamidreza
IRI
2300
8
FM
Rastbod, Ali
IRI
2284
9
Azadi, Amirmohammad
IRI
2272
10
FM
Moradi, Amirmasoud
IRI
2229
11
Khanjani, Rastin
IRI
2213
12
FM
Sedaghati, Mehrdad
IRI
2198
13
Kerdegar, Amirreza
IRI
2181
14
IM
Sharbaf, Mohsen
IRI
2156
15
Riahi, Arvin
IRI
2145
16
Khademi, Mahdi
IRI
2134
17
Alizadegan, Korosh
IRI
2129
18
IM
Ahmed, Jaza Jamal
IRQ
2128
19
WFM
Karimi, Setayesh
IRI
2118
20
FM
Samimi, Armin
IRI
2116
21
Malekzadeh, Mohammad
IRI
2114
22
FM
Zahmati, Sobhan
IRI
2102
23
CM
Aryan, Ali Ehsan
IRQ
2098
24
Ghanbaralifarzad, Mohammad Hosei
IRI
2098
25
Hussein, Kadhim Hasan
IRQ
2089
26
Darini, Iliya
IRI
2087
27
Alizadeh, Amirmohammad
IRI
2075
28
Vaziri, Rasool
IRI
2069
29
Zeynali, Ali
IRI
2066
30
Safarnezhad, Armin
IRI
2065
31
CM
Delavari, Behnood
IRI
2064
32
Heravi, Mohammad Hossein
IRI
2060
33
CM
Rahbar, Aihan
IRI
2058
34
Ghadi Sahebi, Hosein
IRI
2053
35
Movagharhasani, Farhan
IRI
2051
36
Ghorbani, Mohammad Mehdi
IRI
2048
37
Rahmani, Pedram
IRI
2046
38
CM
Alizadeh, Mohammad Mahdi
IRI
2040
39
Arian, Matin
IRI
2035
40
Hoseini, S.Alireza
IRI
2029
41
Nateghi, Yasin
IRI
2023
42
Ali, Firas Qassim
IRQ
2016
43
Talebian Zadeh, Ilia
IRI
2016
44
Daneshvar, Kasra
IRI
2008
45
WFM
Jalali, Parima
IRI
2005
46
Memarzadeh, Hossein
IRI
1999
47
Jalalvand, Amir Hesam
IRI
1996
48
FM
Aryanejad, Hossein
IRI
1993
49
Karimi, Omid
IRI
1988
50
WCM
Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat
IRI
1985
51
Mardani, Alireza
IRI
1983
52
Taheri, Parsa
IRI
1982
53
Akbari, Rosha
IRI
1980
54
CM
Baqer, Hameed Khalaf Al-Musawi
IRQ
1975
55
Aghili Mofid, Davood
IRI
1971
56
Amiri, Mahan
IRI
1971
57
Pilvaieh, Ali
IRI
1958
58
Mardali, Yousef
IRI
1953
59
Salehi Reihani, Bahamin
IRI
1950
60
Kouchaki, Amirreza
IRI
1948
61
WFM
Yousefian, Maedeh
IRI
1946
62
Firas, Qassim Abbas
IRQ
1946
63
Honarparast, Mohammad
IRI
1944
64
Masajedian, Moein
IRI
1943
65
Moosavi, Seyed Arad
IRI
1941
66
Zihaghi, Amir Arsalan
IRI
1934
67
Ghasemi, Matin
IRI
1925
68
Sherafat, Mahdi
IRI
1924
69
Parsa Rad, Amirhesam
IRI
1923
70
Sharo, Samir Asaad
IRQ
1922
71
Gharaee Shirazi, Shervin
IRI
1915
72
Faraji, Mahan
IRI
1911
73
Karimi, Arad
IRI
1911
74
AGM
Rajabzadeh, Arsam
IRI
1906
75
Farzad, Khusraw
AFG
1905
76
Noorinezhad, Nafas
IRI
1903
77
Barati Masihi, Kevin
IRI
1902
78
Edalati, Parsa
IRI
1902
79
Kargari Arian, Saba
IRI
1902
80
Asadi, Mohammadmobin
IRI
1893
81
Ghasemi, Reza
IRI
1893
82
Vatan, Parmis
IRI
1816
83
Bozorgzad, Arsalan
IRI
1802