Parham Maghsoodloo

Parham Maghsoodloo
Country Iran
Born 11 August 2000 (2000-08-11) (age 18)
Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran
Title Grandmaster (2016)
FIDE rating 2685 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2649 (September 2018)

Parham Maghsoodloo (born 11 August 2000) is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He was Iranian Chess Champion in 2017 and World Junior Chess Champion in 2018.

Chess career

Maghsoodloo was born in 2000 in Gonbad-e Kavus.[1] He was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 2016, the same year he was awarded the title of International Master. He played in the Chess World Cup 2015, where he was defeated in the first round by Wesley So, and represented his nation at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016. He won the Iranian Chess Championship in 2017. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 2018 with a game in hand, finishing with a score of 9½/11, a point ahead of his nearest competitors.[1] His performance rating was 2823.[2]

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