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 East.

The event was an 11-round Swiss tournament consisting of 29 players. 4 of them are GMs, 3 IMs and 2 FMs.

GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami emerged a convincing winner, scoring 9/11 points and leaving the runner-up, GM Pouria Darini, full point behind.

IM Omid Noroozi took the bronze with 7,5/11 points.

You can see the full standings and replay the games below.

Official website/ Games with computer analysis

Final standings:

1 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2544 9

2 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2470 8

3 IM Noroozi Omid IRI 2359 7,5

4 Khodashenas Mersad IRI 2221 7

5 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2421 7

6 Khatibi Meysam IRI 2099 6,5

7 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2291 6,5

8 Hamidi Amir Mohammad IRI 1963 6,5

9 IM Alavi Sayed Javad IRI 2454 6,5

10 GM Toufighi Homayoon IRI 2429 6,5

11 Sheykhhasani Bardia IRI 2337 6

12 Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2340 5,5

13 FM Mousavi Seyed Khalil IRI 2301 5,5

14 Sakhayi Mostafa IRI 2172 5,5

15 Hosseinzadeh Nima IRI 2180 5,5

16 IM Darban Morteza IRI 2345 5,5

17 FM Hosseinipour Mehdi IRI 2295 5,5

18 Bagheri Maziar IRI 2205 5

19 Godarz Kasra IRI 2106 5

20 Vaghar Mohsen IRI 2219 5

21 Khamisi S Jafar IRI 2127 5

22 Sedaghati Mehrdad IRI 2171 4,5

23 Tahbaz Arash IRI 2196 4,5

24 Mojaverian Hossein IRI 2148 4,5

25 Pilvaieh Ali IRI 2075 4

26 Tavakolian M. IRI 2137 4

27 Shah Moradi Mohammad IRI 2168 3,5

28 GM Mahjoob Morteza IRI 2416 3

29 Vojdani Siavosh IRI 2018 3