Two Iranians among top 30 in FIDE rankings
Two Iranian grandmasters have made it into the top 30 of the latest FIDE men’s rankings for May, released by the sport’s international governing body.
Mohammad-Amin Tabatabaei ranks 28th in the men’s standard category – and 12th in Asia – with a rating of 2714. Fellow Iranian Parham Maqsoudlou sits 30th globally and 14th in Asia on 2710.
Norwegian chess sensation Magnus Carlsen remains atop the list with a 2840 rating, followed by Americans Hikaru Nakamura (2792) and Fabiano Caruana (2788).
Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2780) and Javokhir Sindarov (2776) are the highest-ranked Asian players, placing fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the standard junior category, Iranian grandmaster Bardia Daneshvar is 17th with a 2596 rating, while Sina Movahed is 22nd on 2575.
Daneshvar also ranks seventh in the junior rapid division with a 2546 rating and stands 13th in junior blitz.
Tabatabaei, Maqsoudlou, and Daneshvar lead the Iranian men’s rankings, followed by Pouya Idani and Movahed. Mahdi Gholami, Amirreza Pourramezanali, Reza Mahdavi, Arash Tahbaz, Arian Gholami, Seyyed Khalil Mousavi, and Artin Sharif round out the top 10.
In the women’s junior category, Melika Mohammadi is 14th globally — and top-ranked in Iran — with a 2342 rating. Sara Davari follows in 38th place on 2250.
Mohammadi, Mobina Alinasab, Davari, Anahita Zahedifar, Mitra Asgharzadeh, Tannaz Azali, Dorsa Mohammad-Ebrahimkhan, Rosha Akbari, Rezvaneh Haddadi, and Maryam Mohammadi are the top 10 players, respectively, in the Iranian women’s rankings.