Elshan Moradi

Elshan Moradi
Full name Elshan Moradi Abadi
Country Iran
Born May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 26)
Iran
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2532 (July 2011 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2578 (September 2010)
Medal record
Competitor for  Iran
Men's chess
Asian Games
Bronze 2006 Doha Team classical
Asian Indoor Games
Bronze 2007 Macau Individual blitz
Bronze 2007 Macau Team rapid
Bronze 2009 Hanoi Team blitz
World Mind Sports Games
Bronze 2008 Beijing Team rapid

Elshan Moradi Abadi (Persian: الشن مرادی ابدی , born 22 May 1985) is a chess grandmaster from Iran. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Leinier Domínguez.[1]

When he was 16 he won the 2001 Iranian Chess Championship with a score of 10/11, ahead of Ehsan Ghaem Maghami.

He was one of the members of Iran national team in the first World Mind Sports Games held in Beijing (2008), in which the Iranian team surprisingly clinched the third place ahead of Hungary, USA and India.

He has been studying in NODET Schools from 1996 until 2003. Having passed university's entrance exam he had started to study in Sharif University of Technology and has graduated recently with the B.Sc degree in field of Chemical Engineering.

On the May 2010 FIDE rating list his Elo rating is 2558.

References

  1. ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 

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