Elshan Moradi | |
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Full name | Elshan Moradi Abadi |
Country | Iran |
Born | May 22, 1985 Iran |
Title | Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2532 (July 2011 FIDE World Rankings) |
Peak rating | 2578 (September 2010) |
Medal record | ||
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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.