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GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

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Full name

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

Born

1/1/1982 (age 42)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Iran

Rating

Bio

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami is an Iranian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (33 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (30 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (26 games)

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (26 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (24 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (38 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (35 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (25 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (23 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2468) Rose Atwell (2274)	1-0	57	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2560) Alessandro Steinfl (2166)	1-0	44	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2560) Vahe Danielyan (2361)	1-0	27	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2560) Vojtech Plat (2565)	1-0	36	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2560) Miodrag Perunovic (2366)	0-1	33	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2468) Samrug Narayanan (2335)	0-1	36	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2447) Andrew Tang (2513)	0-1	45	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2447) Ryo Chen (2408)	0-1	37	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2468) Luis Carlos Torres Rosas (2289)	½-½	36	2024
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2468) Filip Pancevski (2405)	½-½	50	2024

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