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FM Reza Mahdavi

Reza Mahdavi

Full name

Reza Mahdavi

Born

1/1/2008 (age 17)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Iran

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (12 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (6 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (5 games)

Four Knights Game (5 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (15 games)

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (8 games)

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (6 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno, Uhlmann-Szabó System (5 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Reza Mahdavi (3064) Alexandr A. Smirnov (2548)	1-0	34	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3031) Leonardo Tristan (2819)	1-0	55	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3027) Lukasz Jarmula (2621)	1-0	21	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3036) Martin Oksendal (2529)	1-0	66	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3067) Ilan Schnaider (2767)	1-0	52	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3024) David Brodsky (2902)	1-0	36	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3035) Kayden Troff (2911)	0-1	91	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3038) Santiago Avila Pavas (2847)	0-1	44	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3057) Frederick Gordon (2731)	0-1	26	2025
Reza Mahdavi (3027) Martyn Kravtsiv (2970)	½-½	62	2025

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