Iranian Chess Championship
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The Iranian Chess Championship is the yearly national chess
championship of Iran
. Below is the gallery of champions, notice the gap between 1980 and 1990 (1359 and 1369 according to the Iranian calendar
), when chess was forbidden in Iran. There is also a gap between 1977 and 1980 (1356 and 1359) because of the Iran Revolution.
Chess
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championship of Iran
Iran
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. Below is the gallery of champions, notice the gap between 1980 and 1990 (1359 and 1369 according to the Iranian calendar
Iranian calendar
The Iranian calendars or sometimes called Persian calendars are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Greater Iran...
), when chess was forbidden in Iran. There is also a gap between 1977 and 1980 (1356 and 1359) because of the Iran Revolution.
Champions
| Gregorian Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter... | Iranian Iranian calendar The Iranian calendars or sometimes called Persian calendars are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Greater Iran... | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1956/1957 | 1335 | Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.... |
| 1957/1958 | 1336 | Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.... |
| 1958/1959 | 1337 | Houshang Mashian Houshang Mashian Houshang Mashian an Iranian-Israeli chess master.He thrice represented Iran in Chess Olympiads at Munich 1958, Tel Aviv 1964, and Siegen 1970. He took 14th at Reggio Emilia 1970/71... |
| 1959/1960 | 1338 | Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.... |
| 1960/1961 | 1339 | Robert Lalazarian |
| 1961/1962 | 1340 | Touraj Ebrahimi |
| 1962/1963 | 1341 | Morteza Hemmasian |
| 1963/1964 | 1342 | Mansour Jelveh |
| 1964/1965 | 1343 | Keikhosro Kahyaei |
| 1965/1966 | 1344 | Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat Yousof Safvat was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.... |
| 1966/1967 | 1345 | Mohammad Hossein Farboud |
| 1967/1968 | 1346 | Mohammad Hossein Farboud |
| 1968/1969 | 1347 | Nasser Hemmasi |
| 1969/1970 | 1348 | Nasser Hemmasi Morteza Hemmasian |
| 1970/1971 | 1349 | Nasser Hemmasi |
| 1971/1972 | 1350 | Khosro Harandi Khosro Harandi Khosro Sheikh Harandi is an Iranian chess International Master.Repeated Champion of Iran, he was a member of the national team in five Chess Olympiads.* In 1970, at fourth board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen ;... |
| 1972/1973 | 1351 | Kamran Shirazi Kamran Shirazi Kamran Shirazi is an International Master of chess. Born in Tehran, he has represented Iran, the United States, and France... |
| 1973/1974 | 1352 | Mehrshad Sharif |
| 1974/1975 | 1353 | Mehrshad Sharif |
| 1975/1976 | 1354 | Anoush Der Sarkissian |
| 1976/1977 | 1355 | Mehrshad Sharif |
| 1977/1978 | 1356 | Mehrshad Sharif |
| 1980/1981 | 1359 | Mehrshad Sharif |
| 1990/1991 | 1369 | Khosro Harandi Khosro Harandi Khosro Sheikh Harandi is an Iranian chess International Master.Repeated Champion of Iran, he was a member of the national team in five Chess Olympiads.* In 1970, at fourth board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen ;... |
| 1991/1992 | 1370 | Hadi Momeni |
| 1992/1993 | 1371 | Hossein Aryanejad |
| 1993/1994 | 1372 | Hadi Momeni |
| 1994/1995 | 1373 | Esmaeil Safarzadeh |
| 1995/1996 | 1374 | Hossein Aryanejad |
| 1996/1997 | 1375 | Mohammad Deljoo |
| 1997/1998 | 1376 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 1998/1999 | 1377 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 1999/2000 | 1378 | Hassan Abbasifar |
| 2000/2001 | 1379 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 2001/2002 | 1380 | Elshan Moradi Elshan Moradi Elshan Moradi Abadi 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.... |
| 2002/2003 | 1381 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 2003/2004 | 1382 | Mohsen Ghorbani |
| 2004/2005 | 1383 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 2005/2006 | 1384 | Morteza Mahjoub |
| 2006/2007 | 1385 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 2007/2008 | 1386 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 2008/2009 | 1387 | Morteza Mahjoub |
| 2009/2010 | 1388 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
| 2010/2011 | 1389 | Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami |
Women
| Gregorian Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter... | Iranian Iranian calendar The Iranian calendars or sometimes called Persian calendars are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Greater Iran... | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2003/2004 | 1382 | Shadi Paridar Shadi Paridar Shadi Paridar is an Iranian chess Woman Grandmaster. Played for Iran in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championships of 1995, 2003, 2005 and 2008.-External links:* at Chessgames.com*... |
| 2007/2008 | 1386 | Atousa Pourkashiyan Atousa Pourkashiyan Atousa Pourkashiyan is an Iranian chess Woman Grandmaster. She played for Iran in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championships of 2003, 2005 and 2008. In April 2010 she won Women's Asian Chess Championship in Subic Bay.... |