Elshan Moradi

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

Elshan Moradi Abadi
Elshan Moradi Abadi in 2010
Full nameElshan Moradi Abadi
Country USA (2016-now)
 Iran (Until 2016)
Born (1985-05-22) May 22, 1985
Tehran, Iran
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2555 (February 2021)
Peak rating2603 (February 2016)
Elshan Moradi
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Men's chess
Asian Games
2006 Doha Mixed Team classical
Asian Indoor Games
2007 Macau Individual blitz
2007 Macau Mixed Team rapid
2009 Hanoi Mixed Team blitz
World Mind Sports Games
2008 Beijing Team rapid

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.

In 2009 he tied for 3rd–8th with Anton Filippov, Vadim Malakhatko, Merab Gagunashvili, Alexander Shabalov and Niaz Murshed in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in Colombo.[2]

He won the Final Four of collegiate chess with Texas Tech University in 2012. In 2015, he won the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship for the first time with Texas Tech university chess team.

Elshan Moradi in February 2016, became the second Iranian chess player reach to 2600 Elo after Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, and in the following month, he scored 2603 in his own personal record. In the same year, he won the Washington International tournament ahead of Gata Kamsky and Ilya Smirin.[3]

Moradi began representing the United States Chess Federation in February 2017.[4]

Education

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

Moradi received his MBA degree from the Rawls College of Business.

References
  1. Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. "Tournament report November 2009: The Ravana Challenge". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  3. https://new.uschess.org/news/gm-moradiabadi-wins-the-washington-international
  4. "Transfers in 2017". FIDE. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


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