Elshan Moradi Abadi ( fa, الشن مرادی آبادی , born 22 May 1985) is an

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grandmaster. He took part in the

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, but was eliminated in the first round by

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. When he was 16 he won the 2001

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with a score of 10/11, ahead of Ehsan Ghaem Maghami. He was one of the members of Iran national team in the first

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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

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and

Niaz Murshed Niaz Murshed ( bn, নিয়াজ মোরশেদ; also Morshed; born May 13, 1966) is a Bangladeshi chess player. In 1987 he became the first South Asian to earn the Grandmaster title. Early life Murshed was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ...

in the Ravana Challenge Tournament in

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. He won the Final Four of collegiate chess with

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in 2012. In 2015, he won the

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for the first time with Texas Tech university chess team. Moradi in February 2016, became the second Iranian chess player to reach 2600

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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

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and

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. Moradi began representing the

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in February 2017. In 2022, Moradi shared 1st place in the 122nd U.S. Chess Open with Aleksey Sorokin with a score of 8/9 but lost in tie-breaks. As Sorokin represents Russia, this qualified Moradi for the 2022 US Championship.

Education

He has been studying in

NODET National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET; fa, سازمان ملی پرورش استعدادهای درخشان ''Sāzmān-e Melli-ye Parvareŝ-e Este'dādhā-ye Deraxŝān'', or ''SAMPAD'') is an Iranian organizatio ...

Schools from 1996 until 2003. Having passed the university entrance exam in Iran, he had started to study in

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...

. He graduated from

with the

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degree in

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. Moradi received his

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degree from the

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* * * * 1985 births Living people Iranian chess players American chess players Chess grandmasters Asian Games medalists in chess Asian Games bronze medalists for Iran Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games Sharif University of Technology alumni Rawls College of Business alumni {{US-chess-bio-stub