GMAryan Tari

Aryan Tari was born in Stavanger to parents who had moved from Iran and grew up in Lierskogen near Drammen. He began playing chess at five. Winning Norway's junior championship in 2012 qualified him for the following year's senior event. He earned his first grandmaster norm at Fagernes in 2013. In 2015 he became Norwegian champion at sixteen. His performance for Norway at that year's European Team Championship completed his grandmaster qualification, and FIDE awarded the title in 2016. He won the World Junior Championship in 2017. That year he also reached the second round of the World Cup. He won a second Norwegian championship in 2019. His club career has included Czech and Spanish leagues, and he has represented Norway at Olympiads. He also pursued business studies at the University of Missouri.