IMReza Mahdavi
- FIDE ID
- 12595926
About Reza Mahdavi
Reza Mahdavi grew up in the chess community of Qazvin and trained at the Pars Chess School. In February 2014 he won Iran's under-six championship, beating all nine opponents in a field of 71. He added the Iranian under-ten title in 2017. Show more
Reza Mahdavi grew up in the chess community of Qazvin and trained at the Pars Chess School. In February 2014 he won Iran's under-six championship, beating all nine opponents in a field of 71. He added the Iranian under-ten title in 2017. In 2024 he won silver in the under-17 section of the World Schools Blitz Championship, scoring 8/9. That December, at sixteen, he defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the Qatar Masters.
Mahdavi also began winning major online events while still a FIDE master. On Christmas Eve 2024 he won the late Titled Tuesday tournament with an unbeaten 10/11, edging Magnus Carlsen on tiebreak. He drew their individual game and clinched the tournament by beating Sam Sevian with Black in the final round. In 2025 he became Qazvin's first International Master. He won his first Bullet Brawl on May 31 that year.
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Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-10 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 1602 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Carlos Alvarado | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1603 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 1604 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Raphael V. P. Patricio Alonso | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 1605 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Vivaan Vishal Shah | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 1606 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Maahir M Patel | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 1607 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Mykola Bodnar | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 1608 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Tikhon Popov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 1609 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Francisco Javier Munoz | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1610 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Mykola Korchynskyi | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 1611 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Matthias Bluebaum | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1612 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Artem Bardyk | 1-0 | 66 | Open |
| 1613 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Edgar Hayrapetyan | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 1614 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Marat Denishev | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 1615 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Alejandro Alvarado Diaz | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 104 | Open |
| 1616 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1617 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Alireza Firouzja | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 1618 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Sasha Milo Schaefer | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 1619 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Javokhir Sindarov | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 1620 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Bayastan Sydykov | 1-0 | 77 | Open |
| 1621 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Pablo Zarnicki | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1622 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Margarita Potapova | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 1623 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Vache Hovakimyan | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 1624 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Levente Miszler | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 1625 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Cristian Silva Lucena | 1-0 | 16 | Open |
| 1626 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Nodar Lortkipanidze | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 12 | Open |
| 1627 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Sergey Volkov | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1628 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Olexandr Bortnyk | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 1629 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Denis Lazavik | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 70 | Open |
| 1630 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Hans Moke Niemann | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1631 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Piotr Brodowski | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 1632 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Javokhir Sindarov | 0-1 | 22 | Open |
| 1633 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Moritz Weishaeutel | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1634 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Grigor Dilanyan | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 1635 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Grigor Dilanyan | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1636 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Jakub Lizak | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 1637 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Mersad Khodashenas | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 1638 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Alexander Devaev | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 1639 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Carlos Alvarado | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 1640 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Matthias Dann | 1/2-1/2 | 92 | Open |
| 1641 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Magnus Carlsen | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1642 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Nicola Altini | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 1643 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Mark Smirnov | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 1644 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Polina Shuvalova | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 1645 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Michael Klenburg | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 1646 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Evgenij Shuvalov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 1647 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Dawid Janaszak | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1648 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Ramil Hasangatin | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 1649 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Yerlan Tleukhanov | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 1650 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Joshua Xia | 1-0 | 57 | Open |