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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Diogo Duarte Guimaraes | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 1702 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Nikita Shemyakinskiy | 1/2-1/2 | 122 | Open |
| 1703 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Ilan Schnaider | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 1704 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Timur Kocharin | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 1705 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Frederick Waldhausen Gordon | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 1706 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Kayden Troff | 0-1 | 91 | Open |
| 1707 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Jegor Lashkin | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1708 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Leonardo Tristan | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 1709 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Ilan Schnaider | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 1710 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Seyed Kian Poormosavi | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 1711 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Ivan Aldokhin | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 1712 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Lukasz Jarmula | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 1713 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Nazar Sokhor | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 1714 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Alexandr A. Smirnov | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1715 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Reza Mahdavi | David Brodsky | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1716 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Safal Bora | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 94 | Open |
| 1717 | 2025-01-07 | Titled Tue 7th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | Santiago Avila Pavas | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 1718 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Kaiqi Yang | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 1719 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Dmitry Andreikin | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 1720 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Chen Zou | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1721 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Arseniy Nesterov | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 1722 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Ihor Samunenkov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1723 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Khagan Ahmad | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 1724 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Alexey Reshetnikov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1725 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Garg Aradhya | 1-0 | 66 | Open |
| 1726 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Barad Yeganegi | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 1727 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Oleg Papayan | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 1728 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Ferenc Langheinrich | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 1729 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Seyed Kian Poormosavi | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1730 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Nikita Shandrygin | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 86 | Open |
| 1731 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Dmitry Kononenko | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 1732 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Nikolai Vlassov | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 1733 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Svyatoslav Lisenkov | 1/2-1/2 | 76 | Open |
| 1734 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Julian Estrada Nieto | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 1735 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Evan Yin | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 1736 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Polina Shuvalova | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 1737 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Reza Mahdavi | Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 1738 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | M. Amin Tabatabaei | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 1739 | 2024-12-31 | Titled Tue 31st Dec Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | Tahsin Tajwar Zia | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 1740 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Nodar Lortkipanidze | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 1741 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Parham Maghsoodloo | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 1742 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Vjacheslav Weetik | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 1743 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Magnus Carlsen | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 1744 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Marco Materia | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 90 | Open |
| 1745 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 1746 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Vladimir Zakhartsov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 1747 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Andrii Palchuk | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1748 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Maksym Dubnevych | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 1749 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Uliana Yeshchenko | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 1750 | 2024-12-24 | Titled Tue 24th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Yurii N. Khodko | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 44 | Open |