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: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Giorgio Belli | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 1752 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Vadim Bobkov | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 1753 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Daniel Barria Zuniga | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 1754 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Piotr Brodowski | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1755 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Carlos Alvarado | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 1756 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Alexander Grischuk | 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 1757 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Dmitriy Kushko | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1758 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Ethan Sheehan | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1759 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Dmitry Goltsev | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 1760 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 1761 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Levy Rozman | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1762 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 89 | Open |
| 1763 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 59 | Open |
| 1764 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Miroslav D Miljkovic | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 1765 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Denis Lazavik | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1766 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Oscar Williams | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 1767 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Ergali Suleimen | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 1768 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Deniel Safarov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1769 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | David Blanco Diez | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1770 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Piotr Sygulski | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1771 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Wouter Terlouw | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 1772 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Antonin Ferey | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 1773 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Patrik Aalto | 0-1 | 85 | Open |
| 1774 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1775 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Bryan Enming Lin | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 1776 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | Dimitris Alexakis | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1777 | 2024-11-26 | Titled Tue 26th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Mateusz Bartel | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 1778 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 1779 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Dmitry Andreikin | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 1780 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Alexey Sarana | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 1781 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Javokhir Sindarov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 1782 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Marco Riehle | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 67 | Open |
| 1783 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Sim Maerevoet | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1784 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Alexey Sarana | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1785 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Joaquin Fiorito | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1786 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Jeffery Xiong | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1787 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Duc Minh Lai | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 1788 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Arthur Kruckenhauser | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1789 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Ivan Sidletskyi | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 1790 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Luis David Jimenez Almeida | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 18 | Open |
| 1791 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Miras Assylov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1792 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Dmitry Minko | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 1793 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Mumtozbegim Mansurova | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 1794 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Timur Kocharin | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 1795 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Ali Mortazavi | 1-0 | 18 | Open |
| 1796 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Mikhail Bryakin | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 1797 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Bardiya Daneshvar | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1798 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Bayastan Sydykov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1799 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | Andrey Esipenko | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 1800 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1-0 | 28 | Open |