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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Benjamin Bok | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 1802 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Dmitry Andreikin | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 1803 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Tuan Minh Le | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 1804 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Mathias Womacka | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 1805 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Alexey Sarana | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 1806 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Edvin Trost | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 1807 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Semen Mitusov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1808 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Vadim Bobkov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 1809 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Teimur Toktomushev | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 1810 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Alex Villa Tornero | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 1811 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Reza Mahdavi | Lennis Martinez Ramirez | 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Open |
| 1812 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 1813 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Viacheslav Slovineanu | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 1814 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Oleg Papayan | 1-0 | 12 | Open |
| 1815 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Barthelemy Bongo Akanga Ndjila | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 1816 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Sebastian Zsombor Peczely | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 1817 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Sergei Volkov | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 1818 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Reza Mahdavi | Andrey Esipenko | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 1819 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Benjamin Bok | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 1820 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | Alvar Alonso Rosell | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 1821 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Reza Mahdavi | Denis Lazavik | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 1822 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1823 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | Alexander Grischuk | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 1824 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Damian Lewtak | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 9 | Open |
| 1825 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Anastasia Avramidou | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1826 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Grigoriy Oparin | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1827 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Nicola Altini | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 1828 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Daniel Hermawan Lumban Tobing | Reza Mahdavi | 1/2-1/2 | 71 | Open |
| 1829 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Roman Novoselov | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 1830 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Alex Golding | 1-0 | 16 | Open |
| 1831 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Daniel Taboas Rodriguez | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 1832 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Itay Sitbon | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1833 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Clemens, Dr. Rietze | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 1834 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Samuel Weber | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 1835 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Alvar Alonso Rosell | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 1836 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | Jeffery Xiong | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1837 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Alireza Firouzja | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 1838 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexey Sarana | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 1839 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Sai Krishna G V | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1840 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Reza Mahdavi | Stanislav Tsyhanchuk | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 1841 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Vladimir Malakhov | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 1842 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Casper Liu | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 1843 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Andrei Olhovik | Reza Mahdavi | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 1844 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Reza Mahdavi | Gerson Principe | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 1845 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Sandeep Sethuraman | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 1846 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Reza Mahdavi | Piotr Brzezina | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 1847 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Jeronimo Hernandez Jimenez | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 1848 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Reza Mahdavi | Egor Kurchenko | 1-0 | 15 | Open |
| 1849 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Vladislav Kovalev | Reza Mahdavi | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1850 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | Maksim Volkov | 1-0 | 19 | Open |