GMPouya Idani

FRA Born 1995 (Age ≈31) Male
FIDE ID
12510130

About Pouya Idani

Pouya Idani was born in Iran in 1995 and won the country's under-18 championship in 2011. He became World Under-18 Champion in 2013 and a grandmaster in 2014. His tournament victories include the 2018 Goa Open. Show more

Pouya Idani was born in Iran in 1995 and won the country's under-18 championship in 2011. He became World Under-18 Champion in 2013 and a grandmaster in 2014. His tournament victories include the 2018 Goa Open. At the 2021 World Cup he defeated Ziaur Rahman, David Antón Guijarro and Evgeny Tomashevsky before losing to eventual champion Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the fourth round. He reached the third round of the 2025 World Cup. After settling in Brest in 2023, Idani announced in September 2026 that he would represent France.

FIDE ratings

2616.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2526

Rapid

Published FIDE

2535

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#115
National rank · FRA
#5

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2647 Sep 2022
Recorded years
2007–2026
Archived games
500

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
101 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 6 Mathis Sabatier Pouya Idani 0-1 42 Open
102 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 5 Pouya Idani Alexander Zlatin 0-1 39 Open
103 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 4 Pouya Idani Ahmad Siar Wahedi 1-0 25 Open
104 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 3 Savitha Shri B Pouya Idani 1-0 42 Open
105 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 2 Pouya Idani Xin Hao Looi 1-0 25 Open
106 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 11 Roman Nazin Pouya Idani 0-1 36 Open
107 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 10 Pouya Idani Alexej Cherepov 1-0 34 Open
108 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 9 Pouya Idani Anna Shukhman 1-0 30 Open
109 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 8 Daniel Barria Zuniga Pouya Idani 0-1 35 Open
110 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 8 Pouya Idani Marek Karas 0-1 21 Open
111 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 7 Alberto Martin Fuentes Pouya Idani 1-0 51 Open
112 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 6 Pouya Idani Armen Ar. Barseghyan 0-1 41 Open
113 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 6 Pouya Idani Nguyen Quang Anh 1-0 19 Open
114 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 5 Yuxu Zhou Pouya Idani 0-1 33 Open
115 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 5 Sina Movahed Pouya Idani 1-0 69 Open
116 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 4 Pouya Idani Anastasia Avramidou 1-0 43 Open
117 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 4 Pouya Idani Anish Giri 0-1 31 Open
118 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 3 Egor Bykov Pouya Idani 0-1 71 Open
119 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 3 Alexey Kislinsky Pouya Idani 0-1 58 Open
120 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 2 Pouya Idani Billy Fellowes 1-0 32 Open
121 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 2 Pouya Idani Damir Ismagilov 1-0 48 Open
122 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 1 Cengiz Hasman Pouya Idani 0-1 23 Open
123 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 1 Aadit Bhatia Pouya Idani 0-1 44 Open
124 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 11 Mersad Khodashenas Pouya Idani 0-1 45 Open
125 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 10 Pouya Idani Zhamsaran Tsydypov 0-1 29 Open
126 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 David Kaufman Pouya Idani 0-1 63 Open
127 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Pouya Idani Moritz Weishaeutel 0-1 31 Open
128 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Andrey Gorovets Pouya Idani 1/2-1/2 63 Open
129 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Pouya Idani Nikita Matinian 1/2-1/2 117 Open
130 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Cecile Haussernot Pouya Idani 0-1 49 Open
131 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Pouya Idani Edgar Hayrapetyan 0-1 76 Open
132 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Svyatoslav Lisenkov Pouya Idani 0-1 93 Open
133 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Pouya Idani Le Thao Nguyen Pham 1-0 44 Open
134 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Simon Thorhallsson Pouya Idani 0-1 44 Open
135 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 11 Miras Assylov Pouya Idani 0-1 37 Open
136 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Pouya Idani Sergey Volkov 1-0 64 Open
137 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 9 Rudik Makarian Pouya Idani 1-0 54 Open
138 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 8 Pouya Idani Grigoriy Oparin 1-0 70 Open
139 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 7 Pouya Idani Karol Kucza 1-0 40 Open
140 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Early chess.com INT 6 Polina Shuvalova Pouya Idani 1-0 38 Open
141 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 6 Sam Shankland Pouya Idani 1-0 52 Open
142 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Early chess.com INT 5 Pouya Idani Alexandra Kosteniuk 0-1 59 Open
143 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 5 Pouya Idani Daniel Naroditsky 1-0 64 Open
144 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Early chess.com INT 4 Oleg Badmatsyrenov Pouya Idani 0-1 34 Open
145 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 4 Pouya Idani Benjamin Bok 1/2-1/2 49 Open
146 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 3 Matfey Rogov Pouya Idani 0-1 64 Open
147 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Early chess.com INT 3 Pouya Idani Anatole Vlachos 1-0 47 Open
148 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Early chess.com INT 2 Sarah Sima Derlich Pouya Idani 0-1 17 Open
149 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 2 Pouya Idani Le Thao Nguyen Pham 1-0 40 Open
150 2024-11-12 Titled Tue 12th Nov Late chess.com INT 1 Alejandro Cuellar Montes Pouya Idani 0-1 85 Open
  1. vs Mathis SabatierWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  2. vs Alexander ZlatinLost · 0-1White · 2025-06-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  3. vs Ahmad Siar WahediWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  4. vs Savitha Shri BLost · 1-0Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  5. vs Xin Hao LooiWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  6. vs Roman NazinWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  7. vs Alexej CherepovWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  8. vs Anna ShukhmanWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 9Titled Tue 27th May Early
  9. vs Daniel Barria ZunigaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th May Early
  10. vs Marek KarasLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th May Late
  11. vs Alberto Martin FuentesLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 7Titled Tue 27th May Late
  12. vs Armen Ar. BarseghyanLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-27 · Round 6Titled Tue 27th May Late
  13. vs Nguyen Quang AnhWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 6Titled Tue 27th May Early
  14. vs Yuxu ZhouWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 5Titled Tue 27th May Early
  15. vs Sina MovahedLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 5Titled Tue 27th May Late
  16. vs Anastasia AvramidouWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 4Titled Tue 27th May Late
  17. vs Anish GiriLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-27 · Round 4Titled Tue 27th May Early
  18. vs Egor BykovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 3Titled Tue 27th May Late
  19. vs Alexey KislinskyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 3Titled Tue 27th May Early
  20. vs Billy FellowesWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 2Titled Tue 27th May Early
  21. vs Damir IsmagilovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 2Titled Tue 27th May Late
  22. vs Cengiz HasmanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 1Titled Tue 27th May Early
  23. vs Aadit BhatiaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 1Titled Tue 27th May Late
  24. vs Mersad KhodashenasWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 11Titled Tue 27th May Early
  25. vs Zhamsaran TsydypovLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-27 · Round 10Titled Tue 27th May Early
  26. vs David KaufmanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 9Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  27. vs Moritz WeishaeutelLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-25 · Round 8Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  28. vs Andrey GorovetsDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 7Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  29. vs Nikita MatinianDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-25 · Round 6Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  30. vs Cecile HaussernotWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 5Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  31. vs Edgar HayrapetyanLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-25 · Round 4Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  32. vs Svyatoslav LisenkovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 3Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  33. vs Le Thao Nguyen PhamWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  34. vs Simon ThorhallssonWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  35. vs Miras AssylovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 11Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  36. vs Sergey VolkovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 10Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  37. vs Rudik MakarianLost · 1-0Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 9Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  38. vs Grigoriy OparinWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-12 · Round 8Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  39. vs Karol KuczaWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-12 · Round 7Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  40. vs Polina ShuvalovaLost · 1-0Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 6Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
  41. vs Sam ShanklandLost · 1-0Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 6Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  42. vs Alexandra KosteniukLost · 0-1White · 2024-11-12 · Round 5Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
  43. vs Daniel NaroditskyWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-12 · Round 5Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  44. vs Oleg BadmatsyrenovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 4Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
  45. vs Benjamin BokDraw · ½–½White · 2024-11-12 · Round 4Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  46. vs Matfey RogovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 3Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  47. vs Anatole VlachosWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-12 · Round 3Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
  48. vs Sarah Sima DerlichWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 2Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
  49. vs Le Thao Nguyen PhamWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-12 · Round 2Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
  50. vs Alejandro Cuellar MontesWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-12 · Round 1Titled Tue 12th Nov Late

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-091. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026Classical1½

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