IMKamran Shirazi

Kamran Shirazi was born in Tehran in 1952 and won the Iranian championship in 1972. FIDE awarded him the international master title in 1978. He moved to the United States in the late 1970s and became a regular competitor on its open-tournament circuit. His results included five Southern California Open victories. He shared first place in the 1983 World Open and the 1985 National Open. Shirazi also appeared as himself in the film Searching for Bobby Fischer. He moved to France in the early 2000s. In 2006 he changed his international chess affiliation to France.