Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (pictured below) became the winner of Zone 3.1 Championship and secured his spot in FIDE World Cup 2021. Ehsan scored 6 out of 7 possible points and tied for first place with his countryman Aryan Gholami but came out on top thanks to better tiebreaks (higher average rating of his opponents).
Photo: David Llada
The 7-round Swiss tournament brought together 23 players from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Palestina and was played online on Tornelo platform. The competition was dominated by the representatives of Iran, who took three top spots in the final standings.
Final standings:
1 | GM | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | IRI | 2547 | 6 |
2 | GM | Gholami, Aryan | IRI | 2513 | 6 |
3 | GM | Idani, Pouya | IRI | 2614 | 5½ |
4 | FM | Salih Akar Ali, Salih | IRQ | 2274 | 4½ |
5 | FM | Koniahli, Malek | SYR | 2255 | 4½ |
6 | IM | Mansour, Sameer | JOR | 2308 | 4 |
7 | FM | Ahmed Ali Layth, Ahmed | IRQ | 2253 | 4 |
8 | Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram | SYR | 2147 | 4 | |
9 | CM | Ismael Namir Mohammed | IRQ | 2122 | 4 |
10 | IM | Al Hosani, Omran | UAE | 2197 | 4 |
