Parham Maghsoodloo

World rank: No. 32 (October 2026)
Rating: 2705
Peak rating: 2742 (December 2023)
Title: Grandmaster (2016)
Federation: Iran
Born: August 12, 2000, Gorgan, Iran (age 26)
FIDE ID: 12539929

An Iranian grandmaster who won the 2018 World Junior Championship with a round to spare, scoring 9½/11. He became a grandmaster in 2016, the same year he earned the international master title.

He has won the Iranian championship three times, the 2018 Sharjah Masters and the 2025 Reykjavík Open, and reached a peak rating of 2742 in December 2023.

He is also a keen online competitor. In August 2026 he put off surgery for acute appendicitis to play in the last-chance qualifier for the Esports World Cup.

Career highlights

2018 World Junior Champion
Three-time Iranian Champion
Won the 2025 Reykjavík Open
Won the 2018 Sharjah Masters
Peak rating 2742 (December 2023)

Titles

Reykjavík Open: 2025

From the winners lists on our event pages.

Parham Maghsoodloo in The Chess Herald

Oct 11, 2026Maghsoodloo Takes Freestyle Friday on 9/11 Among 112 Masters
Sep 26, 2026Carlsen Edges Nakamura on Tiebreaks in 3+0 Thursday
Sep 22, 2026Yakubboev's Knight Fork Sends Uzbekistan Into Sole Lead
Sep 4, 2026Renato Terry's Bullet Arena Dominance Echoes Titled Tuesday's Nakamura Era

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.