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Hello everyone,
The latest chess news from Iran is that Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami has won the 10th Avicenna International Chess Open 2011. He was in a field of 357 players in an 11-round Swiss event. He is the nine-time national champion of Iran and was the top seed in the tournament. In second place, a full point behind, was IM Logman Guliev.
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Hello everyone,
The latest chess news from Iran is that Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami has won the 10th Avicenna International Chess Open 2011. He was in a field of 357 players in an 11-round Swiss event. He is the nine-time national champion of Iran and was the top seed in the tournament. In second place, a full point behind, was IM Logman Guliev.
First place for GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami
IM Logman Guliev is second
IM Ulvi Bajarani of Azerbaijan finished third
WGM Atousa Pourkashian
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Even women play chess in Iran? Wow amazing.
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