Aryan Gholami
CountryIran
Born (2001-07-26) July 26, 2001 (age 22)
Sari, Iran
TitleGrandmaster (2020)[1]
FIDE rating2481 (February 2024)
Peak rating2554 (October 2019)

Aryan Gholami (Persian: آرین غلامی; born 26 July, 2001) is an Iranian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In February 2019, Gholami met with Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei after refusing to play against Israeli opponent Ariel Erenberg at the Rilton Cup Chess Tournament in Sweden. Gholami's refusal to play cost him the win in the tournament, but received praise from Khamenei.[2]

In October 2019, Gholami was the tournament leader after the 7th round of the U18 World Youth Chess Championship.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Iranian Chess Prodigy Aryan Gholami Meets Supreme Leader Khamenei after Refusing to Play an Israeli Rival". February 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "World Youth Chess C'ship: Guha joins Praggnanandhaa in second position as Iranian Gholami takes lead". October 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "R Praggnanandhaa wins, joins Aryan in lead in World Youth Chess Championship". October 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "World Youth Chess Championship, 2019: Praggnanandhaa, Mitrabha Guha Move to Second Position in Round 7". October 8, 2019.
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