GM Vugar Rasulov convincingly wins Taq-e Bostan Chess Cup 2024

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The 2nd edition of the Taq-e Bostan Chess Cup took place from 24 January to 1 February in Kermanshah, Iran. The Open A was played in 9 rounds, swiss accelerated system, with $46.000 in prizes!

GM Vugar Rasulov convincingly won the event with the score of 8/9 points. Rasulov finished the tournament unbeaten, with two draws in the last two rounds, winning the money prize of $12,000. Four players trailed by point and a half to tie for the second place, but with the best tiebreak criteria GM Levon Babujian came second, Amirmohammad Azadi was third, FM Seyed Mehrab Khoshkalam finished the event in fourth place and GM Maksat Atabayev was fifth. Final rankings can be found below.

Final rankings – The 2nd Taq-e Bostan Chess Cup:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	Rasulov, Vugar	AZE	2536	8
2	GM	Babujian, Levon	ARM	2346	6.5
3		Azadi, Amirmohammad	IRI	2247	6.5
4	FM	Khoshkalam, Seyed Mehrab	IRI	2256	6.5
5	GM	Atabayev, Maksat	TKM	2426	6.5
6	GM	Darini, Pouria	IRI	2408	6
7		Shahinyan, Vladimir	ARM	1939	6
8		Tahmasebi, Hamidreza	IRI	2245	6
9		Moradi, Sajad	IRI	2054	6
10		Bosagh Zadeh, Alireza	IRI	2269	6
11	FM	Rastbod, Ali	IRI	2221	5.5
12	CM	Zahmati, Sobhan	IRI	2170	5.5
13		Malekzadeh, Mohammad	IRI	2054	5.5
14		Khademi, Mahdi	IRI	2039	5.5
15		Khalouei Koupaei, Arya	IRI	1708	5.5
16		Pir, Mehdi	IRI	1807	5.5
17	GM	Mosadeghpour, Masoud	IRI	2473	5
18		Khalili, Asef	IRI	1937	5
19		Mari Ooriad, Pouya	IRI	2157	5
20		Baghdasaryan, Davit	ARM	1858	5
21		Biriya, Mohammadamin	IRI	2133	5
22		Khatibi, Meysam	IRI	2127	5
23		Pourramezan Chafjiri, Parsa	IRI	1869	5
24	WIM	Asgharzadeh, Mitra	IRI	2057	5
25		Bahmani, Koorosh	IRI	2029	5
26		Razavi, Seyyed Amirreza	IRI	1985	4.5
27		Mohammadian Sechani, Arshia	IRI	2227	4.5
28		Zamani, Alireza	IRI	1839	4.5
29		Kakavand, Ramtin	IRI	1868	4.5
30		Nazarian, Arash	IRI	1896	4
31		Heravi, Mohammad Hossein	IRI	2083	4
32	FM	Nikookar, Mahdi	IRI	2168	4
33		Alizadegan, Korosh	IRI	2102	4
34		Zare, Jamal	IRI	2016	4
35		Darini, Iliya	IRI	2118	4
36		Khaledi, Omid	IRI	2176	4
37		Sadeghi Givi, Reza	IRI	1905	4
38		Yousefian, Maedeh	IRI	1764	4
39	IM	Mahmood, Lodhi	PAK	2251	4
40		Azimi, Amir Mohammad	IRI	2068	3.5
41		Babaniya, Benyamin	IRI	2136	3.5
42		Farmanbar, Farshad	IRI	1954	3.5
43		Delavari, Behnood	IRI	1778	3.5
44		Asvar, Mohammad Matin	IRI	1777	3.5
45		Arian, Matin	IRI	1796	3.5
46		Ilkhanipour, Ramtin	IRI	1938	3
47		Rahmani, Pedram	IRI	1912	3
48		Yazdani, Parham	IRI	1775	3
49		Moridi, Mohammad Kia	IRI	1892	3
50		Abdolmohammadi, Milad	IRI	1741	3
51		Neshan, Arshiya	IRI	1828	3
52		Eskandari, Amirali	IRI	1958	2.5
53		Noorinezhad, Nafas	IRI	1792	2.5
54		Tavoosi Rad, Ramtin	IRI	2067	2.5
55	CM	Ismael, Namir Mohammed Ismael	IRQ	2003	2.5
56		Chavari, Mohammad Mahdi	IRI	2070	2
57		Kouchaki, Amirreza	IRI	1799	2
58		Andreasyan, Edgar	ARM	2051	0