GM Amin Tabatabaei

Amin Tabatabaei is an Iranian grandmaster and the winner of the 2019 Biel Master Open tournament. His win came by half a point over a group of seven players in second place, including GMs Jeffery Xiong and Gata Kamsky. Earlier in his career, Tabatabaei won silver at the 2014 World U14 Championship. He’s the third-highest rated junior in the world and the second-best ranked player overall in Iran (as of April 2021).

On the April 2024 FIDE rating list, Tabatabaei set a new personal best at 2707, joining the "super grandmaster" club.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Pawn Opening: Symmetrical Variation (26 games)

London System (13 games)

Indian Game: London System (13 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (12 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined (12 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (11 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (10 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (8 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Amin Tabatabaei (3097) Lucas Liascovich (2929)	1-0	105	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (3088) Mihailo Djokic (2673)	1-0	37	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (3097) Sergei Zhigalko (2949)	1-0	31	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (3099) Leinier Dominguez Perez (3009)	1-0	42	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (3094) Aravindh Chithambaram (2937)	1-0	38	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (3025) Jan Kokoszczynski (2634)	1-0	25	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (2950) Arman Mikaelyan (2860)	1-0	39	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (2944) Denis Kadric (2867)	1-0	21	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (2933) Gerson Principe (2639)	1-0	30	2024
Amin Tabatabaei (2930) Teimur Toktomushev (2461)	1-0	23	2024

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