Khosro Harandi
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| Khosro Harandi, Marienbad 2016 |
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 Iran (until 1983, from 1990) England (1988 to 1989)
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| Born | September 11, 1950 |
| Died | January 8, 2019 |
| title | International champion (1975) |
| Best Elo rating | 2430 (January 1988 to July 1989) |
Khosro Sheikh Harandi ( September 11, 1950 - January 8, 2019 ) was an Iranian chess player. Since 1975 he has held the title of International Master and since 2009 he has been a FIDE Senior Trainer.
He is multiple Iranian champion and was a member of the national team at five Chess Olympiads :
- At the 1970 Chess Olympiad in Siegen on the fourth board (+6 = 10 −3);
- At the 1972 Chess Olympiad in Skopje on the first board (+8 = 11 −3);
- At the 1974 Chess Olympiad in Nice on the first board (+10 = 4 −6);
- At the 1976 Chess Olympiad in Haifa on the second board (+5 = 5 −3);
- At the 1990 Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad on the first board (+4 = 6 −3).
He also represented Iran at the 19th student team championship in Graz in 1972 (+6 = 3 -3) and the Asian team championship in 1991 in Penang (+5 = 1 -3).
Harandi won two zone tournaments in Tehran (1975 and 1978) and thus qualified for the subsequent interzonal tournaments . At the Interzonal Tournament Manila 1976 he finished 18th – 20th. Space; Henrique da Costa Mecking won. In 1977 he finished 1st – 3rd. Place in Netanya . In 1978 he finished 4th – 5th. Place in Baguio City . At the 1979 Rio de Janeiro interzonal tournament he was 15th; Lajos Portisch , Tigran Petrosjan and Robert Hübner won. Harandi won the Asian Senior Championship in Beirut in 2010 .
In the late 1980s he played briefly for the English Chess Federation.
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Web links
- Replayable chess games by Khosro Harandi on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Khosro Harandi's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Khosro Harandi's results at the student team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Khosro Harandi's results at the Asian team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh: Obituary - IM Khosro Sheikh Harandi. In: FIDE. January 9, 2019, accessed January 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
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| SURNAME | Harandi, Khosro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sheik Harandi, Khosro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1950 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2019 |