Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami
| Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami | |
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Ghaem-Maghami - August 2015
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| Country | Iran |
| Born |
11 January 1983 Tehran |
| Title | Grandmaster (2000) |
| FIDE rating | 2560 (September 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2633(May 2005) |
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Representing  Iran
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| Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | Mixed Team classical |
| Asian Indoor Games | ||
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2007 Macau | Mixed Team rapid |
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2009 Quang Ninh | Mixed Team blitz |
Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (Persian: احسان قائممقامی ; born January 11, 1983) is an Iranian chess grandmaster (2000). On the September 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2583. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and is currently studying sports management at the University of Tehran.
In 2004, he finished first in the Kish GM Tournament. In 2009, he won a 20-game combined match (four classical, four rapid and twelve blitz games) against Anatoly Karpov, played with the proviso that each game be played to mate or dead draw. The overall score was eight wins to Ghaem-Maghami, seven wins to Karpov, and five draws. In 2011, he finished first in the 10th Avicenna International Open Tournament in Hamadan, Iran.
Ehsan was born on January 11, 1982 in Tehran and learned to play chess at the age of 8 from his father. His early rise in the chess community was swift as he won the Iranian men's championship title by age 14. While also a talented football player and the captain of the Tehran juniors football team at the age of 10, his interest in chess exceeded his interest in football, causing his choice of the former over the latter.
An Iranian grandmaster, he ousted the Israeli title holder on 9 February 2011 to regain the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games after facing more than 600 players in over 25 hours.
Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami, then 28 years old, won 97.35 percent of his games which began on 2011/02/08 in Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University, a feat reportedly making him the new Guinness title holder of the game.
Of the total 604 games, Ghaem-Maghami won 580, lost 8 and drew 16 in a feat that took more than 25 hours and treading around 55 kilometres (34 mi) as he moved from opponent to opponent. "I am so happy to break the record" a victorious yet exhausted Ehsan remarked, adding "... ,but now I have to break my sleep record". Reportedly, a physician, a masseur and a dietician were monitoring him throughout the match. He said he would have put in the same zeal even if the previous title holder was a non-Israeli. "Iran is great and deserves the best. Let's not talk politics... even if this record was held by another person, I would have gone all out to break it," he said after the matches when asked about ousting Israeli Alik Gershon.
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