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GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi

Full name

Mahdi Gholami Orimi

Born

1/1/2002 (age 23)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Iran

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (16 games)

Slav Defense (15 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Noa Variation (7 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (6 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (5 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (8 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation (6 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (6 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Center Attack (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2929) Alexander Timerkhanov (2697)	1-0	68	2025
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2923) Yan Domin (2748)	1-0	82	2025
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2917) Emmanuel Carter (2632)	1-0	31	2025
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2927) Igor Vershinin (2624)	1-0	33	2025
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2932) Jeffery Xiong (3007)	0-1	36	2025
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2927) Hikaru Nakamura (3267)	0-1	34	2025
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2875) Mykola Korchynskyi (2617)	1-0	34	2024
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2868) Andrei Shishkov (2476)	1-0	38	2024
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2842) Egor Filipets (2602)	1-0	48	2024
Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2840) David Haszon (2462)	1-0	59	2024

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