Khosro Harandi

Khosro (Hosrov) Sheikh Harandi (born 11 September 1950; died 7 January 2019) was the first Iranian chess International Master and 3-time Iran chess champions. He was a member of the national team in five Chess Olympiads.[3]

Khosro Sheikh Harandi
1974 West Asian chess championship, Tehran
Country Iran
Born(1950-09-11)11 September 1950
Tehran, Iran
Died7 January 2019(2019-01-07) (aged 68)
Tehran, Iran
TitleInternational Master (1975)
FIDE rating2361 (September 2019)[Inactive][1]
Peak rating2430 (January 1988)[2]

He represented Iran at first board in 19th World Student Team Chess Championship at Graz 1972 (+6 –3 =3).[4]

Harandi won twice zonal FIDE tournaments held in Tehran (1975 and 1978).[5] He tied for 18-20th at Manila 1976 (interzonal; Henrique Mecking won).[6] In 1977, he tied for 1st-3rd in Netanya. In 1978, he tied for 4-5th in Baguio. In 1979, he took 15th place in Rio de Janeiro (interzonal; Lajos Portisch, Tigran Petrosian and Robert Hübner won).[7]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1975 and FIDE Senior Trainer title in 2009.

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