Yousof Safvat
Yousof (Younnus, Younus) Safvat (born 15 February 1940 in Tehran - death 29 January 2003 in Tehran) was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.
| Yousof Safvat | |
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 Yousof Safvat in 1960s | |
| Country |  |
| Born | 15 February 1940 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 29 January 2003 (aged 72) Tehran, Iran |
| Title | The first Iran chess champion |
| FIDE rating | 2270 (May 2020) [Inacative][1] |
He won five times Iranian Chess Championship (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1965), and represented Iran in Chess Olympiads at Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Varna 1962, Tel Aviv 1964, and Siegen 1970.[2][3]
References
- Yousof Safvat Rating and Chess Federation history
- Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Yousof Safvat". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- "Younnus Safvat chess games". 365Chess. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
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