GM Elshan Moradiabadi Moradi in 2010. Photo: Andreas Kontokanis/Wikimedia, CC. Full name Elshan Moradiabadi Born 1985 (age 41) Place of birth Federation United States Profiles # World Ranking 2494 Classical 2530 Rapid 2512 Blitz Bio Bio coming soon Most Played Openings White Pieces Slav Defense (12 games) Trompowsky Attack (9 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (9 games) King's Indian Defense (8 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (8 games) Black Pieces Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (14 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (14 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (13 games) Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (12 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Elshan Moradiabadi (2496) Veronique Joseph (1871) 1-0 26 2026 Elshan Moradiabadi (2496) Crump. Alexander J (2112) 1-0 105 2026 Elshan Moradiabadi (2496) David Katsman (1926) ½-½ 35 2026 Andrew Wu (2093) Elshan Moradiabadi (2496) 0-1 49 2026 Sergey Erenburg (2474) Elshan Moradiabadi (2496) ½-½ 24 2026 Elshan Moradiabadi (2504) Thomas Fang (2034) 1-0 41 2025 Elshan Moradiabadi (2504) Dina Belenkaya (2173) 1-0 93 2025 Elshan Moradiabadi (2875) Lisandro Fernandez Reyes (2584) 1-0 26 2025 Elshan Moradiabadi (2862) Thiago Kim (2482) 1-0 51 2025 Elshan Moradiabadi (2858) Aron Pasti (2595) 1-0 30 2025 Show All Games