GM Morteza Mahjoub Full name Morteza Mahjoob Zardast Born 1980 (age 46) Place of birth Federation Iran Retired Profiles Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (13 games) Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (8 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed (7 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (6 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (6 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (12 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (11 games) Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation, Wing, Spraggett Attack (8 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Classical, Spassky Variation (6 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Morteza Mahjoub (2517) Timur Kocharin (2737) 1-0 77 2025 Morteza Mahjoub (2491) Bryan Enming Lin (2839) 0-1 54 2025 Morteza Mahjoub (2488) Aljoscha Feuerstack (2786) 0-1 35 2025 Morteza Mahjoub (2539) Ariel Tokman (2683) 0-1 42 2025 Morteza Mahjoub (2548) Alberto Martin Fuentes (2746) 0-1 42 2025 Morteza Mahjoub (2550) Pawel Sowinski (2877) 0-1 65 2025 Morteza Mahjoub (2529) Viacheslav Tikhonov (2804) 0-1 70 2025 Alikhan Khazhatuly (2860) Morteza Mahjoub (2496) 1-0 61 2025 Stephen Jessel (2686) Morteza Mahjoub (2544) 1-0 59 2025 Simon Sotek (2417) Morteza Mahjoub (2534) 0-1 33 2025 Show All Games