Parham Maghsoodloo

Parham Maghsoodloo (Persian: پرهام مقصودلو, born 12 August 2000^[1]) is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016.^[1] Maghsoodloo is a three-time Iranian national champion and became the World Junior Chess Champion in 2018.

Parham Maghsoodloo
Maghsoodloo in 2023
Country	Iran
Born	(2000-08-12) August 12, 2000 (age 24) Gorgan, Iran
Title	Grandmaster (2016)
FIDE rating	2677 (March 2025)
Peak rating	2742 (December 2023)
Ranking	No. 47 (March 2025)
Peak ranking	No. 12 (December 2023)

Early life and chess career

Maghsoodloo was born in 2000 in Gorgan.^[2] He played in the 2015 FIDE World Cup, where he was defeated in the first round by Wesley So. The following year, Maghsoodloo was awarded the titles of International Master and Grandmaster by FIDE, and represented his nation at the 42nd Chess Olympiad. He won the Iranian Chess Championship in 2017, 2018 and 2021. Also in 2018, he won the World Junior Chess Championship with a game in hand, finishing with a score of 9½/11, a point ahead of his nearest competitors.^[2] His performance rating was 2823.^[3]

Maghsoodloo competed in the Tata Steel Challengers in January 2019, placing eighth with a score of 7/13 (+4–3=6).^[4]

In March 2025, GM Ben Finegold covered the life and games of Parham in his lecture series, Great Players of the Present.