Morteza Mahjoub

Morteza Mahjoub or Morteza Mahjoob (Persian: مرتضی محجوب, born March 20, 1980) is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He won Iranian Chess Championship in 2005 and 2008.

Morteza Mahjoub
Morteza Mahjoob, 2010
Full name	Morteza Mahjoub Zardast
Country	Iran
Born	(1980-03-20) March 20, 1980 (age 45) Tehran, Iran
Title	Grandmaster (2007)
Peak rating	2546 (July 2010)

In 2005 his rating was 2442 and in 2016 his rating was 2354. In 2007 he became grandmaster.

In September 2005 he won Iranian Chess Championship with the score 9.5 points out of 11.

Mahjoob previously held the world record for simultaneous exhibition, which he set on August 13, 2009. He walked 18 hours and won 397 of the games, 90 draws and 13 loses. His record was broken on October 21, 2010 by GM Alik Gershon.^[1]

External links

• Morteza Mahjoub rating card at FIDE
• Morteza Mahjoub player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• "ROOK x ROOKS, 500". Iran500.ir. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
• "Guinness Simultaneous Chess World Record attempt – in Tehran!". ChessBase.com. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
• "Iranian GM smashes Guinness simultaneous chess world record". ChessBase.com. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-30.