Yousof Safvat

Yousof (Younnus, Younus) Safvat (15 February 1940 in Tehran – 29 January 2003^{[citation needed]} in Tehran) was an Iranian chess player. He was the first official chess champion and national master of Iran.

Yousof Safvat
Yousof Safvat in 1960s
Country	Iran
Born	(1940-02-15)15 February 1940 Tehran, Iran
Died	29 January 2003(2003-01-29) (aged 72) Tehran, Iran
Peak rating	2270 (July 1971)[1]

He was a five-time winner (first time at the age of 15) of the 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]