Khosro (Hosrov) Sheikh Harandi (1 September 1950 – 8 January 2019) was the first Iranian chess International Master and 3-time Iran chess champion. He was a member of the national team in five Chess Olympiads.[3]

• In 1970, at fourth board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+6 –3 =10);
• In 1972, at first board in 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+8 –3 =11);
• In 1974, at first board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+10 –6 =4);
• In 1976, at second board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –3 =5);
• In 1990, at first board in 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+4 –3 =6).

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Khosro Sheikh Harandi
1974 West Asian chess championship, Tehran
Country	Iran
Born	(1950-09-01)1 September 1950 Tehran, Iran
Died	8 January 2019(2019-01-08) (aged 68) Tehran, Iran
Title	International Master (1975)
FIDE rating	2361 (September 2019) [Inactive][1]
Peak rating	2430 (January 1988)[2]

He represented Iran at first board in 19th World Student Team Chess Championship at Graz 1972 (+6 –3 =3).[4]

Harandi won twice zonal FIDE tournaments held in Tehran (1975 and 1978).[5] He tied for 18-20th at Manila 1976 (interzonal; Henrique Mecking won).[6] In 1977, he tied for 1st-3rd in Netanya. In 1978, he tied for 4-5th in Baguio. In 1979, he took 15th place in Rio de Janeiro (interzonal; Lajos Portisch, Tigran Petrosian and Robert Hübner won).[7]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1975 and FIDE Senior Trainer title in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Khosro Harandi at Chessgames.com

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