MNA � The Iranian grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo made history and claimed the title of the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2018.







Maghsoodloo won Russia�s Maxim Vavulin in the 10th round of games, securing his trophy while there are still two more rounds remaining. He could even earn the title by a draw in last game. This is the first time that an Iranian achieves this honorable trophy.

The 18-year-old grandmaster has collected 9.5 out of 10 possible points and is ahead of his closest followers by 2 points.

Describing him as the �magician from Persia�, the official website of the event writes, �it�s sure that we�re facing a big talent here and he�s definitely one of the main candidates in the world now to enter the superelite in near future.�

FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2018 (open & girls under 20) kicked off in Turkey�s Kocaeli and Gebze, on September 4 and wraps up Sunday.