Grand Master Tabatabaei Wins Gold at Cap d’Agde 2025

Date: 02 November 2025 - 21:53

News ID: ۱۴۵۳۴۰

TEHRAN – Iranian Grand Master Muhammad Amin Tabatabaei (2781) has claimed a gold medal at the Cap d’Agde 2025 – Open Grand Prix.
He collected eight points in nine rounds.
The Grand Prix took place from October 25 to November 1 in Cap d’Agde, France.
It was a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move.
Sergey Fedorchuk (2685) of Ukraine and Loïc Travadon (2615) of France won silver and bronze repectively with 7/5 points.
Tabatabaei earned his international master (IM) title in 2015 and was awarded his grandmaster (GM) title by FIDE in April 2018.[1] In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open.
At the Chess World Cup in September, he defeated Bassem Amin in the first round, then was eliminated by Jeffery Xiong in the second round.[8]
Through February and March 2022, Tabatabaei played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the second leg, he tied for second with Nikita Vitiugov in Pool B with a 3/6 result. In the third leg, he won his pool with a 3.5/6 result, advancing to the semifinals to face Wesley So and ultimately earning sixth place in the tournament series overall.
In December 2022, Tabatabaei won 3rd place in the 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival after losing armageddon in 2nd place playoffs to Hans Niemann.[10]