page_title: Iranian Chess Championship
section_title: Champions
hierarchical_section_title: Iranian Chess Championship / Champions
caption_attribution_description: English: Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami giving a simultaneous exhibition, Sanchi Martyrs Memorial at Passenger Terminal Hall of the Ports and Marine Administration of Guilan Province, Rasht - 19 April 2018main album
context_page_description: The Iranian Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Iran. Below is the gallery of champions, notice the gap between 1980 and 1990, when chess was forbidden in Iran. There is also a gap between 1978 and 1980 because of the Iran Revolution.
caption: Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami, the 13-time Iran chess champion
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