Kamran Shirazi

Kamran Shirazi G. ( born November 21, 1952 in Tehran ) is a French chess player of Iranian descent. Since 1978 he conferred the title of International Master.

Life

Shirazi played in three Chess Olympiads from 1972 to 1976 for Iran and scored 23.5 points from 43 games. In 1979 he emigrated to the USA and earned his living there as a professional chess and backgammon players as well as a chess trainer. He won, among others, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1988, the Southern California Open. 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1992, he played the national championships of the United States but had to suffer some setbacks. In 1984, he was with only half a point from 17 laps Table and lost with White against John Peters is the shortest game in the history of this tournament: 1.e4 c5 3.a3 d5 2.b4 cxb4 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.axb4 De5 0 - 1 He was also in 1992, with a point from 15 games, last. His best result was a 6th place with 8 points from 15 games in 1986.

In 1994 he played numerous tournaments in Europe and moved his center of life in France. He scored three standards for the title of Grand Master (Le Touquet in 1998, the 2002 Cannes and Metz, 2006), but not yet reached the required Elo rating. Since 2006, he is eligible to play for the Fédération Française des Échecs. In the French team championship playing for the Paris club Lutèce Echecs.

Shirazi is considered very original player with a tactical kind of style and a penchant for unusual openings. His strengths are especially in blitz chess advantage. In the film Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993 ), he has a cameo.

His Elo rating is 2413 (as of November 2010). His rating has fluctuated dramatically, in January 2002, it reached a maximum value of 2486, in October 2004, he dropped to 2386 from. Even more clearly fell out of the rating differences with the United States Chess Federation from 1991 to 1993, there were values ​​2607-2460.