Grandmaster and International Master, Amin Tabatabaei finished 17 out of 92 in the 2018 Aeroflot Open, and completed in the Asian Chess Championship that year as well.
Born in 2001, Tabatabaei earned his international master (IM) title in 2015 and was awarded his grandmaster (GM) title by FIDE in April 2018. He finished seventeenth out of ninety-two, scoring 5/9 (+53=1), earning an additional GM norm in the process. In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. Tabatabaei competed in the Asian Chess Championship in December 2018. 
