Maghsoodloo succeeded to draw with Wesley So in the ninth round of the 85th Tata Steel Chess Championship.
The Iranian champion, with a rating of 2719, could draw the prominent American chess player Wesley So, with a rating of 2760.
Earlier, Maghsoodloo succeeded to stop his prominent Chinese rival Ding Liren in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Maghsoudloo and Mohammad-Amin Tabatabaei represent Iran in the international tournament.
Tabatabaei also succeeded to draw with his Serbian rival in this tournament.
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