5th International Karun Cup was held from 17 to 24 February in Ahvaz-Golestan. The tournament was divided in 3 sections.
Around 300 people took part in all the events.
The winner is GM Masoud Mosadeghpour with 7 out of 9, followed by GM Shahin Lorparizangeneh and GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami with 6,5 points.

final standings Karun Cup 2018

1 Mosadeghpour Masoud 7
2 Lorparizangeneh Shahin 6,5
3 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 6,5
4 Matinian Nikita 6,5
5 Darini Pouria 6,5
6 Amonatov Farrukh 6
7 Sibashvili Giorgi 6
8 Korneev Oleg 6
9 Pourramezanali Amirreza 5,5
10 Tahbaz Arash 5,5
11 Khodashenas Mersad 5,5
12 Harutjunyan Gevorg 5,5
13 Gusain Himal 5,5
14 Mousavi Seyed Khalil 5
15 Alinasab Mobina 5
16 Toufighi Homayoon 5
17 Vakhidov Daler 5
18 Petrosian Davit G. 5
19 Sanikidze Tornike 5
20 Babaniya Benyamin 5
21 Vahidov Tair 5
22 Cech Pavel 5
23 Khalesi Vahid 5
24 Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein 4,5
25 Hamidi Amir Mohammad 4,5
26 Mousavi Sayed Milad 4,5
27 Rastbod Ali 4,5
28 Sedaghati Mehrdad 4
29 Nadimifar Adnan 4
30 Meftahi Houssem 4
31 Fendereski Nima 4
32 Hosseinipour Mehdi 4
33 Azadi Amirmohammad 4
34 Khatibi Meysam 4
35 Baneshi Mahan 4
36 Alipoor Shahraki Abolfazl 4
37 Asadi Motahare 3,5
38 Moghadam Alireza 3
39 Sebt Rasoul Seyede Setare 3
40 Asgari Morteza 3
41 Khademi Mahdi 3
42 Poormosavi Seyed Kian 2,5
43 Asbahi Mohammad 2
44 Mosleh Rashtabadi Hamzeh 2
45 Karra Siavash 1
46 Jahanbakhshi Arman 0,5
47 Deljou Mohammad 0
48 Banirashid Saeid 0
49 Abbasifar Hasan 0
Mojaverian Hossein 0
51 Moosivand Siamak 0