In January 2020, Elham ranked 2nd in international chess round-robin tournament in Stockholm.

[2] In February 2020, he won the silver medal at the Nordic Youth Chess Championship in Class C.[3] In 2022, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

In July 2023, Elham won the bronze medal at the Norwegian Chess Championship (tournament won grandmaster Simen Agdestein).

[4] In August 2023, he won the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.

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