GM Nijat Abasov

Nijat Abasov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster and the 2017 Azerbaijani Chess Champion. That year he won the Baku Open tournament, and another notable tournament win came at the 2016 Zurich Christmas Open. Abasov became a GM at the age of 15 and entered the list of the top-100 players in the world in November 2019. He’s number four on the list of highest-ranked players in Azerbaijan (as of March 2021).

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (15 games)

London System (13 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (10 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (8 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (8 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (17 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (13 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (13 games)

Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (12 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (12 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nijat Abasov (2643) Etienne Bacrot (2653)	1-0	33	2023
Nijat Abasov (2643) Zbigniew Pakleza (2496)	1-0	33	2023
Nijat Abasov (2643) Ernesto J Fernandez Guillen (2454)	1-0	46	2023
Nijat Abasov (2643) Yakov Ginzburg (2405)	1-0	21	2023
Nijat Abasov (2550) Bartosz Socko (2547)	1-0	56	2023
Nijat Abasov (2550) Samant Aditya S (2367)	1-0	45	2023
Nijat Abasov (2643) Magnus Carlsen (2859)	0-1	23	2023
Nijat Abasov (2643) David Paravyan (2586)	½-½	63	2023
Nijat Abasov (2550) Aydin Suleymanli (2538)	½-½	34	2023
Nijat Abasov (2550) Emre Can (2541)	½-½	59	2023

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