Top Chess Players in Azerbaijan

特級大師 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2717 | #23

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a super-grandmaster from Azerbaijan. He was the number-two ranked player in the world in the FIDE ratings list of February 2018. According to 2700chess.com, Mamedyarov reached his peak rating of 2826 on September 30, 2018—the sixth-highest rating of all time. Mamedyarov...

特級大師 Teimour Radjabov 2689 | #36

Teimur Radjabov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan—the same city as former world champion Garry Kasparov—on March 12, 1987. Radjabov’s promising youth career translated into runs at the FIDE world championship in his teens and the reunified championship in the 2010’s. Radjabov’s...

特級大師 Aydin Suleymanli

GM Aydin Suleymanli is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster who was the world under-14 champion in 2019.

特級大師 Eltaj Safarli 2648 | #58

GM Eltaj Safarli is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

特級大師 Rauf Mamedov 2636 | #75

Rauf Mamedov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster. Early in his career, Mamedov's most notable success came when he won first place in the U16 European Youth Championship in 1999. Five years later, he became a grandmaster in 2004 and won the Dubai Open. Mamedov went on to win the Azerbaijani Chess Championship...

特級大師 Mahammad Muradli

Bio coming soon.

特級大師 Vasif Durarbayli

GM Vasif Durarbayli is a grandmaster from Azerbaijan who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He is a two-time Azerbaijani Chess Champion (2021, 2023).

特級大師 Nijat Abasov 2599 | #118

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...

特級大師 Vugar Asadli

GM Vugar Asadli is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

特級大師 Vugar Rasulov 2522 | #258

Vugar Rasulov is an Azerbaijani Grandmaster.

特級大師 Misratdin Iskandarov

GM Misratdin Iskandarov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

國際特級大師 Read Samadov 2520 | #261

IM Read Samadov is an Azerbaijani chess player who qualified for the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship.

國際特級大師 Shiroghlan Talibov 2474 | #397

國際特級大師 Khagan Ahmad 2472 | #406

特級大師 Namig Guliyev 2468 | #422

國際特級大師 Ulviyya Fataliyeva

國際特級大師 Murad Ibrahimli

國際特級大師 Vugar Manafov 2444 | #519

國際特級大師 Kamal Aghasiyev

特級大師 Azer Mirzoev

棋聯大師 Shahin Valiyev

棋聯大師 Suleyman Suleymanli

國際特級大師 Orkhan Abdulov 2383 | #874

棋聯大師 Tunar Davudov

國際特級大師 Gunay Mammadzada 2374 | #940

Gunay Mammadzada is an Azerbaijani international master and two-time national champion. She won the Azerbaijani Chess Championship in 2017 and 2019 following an impressive youth career. After winning the Girls U10 Youth World Championship in 2009, she won the 2013 Girls U14 European Youth Chess Championship. In...