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Azerbaijan Chess Championship 2026 | Men Round 1

8 Feb to 10 Feb 2026 · Baku, Azerbaijan · 30-player Elimination Knockout · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Eltaj Safarli ★: No. 8, 2/2, performance 2944 (+2)
GM Aydin Suleymanli ★: No. 9, 2/2, performance 2966 (+2)
GM Mahammad Muradli ★: No. 13, 1½/2, performance 2465 (-2)

Standings

Standings, Azerbaijan Chess Championship 2026 | Men Round 1
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	TB1
1	GM Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2645	0
3	IM Samadov, Read	AZE	2510	0
4	GM Safarli, Eltaj ★	AZE	2644	0
6	GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2727	0.5
8	IM Gasimov, Rahim	AZE	2453	0
9	GM Ahmadzada, Ahmad	AZE	2521	0
9	GM Abasov, Nijat	AZE	2593	0
10	GM Suleymanli, Aydin ★	AZE	2628	2
10	Alizada, Pasham	AZE	2281	0
11	IM Ahmad, Khagan	AZE	2472	0
12	IM Talibov, Shiroghlan	AZE	2431	0
13	IM Aliyev, Ravan	AZE	2353	0
14	IM Aghasiyev, Kamal	AZE	2426	0
15	IM Zulfugarli, Magomed	AZE	2426	0
17	GM Rasulov, Vugar	AZE	2525	0
18	IM Ibrahimli, Murad	AZE	2438	0
19	FM Aslanov, Umid	AZE	2362	0
20	Garakhanov, Shamsi	AZE	2272	0
21	IM Babazada, Khazar	AZE	2500	0
22	GM Tahirov, Farhad	AZE	2452	0
23	IM Manafov, Vugar	AZE	2441	0
24	IM Garayev, Kanan	AZE	2324	0
25	FM Hamidov, Allahverdi	AZE	2287	0
26	FM Ughuzov, Ravan	AZE	2272	0
26	GM Muradli, Mahammad ★	AZE	2581	1.5
27	GM Mirzoev, Azer	AZE	2448	0
28	FM Orujov, Farid	AZE	2283	0
29	Ibrahimli, Suat	AZE	2166	0
30	Isbatov, Kanan	AZE	2144	0
30	GM Iskandarov, Misratdin	AZE	2528	0

TB1 points (game-points)

Final Ranking after 45 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Eltaj Safarli – Kanan Isbatov	1-0
1.2	Suat Ibrahimli – Aydin Suleymanli	0-1
1.4	Ravan Ughuzov – Mahammad Muradli	0-1
2.1	Kanan Isbatov – Eltaj Safarli	0-1
2.2	Aydin Suleymanli – Suat Ibrahimli	1-0
2.4	Mahammad Muradli – Ravan Ughuzov	½-½

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.