Baku Open 2026

28 Apr to 6 May 2026 · Baku, Azerbaijan · 9-round Swiss · 90 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Daniil Dubov ★: No. 2, 6½/9, performance 2594 (-5)
GM Ruslan Ponomariov ★: No. 3, 6½/9, performance 2548 (-6)
IM Polina Shuvalova ★: No. 27, 5/9, performance 2416 (-10)
IM Miaoyi Lu ★: No. 30, 5/9, performance 2413 (-2)
WGM Ekaterina Goltseva ★: No. 33, 5/9, performance 2353
WGM Umida Omonova ★: No. 44, 4½/9, performance 2227 (-31)

Standings

Standings, Baku Open 2026
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	GM Movahed, Sina	IRI	2575	8	2468	0	7	49
2	IM Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	IND	2473	6.5	2465	0	4	52.5
3	IM Babazada, Khazar	AZE	2480	6.5	2437	0	6	49.5
4	GM Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2551	6.5	2431	0	4	47.5
5	GM Dubov, Daniil ★	FID	2654	6.5	2428	0	4	44.5
6	IM Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2508	6.5	2418	0	5	49.5
7	GM Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2525	6.5	2406	0	5	43.5
8	GM Ponomariov, Ruslan ★	UKR	2636	6.5	2382	0	4	45
9	GM Pranav, Anand	IND	2596	6	2445	0	5	52.5
10	IM Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2458	6	2408	0	4	47.5
11	IM Ibrahimli, Murad	AZE	2445	6	2405	0	4	45
12	IM Ayush, Sharma	IND	2415	6	2401	0	4	44
13	IM Talibov, Shiroghlan	AZE	2482	6	2345	0	4	42
14	IM Aradhya, Garg	IND	2429	6	2330	0	4	40.5
15	FM Davudov, Tunar	AZE	2349	5.5	2459	0	4	48.5
16	IM Kaufman, David	FID	2475	5.5	2442	0	4	48
17	GM Iskandarov, Misratdin	AZE	2522	5.5	2420	0	5	45.5
18	GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2553	5.5	2418	0	4	48
19	CM Advik, Amit Agrawal	IND	2274	5.5	2406	0	3	45
20	GM Abasov, Nijat	AZE	2586	5.5	2401	0	3	47
21	IM Ahmad, Khagan	AZE	2483	5.5	2399	0	5	49
22	IM Manafov, Vugar	AZE	2432	5.5	2384	0	4	42.5
23	FM Hamidov, Allahverdi	AZE	2289	5.5	2379	0	4	41.5
24	IM Apoorv, Kamble	IND	2431	5.5	2350	0	4	46.5
25	IM Shogdzhiev, Roman	FID	2431	5.5	2307	0	4	40.5
26	IM Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IRI	2378	5.5	2294	0	5	40
27	CM Mescheryakov, Artem	FID	2239	5	2450	0	3	49.5
28	FM Suleymanli, Suleyman	AZE	2348	5	2430	0	3	47
29	FM Sharifov, Mekhriddin	TJK	2259	5	2403	0	3	40
30	IM Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2478	5	2387	0	3	45
31	IM Shuvalova, Polina ★	FID	2502	5	2373	0	4	45.5
32	IM Lu, Miaoyi ★	CHN	2429	5	2371	0	3	44.5
33	IM Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin	TJK	2373	5	2360	0	4	42
34	FM Kudrin, Ivan	FID	2272	5	2357	0	3	38
35	IM Sek, Konstantin	FID	2353	5	2349	0	3	44
36	FM Gadzhiev, Ruslan	FID	2311	5	2323	0	3	40.5
37	IM Novozhilov, Semen	FID	2473	5	2315	0	4	43.5
38	FM Temirbekov, Taimaz	FID	2326	5	2313	0	3	37.5
39	WGM Goltseva, Ekaterina ★	FID	2349	5	2311	0	4	40.5
40	FM Suslov, Dmitrii	FID	2328	5	2267	0	2	38
41	GM Mousavi, Seyed Khalil	IRI	2472	4.5	2442	0	3	48
42	GM Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2463	4.5	2439	0	3	49
43	FM Talgatov, Nazar	KAZ	2286	4.5	2395	0	2	44.5
44	WIM Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	AZE	2267	4.5	2380	0	4	39
45	FM Kishiev, Famil	FID	2303	4.5	2365	0	2	49
46	WFM Poliakova, Varvara	FID	2108	4.5	2363	0	4	36
47	FM Bozorov, Javohir	UZB	2283	4.5	2347	0	2	42
48	FM Garakhanov, Shamsi	AZE	2302	4.5	2345	0	3	36
49	IM Guliev, Logman	AZE	2238	4.5	2333	0	3	37.5
50	WIM Maletina, Tatiana	FID	2196	4.5	2333	0	3	37.5
51	FM Kleimenov, Nikolay	FID	2301	4.5	2328	0	3	40
52	FM Aarav, Sinha	IND	2315	4.5	2325	0	3	43
53	FM Lyutsinger, Iren	FID	2216	4.5	2321	0	2	36.5
54	FM Jaiveer, Mahendru	IND	2311	4.5	2319	0	4	41
55	FM Rustamov, Rustam	AZE	2320	4.5	2287	0	3	41.5
56	FM Krishnan, Ritvik	IND	2375	4.5	2279	0	2	38
57	FM Vasilkov, Nikolay	FID	2300	4.5	2275	0	2	36
58	IM Kuderinov, Kirill	KAZ	2327	4.5	2234	0	2	37.5
59	WGM Omonova, Umida ★	UZB	2358	4.5	2227	0	3	35
60	Umarov, Bekhruz	UZB	2317	4.5	2201	0	4	33
61	FM Melnikov, Fedor	FID	2278	4	2386	0	2	44.5
62	IM Sahib, Singh	IND	2376	4	2373	0	2	44.5
63	CM Petukhov, Dmitriy	FID	2262	4	2371	0	1	42
64	FM Fedosov, Alexander	FID	2263	4	2361	0	2	39
65	WIM Karimova, Guldona	UZB	2267	4	2353	0	2	40
66	FM Orujov, Farid	AZE	2304	4	2349	0	2	42
67	FM Aarit, Kapil	IND	2304	4	2337	0	4	42.5
68	FM Aslanov, Umid	AZE	2368	4	2327	0	3	40.5
69	FM Zeynalli, Rashad	AZE	2278	4	2281	0	2	34
70	FM Plotnikov, Boris	FID	2330	4	2272	0	3	38
71	GM Guliyev, Namig	AZE	2481	4	2261	0	2	34.5
72	FM Valiyev, Shahin	AZE	2408	4	2228	0	1	33.5
73	CM Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav	FID	2249	3.5	2393	0	2	44
74	FM Kornienko, Konstantin	FID	2403	3.5	2368	0	1	44.5
75	WFM Shubenkova, Veronika	FID	2085	3.5	2356	0	2	40.5
76	WGM Mamedjarova, Turkan	AZE	2222	3.5	2346	0	2	34.5
77	FM Lisenkov, Svyatoslav	FID	2363	3.5	2333	0	3	41.5
78	WIM Ismayil, Malak	AZE	2122	3.5	2333	0	3	39.5
79	Goriachkina, Oksana	FID	2122	3.5	2332	0	0	35
80	CM Biyiksiz, Ali Batuhan	TUR	2268	3.5	2324	0	2	34.5
81	WIM Tarasenka, Aliaksandra	FID	2245	3.5	2322	0	3	40
82	CM Delavari, Behnood	IRI	2250	3.5	2300	0	1	33
83	FM Fedorov, Artem Alek	FID	2315	3.5	2297	0	2	38.5
84	FM Ughuzov, Ravan	AZE	2276	3.5	2280	0	1	31
85	FM Bardyk, Artem	FID	2411	3.5	2225	0	2	32
86	WIM Abdinova, Narmin	AZE	2159	3	2325	0	2	35
87	FM Levchenko, Leonid	FID	2292	3	2323	0	2	38.5
88	FM Sherali, Pattnaik	IND	2153	3	2247	0	1	30
89	WFM Sneha, Halder	IND	2232	2.5	2282	0	1	32.5
90	WFM Huseynova, Lala	AZE	2130	2.5	2279	0	2	32
91	FM Arshiya, Das	IND	2296	2.5	2274	1	2	33
92	WIM Malikova, Marjona	UZB	2110	2.5	2274	0	0	33
93	WCM Khalilova, Madinabonu	UZB	2226	2.5	2249	0	1	32
94	WFM Aghaverdiyeva, Maryam	AZE	2137	2.5	2248	0	1	30.5
95	FM Arnav, Agrawal	IND	2304	2.5	2245	0	0	33
96	FM Avsar, Gediz	TUR	2422	2.5	2215	0	1	36
97	CM Javadov, Habil	AZE	2240	2	2315	0	0	34.5
98	WCM Anishka, Vikram	IND	2129	2	2232	0	1	30
99	FM Kazmin, Semen	FID	2281	0.5	2323	0	0	21
100	WGM Xu, Yuanyuan	CHN	2300	0.5	2243	0	0	18.5

TB1 Average Rating of Opponents (ARO) (1400, Forfeits And Byes are ignored) · TB2 Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point group) · TB3 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Gamepoints, Forfeited games count) · TB4 Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2026) (Gamepoints)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Daniil Dubov – Aarav Sinha	½-½
1.2	Artem Alek Fedorov – Ruslan Ponomariov	½-½
1.11	Polina Shuvalova – Yuanyuan Xu	1-0
1.28	Dmitriy Petukhov – Miaoyi Lu	½-½
1.40	Tatiana Maletina – Umida Omonova	½-½
1.42	Sherali Pattnaik – Ekaterina Goltseva	0-1
2.6	Ekaterina Goltseva – Polina Shuvalova	½-½
2.19	Ruslan Ponomariov – Veronika Shubenkova	1-0
2.20	Farid Orujov – Daniil Dubov	0-1
2.28	Miaoyi Lu – Guldona Karimova	1-0
2.30	Umida Omonova – Dmitriy Petukhov	0-1
3.8	Daniil Dubov – Miaoyi Lu	½-½
3.9	Ayush Sharma – Ruslan Ponomariov	½-½
3.10	Vahap Sanal – Ekaterina Goltseva	1-0
3.13	Polina Shuvalova – Dmitrii Suslov	1-0
3.34	Advik Amit Agrawal – Umida Omonova	1-0
4.8	Suleyman Suleymanli – Polina Shuvalova	1-0
4.11	Daniil Dubov – Ayush Sharma	½-½
4.12	Ruslan Ponomariov – Konstantin Kornienko	½-½
4.19	Miaoyi Lu – Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov	½-½
4.24	Ekaterina Goltseva – Fedor Melnikov	½-½
4.43	Behnood Delavari – Umida Omonova	½-½
5.10	Konstantin Kornienko – Daniil Dubov	0-1
5.11	Javohir Bozorov – Ruslan Ponomariov	0-1
5.12	Misratdin Iskandarov – Miaoyi Lu	0-1
5.13	Polina Shuvalova – Ayush Sharma	1-0
5.24	Nazar Talgatov – Ekaterina Goltseva	1-0
5.41	Umida Omonova – Oksana Goriachkina	½-½
6.6	Daniil Dubov – Anuj Shrivatri	½-½
6.7	Ruslan Ponomariov – Vugar Manafov	1-0
6.9	Miaoyi Lu – Vahap Sanal	0-1
6.10	Tunar Davudov – Polina Shuvalova	1-0
6.37	Ekaterina Goltseva – Turkan Mamedjarova	1-0
6.41	Ivan Kudrin – Umida Omonova	1-0
7.3	Ruslan Ponomariov – Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	½-½
7.6	Ortik Nigmatov – Daniil Dubov	0-1
7.13	Polina Shuvalova – Umid Aslanov	1-0
7.19	Allahverdi Hamidov – Miaoyi Lu	1-0
7.26	Alexander Fedosov – Ekaterina Goltseva	0-1
7.45	Umida Omonova – Lala Huseynova	1-0
8.3	Ilamparthi A R – Daniil Dubov	½-½
8.4	Khagan Ahmad – Ruslan Ponomariov	0-1
8.9	Artiom Stribuk – Polina Shuvalova	½-½
8.19	Ekaterina Goltseva – Advik Amit Agrawal	0-1
8.20	Miaoyi Lu – Artem Mescheryakov	½-½
8.40	Umida Omonova – Leonid Levchenko	1-0
9.2	Vahap Sanal – Ruslan Ponomariov	½-½
9.4	Daniil Dubov – Misratdin Iskandarov	1-0
9.8	Polina Shuvalova – Murad Ibrahimli	0-1
9.21	Ekaterina Goltseva – Ayan Allahverdiyeva	1-0
9.22	Aarit Kapil – Miaoyi Lu	0-1
9.35	Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov – Umida Omonova	0-1

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