Mamedov, Nidjat

Nidjat Mamedov, a 41-year-old Azerbaijani Grandmaster, is rated 2575 and ranked 9th among Azerbaijani players, and 226th worldwide. He plays around 40 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2003–2004), 13 months (2018–2019), 17 months (2022–2023) and 17 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2624 was reached at age 29 (Jan 2014); he also reached World #136 in Sep 2009 and spent 14 months in Azerbaijani top 5.

Awarded GM in 2006 (age 21) and IM in 2001 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #31 in U20, World #23 in U18 and World #28 in U16.