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Sadikhov, Ulvi
GM🇦🇿FIDE 13401416· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 1998
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Ulvi Sadikhov, a 28-year-old Azerbaijani Grandmaster, is rated 2474 and ranked 17th among Azerbaijani players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 4 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent appearances: 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A and Turkiye Chess First League - 2025. His peak of 2517 was reached at age 23 (Oct 2021); he also reached Azerbaijani #12 in Jul 2017.
Competes for Azerbaijan since Dec 2014. Awarded GM in 2019 (age 21), IM in 2016 (age 18), and FM in 2014 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #33 in U20, World #42 in U18, World #32 in U16, World #48 in U14, World #34 in U12 and World #40 in U10.
Current rating
2474
Standard
Rpd2458·Blz2384
All-time high
2517
−43 pts below
Oct 2021 · age 23
Oct 2021 · age 23
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#17
#17 · Azerbaijani players · of 1,084
Career timeline
26 entries2021
All-time peak 2517
at age 23 · −43 from today
Oct 2021
Re-crossed 2500
at age 23
Aug 2021
2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2490 → returned at 2509
Apr 2020
2019
GM title awardedGM
at age 21 · 2nd quarter PB 2019
Jul 2019
Crossed 2500
at age 21
Jun 2019
2017
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #12
at age 19 · rated 2494
Jul 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-14
2488 → 2474
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
11.5/ 1863.9%
8W7D3L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsKonstantinos StefanouFM2,291·34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A·R4·+2.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #34 | 2365 | -13.1 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #23 | 2451 | -1.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOrkhan AbdulovIM
🇦🇿AZE·2383
+3 −2 =4
9 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsVugar RasulovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2533
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsZaur BayramovFM
🇦🇿AZE·2250
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsElkhan BayramovCM
🇦🇿AZE·2174
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsMisratdin IskandarovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2520
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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Rankings
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Azerbaijan
#17
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#475
in continent
World
#795
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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