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Sevdimaliyev, Urfan
GM🇦🇿FIDE 13402463· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 1989
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Urfan Sevdimaliyev, a 37-year-old Azerbaijani Grandmaster, is rated 2286 and sitting in the top 5% of Azerbaijani players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 58 Elo over the past 12 months. 84 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Grandmaster Chess Cup 2025, Rating Tournament dedicated to National Revival Day, and Tournament dedicated to November 8th - Victory Day. Also played 1 blitz event (including Blitz Tournament of Nakhchivan Chess Center) recently. He took a 41-month break between Jul 2006 and Jan 2010. His peak of 2505 was reached at age 25 (Dec 2014, Azerbaijani #12 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2015 (age 26) and FM in 2012 (age 23). At junior level, he reached #13, #11 and #5 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2286
Standard
Rpd2286·Blz2095
All-time high
2505
−219 pts below
Dec 2014 · age 25
Dec 2014 · age 25
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
84 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#51 · Azerbaijani players · of 1,084
Career timeline
23 entries2022
1,000 career games
at age 33
Aug 2022
2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Jul 2017
500 career games
at age 28
Mar 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 27
Nov 2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 27
Jul 2016
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-65
2351 → 2286
Tournaments
9
76 games
Score
50/ 7665.8%
36W28D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #8 | 2269 | -8.9 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2423 | +15.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 1982 | -6.3 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/7 | #70 | 1974 | -26.9 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #21 | 2110 | -16.2 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 2.5/8 | #158 | 1966 | -36.3 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2464 | +14.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/8 | #14 | 2279 | -4.3 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2398 | +11.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsToghrul HasanzadeIM
🇦🇿AZE·2278
+14 −4 =29
47 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsParviz GasimovIM
🇦🇿AZE·2318
+16 −7 =18
41 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsSadig MammadovIM
🇦🇿AZE·2315
+8 −4 =13
25 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsOrkhan Elburus Ismayilov
🇦🇿AZE·2188
+19 −1 =2
22 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMurad Garayev
🇦🇿AZE·2134
+11 −0 =9
20 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Azerbaijan
#51
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#3,036
in continent
World
#4,534
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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