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Jafarli, Babak

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FIDEFIDE 13406019· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 2001

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Babak Jafarli, a 25-year-old Azerbaijani player, is rated 2054 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 97 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ganja Open - 2025, Group A, Guba Open 2025, Group A, and Lankaran Open 2025, Group A. Also played 4 rapid (including Ganja Open - 2025, Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including Ganja Open - 2025, Blitz) recently. He took a 17-month break between Jun 2022 and Dec 2023. His peak of 2205 was reached at age 16 (Dec 2017); he also reached Azerbaijani #61 in Apr 2022.

Earned a IM norm at Mersin Metropolitan Municipality 5th International Chess Tournament - A 2021. At junior level, he reached #7, #8, #9 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2054

Standard

Rpd2080·Blz2196

All-time high

2205

−151 pts below
Dec 2017 · age 16

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 9%

#20,299 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 24
Dec 2025
2022
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2176 → returned at 2187
Jun 2022
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #61
at age 21 · rated 2181
Apr 2022
2021
7th Azerbaijani U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2175
Dec 2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Dec 2021
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Evgeny AlekseevGM 2,508
Ganja Open - 2025, Group A · Nov 2025 · +8.2 Elo
Evolution
-97
2151 → 2054
Tournaments
4
32 games
Score
15.5/ 3248.4%
12W7D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSubhayan KunduIM2,346·Ganja Open - 2025, Group A·R4·+16.1
2.[W]vsAskar Aliakbar Rzayev2,079·Lankaran Open 2025, Group A·R8·+9.5
3.[D]vsEvgeny AlekseevGM2,508·Ganja Open - 2025, Group A·R1·+8.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJavad Mursalzade1,795·Baku Open - 2026, Group B·R8·-16.3
2.[L]vsProkhor Osetrov1,872·Baku Open - 2026, Group B·R4·-14.8
3.[L]vsMikhail Khmelev1,898·Baku Open - 2026, Group B·R7·-14.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Baku Open - 2026, Group B
Open Swiss
Apr 20264.5/8#751768-47.8
Ganja Open - 2025, Group A
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/8#632141+3.6
Guba Open 2025, Group A
Swiss
Jul 20253.5/7#341987-25.8
Lankaran Open 2025, Group A
Swiss
Jul 20254.5/9#182030-27.6
Worst Elo result: Baku Open - 2026, Group B (-47.8 Elo, finished #75).

Most-Played Opponents

vsKanan GarayevIM
🇦🇿AZE·2324
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsVugar ManafovIM
🇦🇿AZE·2448
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsMurad IbrahimliIM
🇦🇿AZE·2461
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAmil Abbasov
🇦🇿AZE·2109
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsMahammad MuradliGM
🇦🇿AZE·2617
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2024
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Rankings

/
Azerbaijan
#109
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#14,890
in continent
World
#20,299
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Azerbaijan
1
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2
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3
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2,665
4
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2,648
5
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2,636
6
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2,617
7
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2,611
8
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2,588
9
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2,545
10
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2,537
...
109🇦🇿Jafarli, Babak2,054
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
14890🇦🇿Jafarli, Babak2,054
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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20299🇦🇿Jafarli, Babak2,054