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Suleymanli, Aydin
GM🇦🇿FIDE 13413937· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 2005
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Aydin Suleymanli, a 21-year-old Azerbaijani Grandmaster, is rated 2665 — his current career high and ranked 3rd among Azerbaijani players, and 49th worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 108 rated games in the past year (≈79/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Azerbaijan Men's Chess Championship-2026, and Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Challengers. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Rapid TB) and 3 blitz events (including Vugar Gashimov Memorial - 2025, Blitz) recently. He reached World #49 in May 2026 and has been in Azerbaijani top 5 for 16 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2021 (age 16), IM in 2019 (age 14), FM in 2017 (age 12), and CM in 2014 (age 9). At junior level, he reached World #8 in U20, World #7 in U18, World #3 in U16, World #5 in U14, World #2 in U12 and World #16 in U10.
Current rating
2665
Standard
Rpd2535·Blz2565
All-time high
2665
at best
May 2026 · age 21
May 2026 · age 21
Activity
97
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
108 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#3
#3 · Azerbaijani players · of 1,040
National top 5 since Oct 2025
National top 5 since Oct 2025
Career timeline
24 entries2026
16 months in national top 5 (ongoing)
since Sep 2024
May 2026
Peak World rank: #49
at age 21 · rated 2665
May 2026
All-time peak 2665
at age 21
May 2026
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #3
at age 21 · rated 2653
Mar 2026
Crossed 2650
at age 21
Mar 2026
2025
8th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2608
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+57
2608 → 2665
Tournaments
10
88 games
Score
57.5/ 8865.3%
36W43D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 8.5/11 | #4 | 2739 | +12.2 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 8/10 | F | 2731 | +15.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 9/13 | #3 | 2679 | +9.8 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | R64 | 2727 | +5.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3.5/5 | #268 | 2759 | +9.9 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #39 | 2598 | -1.7 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/11 | #76 | 2633 | +4.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #10 | 2671 | +7.8 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #16 | 2533 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #13 | 2614 | +1.5 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsRauf MamedovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2636
+5 −7 =12
24 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMahammad MuradliGM
🇦🇿AZE·2617
+5 −9 =8
22 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKhazar BabazadaIM
🇦🇿AZE·2495
+9 −3 =8
20 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsNijat AbasovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2599
+5 −3 =10
18 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsShakhriyar MamedyarovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2717
+3 −6 =8
17 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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Azerbaijan
#3
out of 1,281 players
Europe
#19
in continent
World
#49
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Azerbaijan
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| 2 | 🇦🇿Follow Teimour RadjabovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,689 |
| 3 | 2,665 | |
| 4 | 🇦🇿Follow Eltaj SafarliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,648 |
| 5 | 🇦🇿Follow Rauf MamedovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,636 |
| 6 | 🇦🇿Follow Mahammad MuradliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,617 |
| 7 | 🇦🇿Follow Vasif DurarbayliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,611 |
| 8 | 🇦🇿Follow Nijat AbasovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,599 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Vugar AsadliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,545 |
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Europe
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| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,735 |
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| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,708 |
| ... | ||
| 19 | 2,665 | |
World
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| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
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| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
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| ... | ||
| 49 | 2,665 | |