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Tahirova, Sevil
WCM🇦🇿FIDE 13414224· Female· Azerbaijan· Born in 2002
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Sevil Tahirova, a 24-year-old Azerbaijani Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1805. She has fluctuated between 1778 and 1847 over the past 2 years. 53 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Rating tournament of Mamedyarov's Chess Club, 2026, N1, Rating tournament dedicated to Novruz, and Chessbattle Rating tournament, under 2100. Also played 18 rapid (including Shirvan Open - 2025, Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including Blitz tournament of Chessbattle Grand Prix, 2026, N1) recently. She had 4 career breaks: 15 months (2013–2015), 12 months (2015–2016), 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 42 months (2022–2025). Her peak of 1847 was reached at age 24 (May 2026).
Awarded WCM in 2017 (age 15). At junior level, she reached #14, #13, #18, #32 and #20 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1805
Standard
Rpd1752·Blz1739
All-time high
1847
−42 pts below
May 2026 · age 24
May 2026 · age 24
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#74,821
#74,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2026
83rd Azerbaijani 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1847
May 2026
All-time peak 1847
at age 24 · −42 from today
May 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 24
Apr 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 1666 → returned at 1782
May 2022
2021
14th Azerbaijani U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1740
May 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+5
1800 → 1805
Tournaments
7
56 games
Score
31.5/ 5656.3%
25W13D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #96 | 1606 | -41.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2024 | +13.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2209 | +66.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/6 | #7 | 1714 | -10.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #7 | 1769 | -3.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRaya Ahmadova
🇦🇿AZE·1665
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met May 2019
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vsAytaj Heydarova
🇦🇿AZE·1815
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met May 2019
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vsZaur Balayev
🇦🇿AZE·1910
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAmin Novruz Gurbanov
🇦🇿AZE·2048
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Azerbaijan
#240
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#54,210
in continent
World
#74,820
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Azerbaijan
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| 240 | 1,805 | |
Europe
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| ... | ||
| 54210 | 1,805 | |
World
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| ... | ||
| 74820 | 1,805 | |