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Abbasova, Zarifa
🇦🇿FIDE 13423193· Female· Azerbaijan· Born in 2009
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Zarifa Abbasova, a 17-year-old Azerbaijani player, is rated 1748 — her current career high. She plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 18-month break between May 2024 and Dec 2025. Recent appearance: Rating Tournament dedicated to National Revival Day.
At junior level, she reached #29, #32, #17, #10, #9 and #18 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1748
Standard
Rpd1581·Blz1627
All-time high
1748
at best
Dec 2025 · age 16
Dec 2025 · age 16
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#93,232
#93,232 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
29th Azerbaijani U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1748
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1748
at age 16
Dec 2025
2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1670 → returned at 1748
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Mar 2024
32nd Azerbaijani U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1451
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+78
1670 → 1748
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
4W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #18 | 1871 | +77.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKhanim IsmayilovaWCM
🇦🇿AZE·1972
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2023
View head-to-head →
vsNurtan NuriyevaWCM
🇦🇿AZE·1987
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2022
View head-to-head →
vsKamal Isfandiyarli
🇦🇿AZE·2032
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2022
View head-to-head →
vsFirangiz Huseynova
🇦🇿AZE·1597
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Azerbaijan
#299
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#66,556
in continent
World
#93,230
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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