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Gurbanov, Huseyn
🇦🇿FIDE 13426001· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 2011
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Huseyn Gurbanov, a 15-year-old Azerbaijani player, is rated 2141 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +332 Elo over the past 12 months. 93 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Azerbaijan Chess Championship-2026, U16, Azerbaijan Chess Championship, I league, Men, and Shirvan Open - 2025, Group A. Also played 5 rapid (including Shirvan Open - 2025, Rapid) and 5 blitz events (including Ganja Open - 2025, Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #10, #6, #8, #34 and #12 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2141
Standard
Rpd1945·Blz1953
All-time high
2141
at best
Jun 2026 · age 15
Jun 2026 · age 15
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#490 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
15 entries2026
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #83
at age 15 · rated 2141
Jun 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2141
at age 15
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
May 2026
10th Azerbaijani U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2001
Jan 2026
2025
6th Azerbaijani U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2001
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+293
1848 → 2141
Tournaments
7
64 games
Score
36.5/ 6457.0%
30W13D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 4.5/9 | #29 | 2007 | -62.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2260 | +122.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 1980 | +24.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/9 | #27 | 2007 | -6.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/8 | #65 | 1982 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/9 | #55 | 2064 | +51.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8.5/10 | #2 | 2046 | +20.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPasham Alizada
🇦🇿AZE·2296
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMurad Huseynov
🇦🇿AZE·1626
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsBabak Jafarli
🇦🇿AZE·2054
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsIlgar Elshad Mehdizade
🇦🇿AZE·1733
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsMurad Rzayev
🇦🇿AZE·1961
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Azerbaijan
#83
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#8,574
in continent
World
#11,948
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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