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Karimli, Yusif
🇦🇿FIDE 13429248· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 2011
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Yusif Karimli, a 15-year-old Azerbaijani player, is rated 1980 — just 7 short of his peak of 1987 (Aug 2025, age 14). He is rising rapidly, having gained +185 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Guba Open 2025, Group A, Shamakhi Open 2025, Group B, and Shaki Open 2025, Group B. Also played 1 blitz event (including Shamakhi Open 2025, Blitz) recently. He took a 19-month break between Jan 2023 and Sep 2024.
At junior level, he reached World #54 in U10, World #8 in U8 and #12, #4 and #3 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1980
Standard
Rpd1704·Blz1791
All-time high
1987
−7 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 14
Aug 2025 · age 14
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#30,787
#30,787 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
12th Azerbaijani U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1986
Jan 2026
2025
4th Azerbaijani U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1987
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1987
at age 14 · −7 from today
Aug 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 14
Jul 2025
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1639 → returned at 1795
Jan 2023
2022
3rd Azerbaijani U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1619
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+138
1842 → 1980
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
19/ 2770.4%
15W8D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #29 | 2082 | +83.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 1951 | +55.5 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/8 | #2 | 2138 | +46.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsElchin Shakaraliyev
🇦🇿AZE·2109
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Aug 2024
View head-to-head →
vsRafael Bayramli
🇦🇿AZE·1672
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2019
View head-to-head →
vsMurad Mehtizada
🇦🇿AZE·1939
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2022
View head-to-head →
vsPasham Alizada
🇦🇿AZE·2296
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jun 2022
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Azerbaijan
#133
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#22,759
in continent
World
#30,786
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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