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Ismayilov, Ganjali
🇦🇿FIDE 13432621· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 1976
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Ganjali Ismayilov, a 50-year-old Azerbaijani player, is rated 2298 and ranked 48th among Azerbaijani players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2021–2022) and 15 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: Rating Tournament of Nakhchivan Chess Center, 2025, N2. His peak of 2413 was reached at age 42 (Aug 2018); he also reached Azerbaijani #22 in Jan 2019.
Earned a IM norm at Donskoi_IM 2018.
Current rating
2298
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2413
−115 pts below
Aug 2018 · age 42
Aug 2018 · age 42
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#48
#48 · Azerbaijani players · of 1,084
Career timeline
15 entries2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2319 → returned at 2306
Feb 2023
2022
2nd Azerbaijani 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2343
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2343 → returned at 2320
Jul 2021
100 career games
at age 45
Jul 2021
2019
3rd Azerbaijani 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2413
Jun 2019
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #22
at age 43 · rated 2413
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
2298 → 2298
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2250 | +0.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMurad Garayev
🇦🇿AZE·2134
+2 −1 =8
11 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsToghrul HasanzadeIM
🇦🇿AZE·2278
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsUrfan SevdimaliyevGM
🇦🇿AZE·2286
+0 −3 =5
8 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsBehruz Huseynov
🇺🇦UKR·2109
+2 −0 =4
6 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsElmar Nazarsoy
🇺🇦UKR·2301
+0 −0 =5
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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Azerbaijan
#48
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#2,786
in continent
World
#4,169
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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