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Shamakhi Open 2025, Group A

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Jun 2025 to 03 Jul 2025 in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan. 12 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2376, and top seed was Ahmad Ahmadzada (🇦🇿 AZE, GM, 2541).

Khazar Babazada (🇦🇿 AZE, IM, 2487) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vitaliy Bernadskiy (7.0) and Khagan Ahmad (6.5). Babazada took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Yashar Shirinov (1780) beat Kanan Garayev (IM, 2337), a +557-point gap.

Location
🇦🇿Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
Dates
26 Jun 2025 → 03 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿GMAhmad Ahmadzada2541
Avg top 10
2,376
Participants
26
Titled players · 12
GM×3
IM×4
FM×2
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×17
🇮🇳India×5
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
2
3
1
1
3
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ahmad takes leadBabazada takes lead
Bernadskiy7Babazada7Ahmad6.5Kekelidze6Hamidov5.5Manafov5.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE30 Jun

IM Khagan Ahmad takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Babazada takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy drew with IM Khazar Babazada (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMVitaliy Bernadskiy*
½
½
½
2IMKhazar Babazada
½
*
½
½
3IMKhagan Ahmad
½
½
*
0
4GMMikheil Kekelidze
½
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Babazada, KhazarIM2487AZE+21N+7B+12N=2B=3N=5B+10N=4B+8N7.044.548.035.502549+8.4
2Bernadskiy, VitaliyGM2497UKR+24B+16N=3B=1N=4B+15N=7B+9N+5B7.043.045.533.252481+1.0
3Ahmad, KhaganIM2394AZE+9N+17B=2N+5B=1B+7N−4B+15N=6B6.545.049.033.252447+8.3
4Kekelidze, MikheilGM2323GEO+22N+13B−5N+12B=2N=10B+3N=1N=7B6.045.048.531.002374+9.2
5Manafov, VugarIM2415AZE+18B=15N+4B−3N+16B=1N=8B+7N−2N5.544.548.527.002385-1.0
6Hamidov, AllahverdiFM2279AZE=26N=14B−13N=21B+23N=8N+16B+11B=3N5.536.036.522.002164-18.6
7Davudov, TunarFM2283AZE+20B−1N+16B+15N+8B−3B=2N−5B=4N5.045.049.023.502348+21.3
8Ahmadzada, AhmadGM2541AZE−13N+22B+21N+11B−7N=6B=5N+12B−1B5.040.544.022.002284-24.9
9Mishra Kamad1938IND−3B=19N−11N+25B+14N+18B+13N−2B=10N5.040.542.519.502084+28.0
10Garayev, KananIM2337AZE=23B−12N+26B+19N+18B=4N−1B=14N=9B5.038.038.517.752097-21.9
11Berdashkevich, Makar1816FID−16B+24N+9B−8N−12B+22B+17N−6N+15B5.035.538.019.002087+101.5
12Shirinov, Yashar1780AZE+14N+10B−1B−4N+11N=13B=15B−8N=18B4.541.045.020.752059+115.6
13Voroshilov, Roman1985FID+8B−4N+6B+17N−15B=12N−9B=16N=14B4.538.542.521.002128+57.0
14Baghirov, Mahammad2047AZE−12B=6N−19B+24N−9B+25N+20B=10B=13N4.535.037.016.001968-35.0
15Choubey Saurabh2045IND+25N=5B+23N−7B+13N−2B=12N−3B−11N4.041.043.014.502044-4.0
16Hajialiyev, IslamCM2156AZE+11N−2B−7N+22B−5N+21B−6N=13B=17N4.040.043.516.252102-22.8
17Gurbanov, IsmayilCM2202AZE+19B−3N=18B−13B=21N=20N−11B+23N=16B4.035.538.514.751943-54.8
18Huseynov, Ahmed1940AZE−5N+25B=17N+23B−10N−9N=19B=22B=12N4.034.536.513.001956-1.6
19Mehtizada, Murad1839AZE−17N=9B+14N−10B−22N+23B=18N=21B=20B4.033.536.515.751957+47.5
20Nurahmad, Tabriz1865AZE−7N−21B−22N+26N+24B=17B−14N+25B=19N4.029.029.59.001926+11.0
21Gourav Nigam1941IND−1B+20N−8B=6N=17B−16N=25B=19N=23B3.536.538.513.251997+5.8
22Huseynli, AyanWCM1891AZE−4B−8N+20B−16N+19B−11N+26B=18N−24N3.534.535.010.501920+2.4
23Tiwari Shivansh1937IND=10N+26B−15B−18N−6B−19N+24N−17B=21N3.032.533.07.251918-9.0
24Halafov, Ilgar1962AZE−2N−11B=25N−14B−20N+26N−23BF+22B2.529.529.55.001795-37.2
25Ismayilov, Emin1731AZE−15B−18N=24B−9N+26B−14B=21N−20NF2.028.028.03.501754+5.6
26Bhavanya Panchumarthi1840IND=6B−23N−10N−20B−25N−24B−22NFF0.525.525.52.751559-76.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets