Lankaran Open 2025, Group A

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Lankaran, Azerbaijan. 16 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2349, and top seed was Vitaliy Bernadskiy (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2505).

Khagan Ahmad (🇦🇿 AZE, IM, 2415) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vitaliy Bernadskiy (6.5) and Rustam Rustamov (6.5). Ahmad won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Umid Nazarov (1941) beat Logman Guliev (IM, 2247), a +306-point gap.

Location

🇦🇿Lankaran, Azerbaijan

Dates

07 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦GMVitaliy Bernadskiy2505

Avg top 10

2,349

Participants

Titled players · 16

GM×1

IM×5

FM×6

WFM×1

WCM×3

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×32

🇮🇳India×4

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
IMKhagan Ahmad
🇦🇿AZE·2415
7.0pts·2524perf+13.3
🥈
GMVitaliy Bernadskiy
🇺🇦UKR·2505
6.5pts·2448perf-3.7
🥉
FMRustam Rustamov
🇦🇿AZE·2323
6.5pts·2408perf+23.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Khagan Ahmad led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Ahmad7Bernadskiy6.5Rustamov6.5Ibrahimli6Hamidov6Manafov6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Khagan Ahmad held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Khagan Ahmad beat GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Khagan Ahmad won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMKhagan Ahmad	*	1	½	½
2GMVitaliy Bernadskiy	0	*	½	1
3FMRustam Rustamov	½	½	*	½
4IMMurad Ibrahimli	½	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ahmad, KhaganIM	2415	AZE	+23B	+14N	+2B	+7N	+17B	−6N	+4B	=3N	=5B	7.0	46.0	50.0	37.75	2524	+13.3
2	Bernadskiy, VitaliyGM	2505	UKR	+18N	+19B	−1N	+4N	+5B	=3B	=6N	=8B	+9B	6.5	47.0	51.5	35.50	2448	-3.7
3	Rustamov, RustamFM	2323	AZE	+35B	=20N	+9B	=5N	=7B	=2N	+14B	=1B	+8N	6.5	45.5	48.0	33.25	2408	+23.0
4	Hamidov, AllahverdiFM	2287	AZE	+27N	=13B	+11N	−2B	+10N	+15B	−1N	+7B	=6N	6.0	46.5	50.5	31.25	2319	+10.8
5	Ibrahimli, MuradIM	2438	AZE	+22B	=9N	+8N	=3B	−2N	+31B	=7N	+10B	=1N	6.0	46.0	49.0	30.25	2356	-6.5
6	Manafov, VugarIM	2419	AZE	+28N	+21B	−7N	+18B	=8N	+1B	=2B	=9N	=4B	6.0	44.5	48.0	30.75	2347	-5.6
7	Davudov, TunarFM	2250	AZE	+38B	+15N	+6B	−1B	=3N	=12N	=5B	−4N	+17B	5.5	46.5	48.0	26.00	2362	+35.8
8	Ahmadov, Fariz	2218	AZE	+30B	+24N	−5B	+14N	=6B	=17N	+12B	=2N	−3B	5.5	44.0	47.5	26.50	2336	+29.2
9	Bayramov, ElvinFM	2179	AZE	+33N	=5B	−3N	+16B	=21N	+22N	+17B	=6B	−2N	5.5	42.5	45.5	24.50	2314	+31.6
10	Garakhanov, ShamsiFM	2112	AZE	=26B	+16N	+20B	−17N	−4B	+23B	+11N	−5N	+14B	5.5	40.5	44.5	26.00	2205	+43.2
11	Tiwari Shivansh	1954	IND	=17B	+26N	−4B	+20N	−12B	+16N	−10B	+15N	+19B	5.5	40.5	44.5	25.25	2215	+58.8
12	Guliev, LogmanIM	2247	AZE	−24N	+30B	+28N	=21B	+11N	=7B	−8N	=13B	+18N	5.5	38.0	41.5	24.50	2133	-11.4
13	Idrisov, TabrizFM	2066	AZE	+34B	=4N	−17B	−22N	+25B	+19B	=21N	=12N	+20B	5.5	37.0	40.0	23.75	2180	+28.2
14	Ahadzade, Kanan	2114	AZE	+36N	−1B	+31N	−8B	+24N	+21B	−3N	+22B	−10N	5.0	39.5	41.5	17.00	2124	+3.0
15	Abbasov, Amil	2076	AZE	+31N	−7B	+36N	=19B	+18N	−4N	=22B	−11B	+25N	5.0	37.0	39.0	17.75	2062	-2.4
16	Huseynova, LalaWFM	2045	AZE	=32N	−10B	+33N	−9N	=29B	−11B	+36N	+23B	+22N	5.0	34.0	36.0	16.25	1989	-23.2
17	Atakishiyev, ElmarIM	2388	AZE	=11N	+32B	+13N	+10B	−1N	=8B	−9N	=18B	−7N	4.5	44.5	47.5	21.75	2140	-25.6
18	Choubey Saurabh	2044	IND	−2B	+25N	+29B	−6N	−15B	+26N	+31B	=17N	−12B	4.5	39.0	42.0	16.75	2091	+6.8
19	Jafarli, Babak	2151	AZE	+25B	−2N	+27B	=15N	−22B	−13N	+32N	+21B	−11N	4.5	38.5	41.5	17.50	2030	-27.6
20	Musayev, Eldar	2106	AZE	+29N	=3B	−10N	−11B	−23N	+36B	+28N	+24B	−13N	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.25	1999	-24.2
21	Rzayev, Askar Aliakbar	2079	TUR	+37B	−6N	+24B	=12N	=9B	−14N	=13B	−19N	=27B	4.0	40.0	42.0	16.25	2051	-6.8
22	Baghirov, Mahammad	2027	AZE	−5N	=33B	+32N	+13B	+19N	−9B	=15N	−14N	−16B	4.0	39.5	42.5	17.00	2036	+1.9
23	Mishra Kamad	1957	IND	−1N	−36B	+26B	=29N	+20B	−10N	=25B	−16N	+28N	4.0	37.0	39.0	15.75	1950	-3.4
24	Nazarov, Umid	1941	AZE	+12B	−8B	−21N	+34N	−14B	=25N	=29B	−20N	+35B	4.0	35.0	37.5	14.75	1971	+11.2
25	Baghishov, Anar	1845	AZE	−19N	−18B	+35N	+28B	−13N	=24B	=23N	+32B	−15B	4.0	34.0	36.5	13.00	1952	+24.2
26	Jabbarli, Farid	1837	AZE	=10N	−11B	−23N	+37B	=32N	−18B	=30B	+38N	=29B	4.0	31.5	33.0	11.25	1877	+18.0
27	Novruzov, Emin	1950	AZE	−4B	+34N	−19N	+36B	−31N	−32B	=33N	+30B	=21N	4.0	30.0	32.0	12.00	1899	-13.2
28	Bashirli, SaadatWCM	2005	AZE	−6B	+37N	−12B	−25N	+34B	=29N	−20B	+31N	−23B	3.5	33.5	35.5	9.75	1884	-61.6
29	Ahmadli, Nihad	1790	AZE	−20B	F	−18N	=23B	=16N	=28B	=24N	+33B	=26N	3.5	32.5	35.0	13.25	1934	+54.4
30	Khosrovov, Fakhraddin	1926	AZE	−8N	−12N	−34B	+35B	−36N	+37B	=26N	−27N	+38B	3.5	28.5	30.0	8.00	1869	-16.6
31	Ahmadli, MehribanWCM	1779	AZE	−15B	+38N	−14B	+33N	+27B	−5N	−18N	−28B	F	3.0	34.0	35.5	8.50	1936	+56.0
32	Babayev, Kamran	1767	AZE	=16B	−17N	−22B	+38N	=26B	+27N	−19B	−25N	F	3.0	33.0	34.5	10.00	1909	+33.4
33	Gourav Nigam	1885	IND	−9B	=22N	−16B	−31B	+37N	+38N	=27B	−29N	F	3.0	30.0	31.5	7.50	1849	-10.2
34	Shirinov, Yashar	1774	AZE	−13N	−27B	+30N	−24B	−28N	−35B	+38B	+37N	F	3.0	28.0	29.5	7.00	1858	+32.4
35	Hasanzada, Vusal	1950	AZE	−3N	F	−25B	−30N	−38B	+34N	=37B	+36B	−24N	2.5	28.5	30.0	6.00	1781	-37.8
36	Gurbanov, Huseyn	1845	AZE	−14B	+23N	−15B	−27N	+30B	−20N	−16B	−35N	−37B	2.0	33.5	35.5	7.50	1769	-32.3
37	Budagova, LeylaWCM	1781	AZE	−21N	−28B	=38B	−26N	−33B	−30N	=35N	−34B	+36N	2.0	25.5	27.0	4.00	1695	-38.4
38	Salayev, Teymur	1942	AZE	−7N	−31B	=37N	−32B	+35N	−33B	−34N	−26B	−30N	1.5	27.5	29.5	3.50	1609	-75.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tiwari ShivanshIND
+58.8
5.5 pts · #13
2Ahmadli, MehribanWCMAZE
+56.0
3.0 pts · #33
3Ahmadli, NihadAZE
+54.4
3.5 pts · #28

Top rating losers

1Salayev, TeymurAZE
-75.4
1.5 pts · #38
2Bashirli, SaadatWCMAZE
-61.6
3.5 pts · #29
3Budagova, LeylaWCMAZE
-38.4
2.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R1+306 Elo gap
Nazarov, Umid1941 beat IMGuliev, Logman2247
R7+209 Elo gap
FMBayramov, Elvin2179 beat IMAtakishiyev, Elmar2388
R9+197 Elo gap
Tiwari Shivansh1954 beat Jafarli, Babak2151