Guba Open 2025, Group A
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48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Jul 2025 to 22 Jul 2025 in Guba, Azerbaijan. 18 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2402, and top seed was Mahammad Muradli (🇦🇿 AZE, GM, 2608).
Khagan Ahmad (🇦🇿 AZE, IM, 2415) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Evgeny Romanov (7.0) and Vugar Manafov (6.5). Ahmad shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Hazrat Orujov (1866) beat Tunar Davudov (FM, 2250), a +384-point gap.
Location
🇦🇿Guba, Azerbaijan
Dates
16 Jul 2025 → 22 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 18
GM×4
IM×2
FM×6
CM×3
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 7 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×39
🇱🇻Latvia×4
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇰🇼Kuwait×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE20 Jul
IM Vugar Manafov takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Ahmad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).
R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Evgeny Romanov drew with IM Khagan Ahmad (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMEvgeny Romanov | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2IMKhagan Ahmad | ½ | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3IMVugar Manafov | 0 | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4GMVitaliy Bernadskiy | — | 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 | +20B | +15N | =12B | +10N | +5B | +4B | −3N | +7B | =2N | 7.0 | 47.5 | 52.0 | 39.50 | 2515 | +12.7 |
| 2 | Romanov, EvgenyGM | 2585 | MKD | +48N | =14B | +13N | =5N | +19B | =7B | +6N | +3B | =1B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 34.00 | 2496 | -6.2 |
| 3 | Manafov, VugarIM | 2419 | AZE | +42N | +18B | +7N | =4B | =6N | +33B | +1B | −2N | =5B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 48.5 | 32.25 | 2457 | +7.0 |
| 4 | Bernadskiy, VitaliyGM | 2505 | UKR | +37B | +23N | +16B | =3N | +12B | −1N | +5B | =10B | =6N | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 33.00 | 2436 | -5.0 |
| 5 | Kekelidze, MikheilGM | 2331 | GEO | +9N | +36B | +8N | =2B | −1N | +27B | −4N | +18B | =3N | 6.0 | 47.5 | 51.0 | 30.75 | 2426 | +13.1 |
| 6 | Ughuzov, RavanFM | 2295 | AZE | =26B | +31N | =14B | +11N | =3B | +12N | −2B | +22N | =4B | 6.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 30.00 | 2368 | +21.0 |
| 7 | Hamidov, AllahverdiFM | 2287 | AZE | +44B | +19N | −3B | +21N | +22B | =2N | =11B | −1N | +26N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 45.0 | 25.25 | 2290 | +8.0 |
| 8 | Muradli, MahammadGM | 2608 | AZE | +38B | +11N | −5B | −12N | +26B | =19N | =14B | +17N | +10B | 6.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 27.75 | 2352 | -21.6 |
| 9 | Orujov, Hazrat | 1866 | AZE | −5B | +41N | =23B | =15N | −11B | +30N | +21B | +12N | +13N | 6.0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 25.25 | 2171 | +66.8 |
| 10 | Ahmadov, Fariz | 2218 | AZE | =27N | +29B | +33N | −1B | +18N | =13B | +16B | =4N | −8N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 24.75 | 2273 | +15.2 |
| 11 | Bayramov, ElvinFM | 2179 | AZE | +28N | −8B | +20N | −6B | +9N | +39B | =7N | −26B | +18N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 25.00 | 2143 | -3.0 |
| 12 | Davudov, TunarFM | 2250 | AZE | +17B | +24N | =1N | +8B | −4N | −6B | =13N | −9B | +19B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 26.00 | 2203 | -7.5 |
| 13 | Musayev, Eldar | 2106 | AZE | +21B | =22N | −2B | =26N | +17B | =10N | =12B | +14N | −9B | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 24.00 | 2133 | +6.2 |
| 14 | Bayramov, ElkhanCM | 2182 | AZE | +30B | =2N | =6N | =27B | −33N | +28B | =8N | −13B | +29N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 23.50 | 2139 | -8.2 |
| 15 | Huseynova, LalaWFM | 2045 | AZE | +35N | −1B | =28N | =9B | −20N | +41B | =29N | +27B | =16B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 19.00 | 1990 | -27.0 |
| 16 | Azadaliyev, JahandarFM | 2290 | AZE | +40N | +34B | −4N | −18B | +35N | +20B | −10N | =36B | =15N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 18.25 | 2139 | -29.6 |
| 17 | Gurbanov, Huseyn | 1845 | AZE | −12N | +46B | −18N | +34B | −13N | +42B | +20N | −8B | +28N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 15.00 | 2093 | +99.6 |
| 18 | Hajialiyev, IslamCM | 2162 | AZE | +45B | −3N | +17B | +16N | −10B | =22N | +19B | −5N | −11B | 4.5 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 17.75 | 2150 | -1.5 |
| 19 | Gulumov, Muthat | 1948 | AZE | +43N | −7B | +24N | +36B | −2N | =8B | −18N | +33B | −12N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 16.00 | 2109 | +64.0 |
| 20 | Khanalizade, Elgun | 1867 | AZE | −1N | +39B | −11B | +43N | +15B | −16N | −17B | =31N | +30B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 15.50 | 1962 | +35.6 |
| 21 | Mursalzade, Javad | 1799 | AZE | −13N | +40B | +34N | −7B | −28N | +25B | −9N | =24B | +35N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 16.25 | 1935 | +58.0 |
| 22 | Davidov, Samir | 2280 | AZE | +25N | =13B | =27N | +42B | −7N | =18B | +33N | −6B | F | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 16.75 | 2104 | -29.2 |
| 23 | Azizli, Nurlan | 2108 | AZE | +39N | −4B | =9N | +28B | −27N | =24B | =35N | =29B | =34B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 17.75 | 1927 | -79.2 |
| 24 | Ahmadli, Nihad | 1790 | AZE | +46N | −12B | −19B | =44N | +32B | =23N | −34B | =21N | +33N | 4.5 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 13.75 | 2003 | +91.6 |
| 25 | Baghishov, Anar | 1845 | AZE | −22B | =38N | −32B | =41N | +37B | −21N | =40B | +43N | +42B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 10.75 | 1898 | +10.2 |
| 26 | Nurahmad, Tabriz | 1865 | AZE | =6N | −33B | +29N | =13B | −8N | +31B | F | +11N | −7B | 4.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 19.00 | 2079 | +37.2 |
| 27 | Karimli, Yusif | 1841 | AZE | =10B | +32N | =22B | =14N | +23B | −5N | −36B | −15N | =31B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 18.00 | 2064 | +83.2 |
| 28 | Mehtizada, Murad | 1839 | AZE | −11B | +37N | =15B | −23N | +21B | −14N | +32B | =34N | −17B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 16.25 | 1975 | +54.0 |
| 29 | Valiyeva, Asnad | 1784 | AZE | =32B | −10N | −26B | +40B | =34N | +38N | =15B | =23N | −14B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 14.00 | 1991 | +84.4 |
| 30 | Soltanov, Teymur | 1841 | AZE | −14N | +48B | =36N | −33B | =31N | −9B | +42N | +35B | −20N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.25 | 1888 | +18.4 |
| 31 | Babayev, Kamran | 1767 | AZE | =33N | −6B | =44B | =38N | =30B | −26N | +45N | =20B | =27N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 11.25 | 1870 | +32.2 |
| 32 | Golsta, Madara | 2008 | LAT | =29N | −27B | +25N | −35B | −24N | =43B | −28N | +45B | +41N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 10.25 | 1757 | -56.8 |
| 33 | Maklakova, NaomiWCM | 1996 | LAT | =31B | +26N | −10B | +30N | +14B | −3N | −22B | −19N | −24B | 3.5 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 15.00 | 1952 | -29.2 |
| 34 | Garakhanov, ShamsiFM | 2112 | AZE | +41B | −16N | −21B | −17N | =29B | F | +24N | =28B | =23N | 3.5 | 33.5 | 35.0 | 12.75 | 1867 | -94.4 |
| 35 | Allahverdi, Zahra | 1796 | AZE | −15B | =44N | +38B | +32N | −16B | =36N | =23B | −30N | −21B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 35.0 | 11.75 | 1914 | +43.6 |
| 36 | Jafarli, Babak | 2151 | AZE | F | −5N | =30B | −19N | +44B | =35B | +27N | =16N | F | 3.5 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 11.75 | 1987 | -25.8 |
| 37 | Maklakova, Nellija | 1890 | LAT | −4N | −28B | −39N | +48B | −25N | +45B | =43N | =41B | =40N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 4.00 | 1791 | -26.6 |
| 38 | Mammadzada, Mammad | 1939 | AZE | −8N | =25B | −35N | =31B | +45N | −29B | =41N | =40B | F | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.50 | 1796 | -69.2 |
| 39 | Abasov, Yusif | 1808 | AZE | −23B | −20N | +37B | +46B | +42N | −11N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.50 | 1987 | +51.2 |
| 40 | Moshenberg, David | 1863 | ISR | −16B | −21N | =41B | −29N | =43B | F | =25N | =38N | =37B | 2.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 7.25 | 1732 | -29.8 |
| 41 | Ahmadov, Vusal | 1824 | AZE | −34N | −9B | =40N | =25B | F | −15N | =38B | =37N | −32B | 2.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 6.75 | 1753 | -15.0 |
| 42 | Lazars, KrisjanisCM | 1869 | LAT | −3B | +45N | +43B | −22N | −39B | −17N | −30B | F | −25N | 2.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 2.50 | 1727 | -66.8 |
| 43 | Alakbarli, Inji | 1639 | AZE | −19B | F | −42N | −20B | =40N | =32N | =37B | −25B | −45N | 1.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 5.00 | 1640 | -2.8 |
| 44 | Zeynalli, Alisafa | 1861 | AZE | −7N | =35B | =31N | =24B | −36N | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.00 | 1805 | -21.2 |
| 45 | Naghiyeva, Khayala | 1839 | AZE | −18N | −42B | −46N | F | −38B | −37N | −31B | −32N | +43B | 1.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 1.50 | 1589 | -45.8 |
| 46 | Isbatov, Kanan | 2012 | AZE | −24B | −17N | +45B | −39N | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 1628 | -79.2 |
| 47 | Alsaqer, Meshal | 1825 | KUW | F | F | +48N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 2690 | +11.8 |
| 48 | Huseynli, AyanWCM | 1891 | AZE | −2B | −30N | −47B | −37N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 1162 | -69.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gurbanov, HuseynAZE+99.65.0 pts · #16
- 2Ahmadli, NihadAZE+91.64.5 pts · #25
- 3Valiyeva, AsnadAZE+84.44.0 pts · #30
Top rating losers
- 1Garakhanov, ShamsiFMAZE-94.43.5 pts · #37
- 2Isbatov, KananAZE-79.21.0 pts · #47
- 3Azizli, NurlanAZE-79.24.5 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R8+384 Elo gap
- R4+358 Elo gap
- R8+314 Elo gap