Rating tournament of "Genc Istedadlar" Chess Club, 2025, N3

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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Aug 2025 to 15 Aug 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1806, and top seed was Mehman Abbasov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1932).

Rufat Abdulbaghiyev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1772) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Amin Novruz Gurbanov (7.5) and Yusif Abasov (7.0). Abdulbaghiyev won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Salahaddin Huseynli (1558) beat Mehman Abbasov (1932), a +374-point gap.

Location

🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan

Dates

09 Aug 2025 → 15 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇿Mehman Abbasov1932

Avg top 10

1,806

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×51

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Rufat Abdulbaghiyev
🇦🇿AZE·1772
7.5pts·1963perf+42.0
🥈
Amin Novruz Gurbanov
🇦🇿AZE·1913
7.5pts·1957perf+21.6
🥉
Yusif Abasov
🇦🇿AZE·1859
7.0pts·1948perf+44.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Abdulbaghiyev7.5Gurbanov7.5Abasov7Imanov6.5Bayramov6.5Aliyev6

R8 · LEADER CHANGE14 Aug

Amin Novruz Gurbanov takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Abdulbaghiyev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rufat Abdulbaghiyev beat Amin Novruz Gurbanov (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Rufat Abdulbaghiyev	*	1	0	—
2Amin Novruz Gurbanov	0	*	1	—
3Yusif Abasov	1	0	*	1
4Asim Imanov	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Abdulbaghiyev, Rufat	1772	AZE	+35B	+7N	+2B	−3N	+14B	+17N	+6B	=4N	+12B	7.5	49.0	52.5	42.25	1963	+42.0
2	Gurbanov, Amin Novruz	1913	AZE	+11N	+27B	−1N	+13B	+25N	+6B	+3N	+17B	=4N	7.5	47.5	52.0	41.25	1957	+21.6
3	Abasov, Yusif	1859	AZE	+8N	+21B	+4N	+1B	−6N	+5B	−2B	+7N	+9B	7.0	51.5	56.0	42.50	1948	+44.4
4	Bayramov, Munir	1683	AZE	+33B	+23N	−3B	+24N	=10N	+9B	+11N	=1B	=2B	6.5	47.5	51.5	34.25	1872	+91.6
5	Imanov, Asim	1913	AZE	+41B	=12N	+22B	=14N	+18B	−3N	=7B	+31N	+6B	6.5	44.0	47.0	31.50	1797	-17.4
6	Aliyev, Rufat	1809	AZE	+42N	+30B	+16N	+17B	+3B	−2N	−1N	+10B	−5N	6.0	49.0	52.0	30.50	1873	+17.6
7	Huseynli, Salahaddin	1558	AZE	+54N	−1B	+32N	=9B	+13N	+10B	=5N	−3B	+17N	6.0	46.5	46.5	26.00	1850	+112.0
8	Nasirova, Khana	1499	AZE	−3B	+49N	=29B	=23N	−21B	+51N	+28B	+18N	+31B	6.0	36.5	37.5	21.50	1694	+61.6
9	Eyvazov, Rasim	1825	AZE	+26B	+24N	−17B	=7N	+22B	−4N	+21N	+11B	−3N	5.5	43.5	48.0	26.50	1687	-27.0
10	Abbasov, Mehman	1932	AZE	+53B	=18N	=14B	+21N	=4B	−7N	+27B	−6N	+23B	5.5	42.5	43.5	23.00	1698	-44.0
11	Bakikhanov, Fail	1543	AZE	−2B	+50N	+45B	=28N	+12B	+14N	−4B	−9N	+24B	5.5	42.5	43.5	21.75	1689	+28.8
12	Zakiyev, Ayyub	1581	AZE	+51N	=5B	−13N	+19B	−11N	+37B	+36N	+16B	−1N	5.5	42.5	43.5	21.75	1611	+5.6
13	Najafli, Kanan	1626	AZE	+34B	=22N	+12B	−2N	−7B	=26N	+41B	+21N	=15B	5.5	42.0	45.0	24.25	1654	+11.6
14	Salimli, Rufat	1647	AZE	+38N	+32B	=10N	=5B	−1N	−11B	+43N	+30B	=25N	5.5	41.5	44.5	23.25	1705	+14.4
15	Omar, Yunis	1605	AZE	−48B	F	+31N	+32B	+43N	=24N	=22B	+20B	=13N	5.5	35.5	38.0	23.75	1771	+56.0
16	Tahmazova, Fidan	1595	AZE	+50B	+48N	−6B	−35N	=26B	+23N	+24B	−12N	+29B	5.5	35.5	36.5	19.25	1519	-32.4
17	Murvatov, Farid	1704	AZE	+44N	+36B	+9N	−6N	+35B	−1B	+25N	−2N	−7B	5.0	44.0	47.0	20.00	1704	+1.2
18	Allahverdiyev, Khanlar Anar	1619	AZE	+47N	=10B	=25N	+43B	−5N	=36B	=20N	−8B	+41B	5.0	37.0	40.0	18.25	1637	+5.6
19	Khaligzade, Nahid	1469	AZE	−21B	+41N	+53B	−12N	=23B	−22N	+38B	+27N	=28B	5.0	34.5	35.5	16.50	1562	0.0
20	Abdullayev, Royal	1574	AZE	=52B	+45N	−28B	=26N	=48B	+29N	=18B	−15N	+33B	5.0	33.5	34.5	18.00	1474	-24.4
21	Gasimzade, Davud	1584	AZE	+19N	−3N	+42B	−10B	+8N	+28N	−9B	−13B	=26N	4.5	43.5	46.5	20.75	1623	+4.6
22	Nehmatli, Asim	1506	AZE	+43N	=13B	−5N	+37B	−9N	+19B	=15N	−25B	=30N	4.5	40.5	43.5	19.25	1560	+6.0
23	Shahmaliyev, Faig	1548	AZE	+29N	−4B	=37N	=8B	=19N	−16B	+42N	+40B	−10N	4.5	40.0	43.0	18.25	1491	-19.6
24	Namazov, Raul	1567	AZE	+40N	−9B	+44N	−4B	+34N	=15B	−16N	+35B	−11N	4.5	39.5	42.5	16.75	1530	-18.8
25	Khuduzade, Azad	1601	AZE	=37N	F	=18B	+48N	−2B	+42N	−17B	+22N	=14B	4.5	39.5	42.0	17.00	1643	+11.2
26	Khalilzade, Omar	1486	AZE	−9N	+40B	=27N	=20B	=16N	=13B	−30B	+47N	=21B	4.5	38.5	41.5	19.00	1519	+8.0
27	Nadzhafov, Timur	1586	AZE	+49B	−2N	=26B	+29N	=28B	=35N	−10N	−19B	+39N	4.5	38.5	40.5	16.25	1535	-20.0
28	Alizade, Isa	1578	AZE	−32N	+38B	+20N	=11B	=27N	−21B	−8N	+42B	=19N	4.5	38.0	41.0	19.00	1506	-46.8
29	Yagub, Omar	0	AZE	−23B	+34N	=8N	−27B	+44N	−20B	+37N	+36B	−16N	4.5	36.5	39.5	17.00	1487	0.0
30	Huseynov, Mikayil	1577	AZE	+39B	−6N	−35B	+33N	−42B	+34B	+26N	−14N	=22B	4.5	35.5	38.5	18.25	1486	-29.6
31	Humbatov, Yusif	1598	AZE	−45B	=33N	−15B	+52N	+39B	+48N	+35B	−5B	−8N	4.5	34.5	35.5	12.50	1431	-23.6
32	Javadov, Murad Safar	1406	AZE	+28B	−14N	−7B	−15N	+46B	−43B	=39N	=44B	+42N	4.0	34.0	37.0	13.75	1450	+14.0
33	Tahirov, Yusif	1418	AZE	−4N	=31B	=41N	−30B	−37N	+54B	+46N	+43B	−20N	4.0	33.0	33.0	9.75	1444	+8.8
34	Hajizada, Hurrijan	1430	AZE	−13N	−29B	+49N	+40B	−24B	−30N	+45B	−41N	+46B	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.50	763	-51.6
35	Babazade, Farid	1470	AZE	−1N	+54B	+30N	+16B	−17N	=27B	−31N	−24N	F	3.5	39.5	39.5	12.25	1525	+16.0
36	Babayev, Aghahuseyn	1560	AZE	+46B	−17N	−48B	+45N	+51B	=18N	−12B	−29N	F	3.5	32.0	33.0	9.50	1357	-28.8
37	Gafarzada, Ali	0	AZE	=25B	=52N	=23B	−22N	+33B	−12N	−29B	−38N	+54N	3.5	32.0	32.0	9.00	1385	0.0
38	Karim, Abdullah	1413	AZE	−14B	−28N	−39B	=41B	+49N	+44B	−19N	+37B	F	3.5	31.5	33.5	10.00	1465	+8.4
39	Namazov, Rauf	0	AZE	−30N	−42B	+38N	=44B	−31N	=40B	=32B	+48N	−27B	3.5	30.5	33.0	11.25	1337	0.0
40	Rafiyev, Rafi	0	AZE	−24B	−26N	+50B	−34N	+45B	=39N	+48B	−23N	F	3.5	30.0	31.0	8.25	708	0.0
41	Aliyeva, Ayla	1488	AZE	−5N	−19B	=33B	=38N	F	+47B	−13N	+34B	−18N	3.0	36.5	37.5	10.75	1443	-25.6
42	Babasoy, Kanan	1478	AZE	−6B	+39N	−21N	+47B	+30N	−25B	−23B	−28N	−32B	3.0	36.0	39.0	11.00	1279	-57.4
43	Hasanzade, Farid	1521	AZE	−22B	+51N	+52B	−18N	−15B	+32N	−14B	−33N	F	3.0	32.5	33.5	6.00	1258	-76.4
44	Adigozalli, Aylin	1466	AZE	−17B	+46N	−24B	=39N	−29B	−38N	+50B	=32N	F	3.0	31.0	32.0	7.75	1201	-43.6
45	Huseinov, Teimur	0	AZE	+31N	−20B	−11N	−36B	−40N	+49B	−34N	+51B	F	3.0	31.0	32.0	7.50	1294	0.0
46	Simsek, Hilal Nur	0	TUR	−36N	−44B	−47N	+49B	−32N	+50N	−33B	+54B	−34N	3.0	24.5	24.5	3.00	650	0.0
47	Bayramzade, Asmar	0	AZE	−18B	−53N	+46B	−42N	+50B	−41N	+51B	−26B	F	3.0	23.5	24.5	5.00	723	0.0
48	Bulkin, Deniel	0	AZE	+15N	−16B	+36N	−25B	=20N	−31B	−40N	−39B	F	2.5	35.5	36.5	11.50	1533	0.0
49	Janagayev, Zamir	0	AZE	−27N	−8B	−34B	−46N	−38B	−45N	+54N	+50B	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	1.00	683	0.0
50	FIDE 13469029	0	—	−16N	−11B	−40N	+54B	−47N	−46B	−44N	−49N	F	1.0	28.0	28.0	0.00	724	0.0
51	Ismayilov, Rashid	0	AZE	−12B	−43B	+54N	F	−36N	−8B	−47N	−45N	F	1.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	739	0.0
52	Rustamov, Bayram	0	AZE	=20N	=37B	−43N	−31B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	19.0	19.0	4.25	1288	0.0
53	Davidov, Yahya	1534	AZE	−10N	+47B	−19N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1132	-3.2
54	FIDE 525026577	0	—	−7B	−35N	−51B	−50N	F	−33N	−49B	−46N	−37B	0.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	681	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Huseynli, SalahaddinAZE
+112.0
6.0 pts · #12
2Bayramov, MunirAZE
+91.6
6.5 pts · #5
3Nasirova, KhanaAZE
+61.6
6.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Hasanzade, FaridAZE
-76.4
3.0 pts · #42
2Babasoy, KananAZE
-57.4
3.0 pts · #41
3Hajizada, HurrijanAZE
-51.6
4.0 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R6+374 Elo gap
Huseynli, Salahaddin1558 beat Abbasov, Mehman1932
R1+172 Elo gap
Javadov, Murad Safar1406 beat Alizade, Isa1578
R9+146 Elo gap
Huseynli, Salahaddin1558 beat Murvatov, Farid1704