Rating Tournament of Bahruz Chess Club, 2025,N2

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Aug 2025 to 08 Aug 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1548, and top seed was Tahir Mammadli (🇦🇿 AZE, 1620).

Yusif Ahadzade (🇦🇿 AZE, 1595) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Fail Bakikhanov (7.0) and Tahir Mammadli (6.5). Ahadzade won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Kamil Asgarov (1411) beat Raul Namazov (1567), a +156-point gap.

Location

🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan

Dates

04 Aug 2025 → 08 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇿Tahir Mammadli1620

Avg top 10

1,548

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×19

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

Top 3

🥇
Yusif Ahadzade
🇦🇿AZE·1595
7.0pts·1709perf+44.8
🥈
Fail Bakikhanov
🇦🇿AZE·1543
7.0pts·1693perf+33.2
🥉
Tahir Mammadli
🇦🇿AZE·1620
6.5pts·1644perf+10.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Ahadzade7Bakikhanov7Mammadli6.5Babasoy6Zakiyev5.5Afandiyev5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Ahadzade takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yusif Ahadzade lost to Fail Bakikhanov (Black).

R6–R9 · WIN STREAK

Yusif Ahadzade won 4 in a row (R6–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yusif Ahadzade	*	0	½	½
2Fail Bakikhanov	1	*	½	0
3Tahir Mammadli	½	½	*	½
4Kanan Babasoy	½	1	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ahadzade, Yusif	1595	AZE	=4B	+19N	+11B	=3N	−2N	+6B	+5N	+10B	+7N	7.0	42.5	43.5	30.25	1709	+44.8
2	Bakikhanov, Fail	1543	AZE	+13B	+18N	=3B	+8N	+1B	=5B	+10N	+7B	−4N	7.0	42.0	43.0	31.00	1693	+33.2
3	Mammadli, Tahir	1620	AZE	+10N	+17B	=2N	=1B	=5N	+7B	=4N	+6B	=13N	6.5	43.0	45.0	30.25	1644	+10.8
4	Babasoy, Kanan	1478	AZE	=1N	−10B	=9N	+18B	=11N	+12B	=3B	+14N	+2B	6.0	41.0	42.0	27.00	1607	+41.4
5	Zakiyev, Ayyub	1581	AZE	=7N	+20B	=12N	+10B	=3B	=2N	−1B	+9N	=8B	5.5	42.0	43.0	22.75	1598	+8.4
6	Afandiyev, Tamerlan	1470	AZE	−12N	+15B	−17N	+13B	+16N	−1N	+8B	−3N	+14B	5.0	36.5	38.5	19.00	1421	-9.2
7	Aliyev, Raul	0	AZE	=5B	=8N	+19B	=12B	+9N	−3N	+15B	−2N	−1B	4.5	43.0	44.0	16.50	1462	0.0
8	Mammadov, Pasha	1574	AZE	=20N	=7B	+16N	−2B	−10N	+18B	−6N	+11B	=5N	4.5	33.5	34.5	13.00	1377	-64.4
9	Musayev, Ali Bahruz	0	AZE	−19B	+13N	=4B	+11N	−7B	−15N	+20B	−5B	+18N	4.5	30.0	31.0	13.00	1509	0.0
10	Jafarov, Orhan	1492	AZE	−3B	+4N	+18B	−5N	+8B	+14N	−2B	−1N	−15N	4.0	44.5	45.5	15.50	1435	-16.8
11	Nehmatli, Asim	1506	AZE	+15N	=12B	−1N	−9B	=4B	+16N	−14B	−8N	+19N	4.0	36.5	37.5	12.50	1470	-5.2
12	Namazov, Raul	1567	AZE	+6B	=11N	=5B	=7N	−14B	−4N	−13N	+18B	=16B	4.0	35.5	36.5	14.25	1412	-42.4
13	Asgarov, Kamil	1411	AZE	−2N	−9B	=20N	−6N	F	+19B	+12B	+16N	=3B	4.0	31.5	31.5	11.25	1520	+17.2
14	Huseyinov, Shamil	1495	AZE	F	F	+15N	+20B	+12N	−10B	+11N	−4B	−6N	4.0	28.0	28.0	13.00	1494	0.0
15	Dushdurlu, Mahmud	0	AZE	−11B	−6N	−14B	F	+20N	+9B	−7N	+19N	+10B	4.0	28.0	28.0	10.50	1502	0.0
16	Mehdiyev, Ali	0	AZE	−17N	F	−8B	+19N	−6B	−11B	+18N	−13B	=12N	2.5	25.5	25.5	4.00	1271	0.0
17	Valiyev, Adil	1503	CZE	+16B	−3N	+6B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	7.50	1535	+3.6
18	Namazov, Rauf	0	AZE	F	−2B	−10N	−4N	+19B	−8N	−16B	−12N	−9B	1.0	33.5	33.5	1.00	1247	0.0
19	Rahimli, Ayhan	1493	AZE	+9N	−1B	−7N	−16B	−18N	−13N	F	−15B	−11B	1.0	31.5	31.5	4.50	705	-58.0
20	Karimova, Ella	1471	AZE	=8B	−5N	=13B	−14N	−15B	F	−9N	F	F	1.0	26.5	26.5	4.25	1396	-12.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ahadzade, YusifAZE
+44.8
7.0 pts · #1
2Babasoy, KananAZE
+41.4
6.0 pts · #5
3Bakikhanov, FailAZE
+33.2
7.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Mammadov, PashaAZE
-64.4
4.5 pts · #13
2Rahimli, AyhanAZE
-58.0
1.0 pts · #20
3Namazov, RaulAZE
-42.4
4.0 pts · #11

Biggest upsets

R7+156 Elo gap
Asgarov, Kamil1411 beat Namazov, Raul1567
R7+104 Elo gap
Afandiyev, Tamerlan1470 beat Mammadov, Pasha1574