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Shah Chess Cup

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Sept 2025 to 30 Sept 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1679, and top seed was Rufat Abdulbaghiyev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1877).

Aydin Allahverdiyev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1812) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Rufat Abdulbaghiyev (5.5) and Mukhammed Ali Valiyev (5.5). Allahverdiyev shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
24 Sept 2025 → 30 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿Rufat Abdulbaghiyev1877
Avg top 10
1,679
Participants
25
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×22
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Aydin Allahverdiyev led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
13
7
3
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Allahverdiyev takes lead
Allahverdiyev6Valiyev5.5Abdulbaghiyev5.5Farhadov5Garayev4.5Sadigzade4.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE30 Sept

Aydin Allahverdiyev takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aydin Allahverdiyev lost to Mukhammed Ali Valiyev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aydin Allahverdiyev 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Mukhammed Ali Valiyev 3 wins (R4–R6)Rufat Abdulbaghiyev 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aydin Allahverdiyev*
0
1
1
2Mukhammed Ali Valiyev
1
*
0
½
3Rufat Abdulbaghiyev
0
1
*
½
4Ali Farhadov
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Allahverdiyev, Aydin1812AZE+19B+8N+6B−3N+4B+2B+5N6.029.031.526.001965+24.4
2Abdulbaghiyev, Rufat1877AZE+20N+10B+3B=4N+6B−1N+7N5.529.031.523.001929+8.0
3Valiyev, Mukhammed Ali1776KAZ+17N+23B−2N+1B+16N+7B=4N5.526.528.020.001895+19.8
4Farhadov, Ali1817AZE+14N+5B+7N=2B−1N+9B=3B5.029.533.021.501814+4.8
5Garayev, Rahman1520AZE+25B−4N+16B=9N+10B+8N−1B4.526.027.014.001730+53.2
6Sadigzade, Farid1667AZE+12N+24B−1N+13B−2N+16B=9N4.526.027.013.501670+2.8
7Israfilov, Emil1728AZE+9B+15N−4B+19N+8B−3N−2B4.027.530.014.001611-14.8
8Hasanov, Ramin1506AZE+21N−1B+17N+11B−7N−5B+16N4.024.526.512.001454-12.4
9Allahverdiyev, Mahammadali0AZE−7N+20B+23N=5B+13N−4N=6B4.024.025.512.0016050.0
10Abbassoy, Javad1616AZE−15B−2N+22B+24N−5N+18B+17N4.021.522.59.00899-33.2
11Najafli, Ali0AZE+13N−16N+?B−8N=19B+14N=12B4.020.520.510.2514830.0
12Ganbarov, Rasul0AZE−6B+?B−13N+23N=14B+19N=11N4.019.519.57.7514950.0
13Gasimov, Mikayil1460AZE−11B+18N+12B−6N−9B=15N+19B3.523.025.511.251547+8.8
14Mirzayev, Mahammad1417AZE−4B+25N+15B−16N=12N−11B+20N3.522.023.09.00873-17.2
15Ganbarov, Sadig0AZE+10N−7B−14N=17B=21N=13B+?B3.520.020.08.2515320.0
16Abbassoy, Toghrul1422AZE+18N+11B−5N+14B−3B−6N−8B3.026.029.010.501335-48.4
17Rahimli, Ayhan0AZE−3B+22N−8B=15N=18B+21N−10B3.022.024.07.25835-58.8
18Garayeva, Khadija0AZE−16B−13B=21N+20B=17N−10N+22B3.018.020.07.007380.0
19Makhsudsoy, Mustafa1436AZE−1N+21B+24N−7B=11N−12B−13N2.523.524.55.00867-28.4
20Yusifli, Nazim0AZE−2B−9N+25B−18N=23B+22N−14B2.519.520.53.7513080.0
21FIDE 134589490—−8B−19N=18B+25N=15B−17BF2.017.018.04.256710.0
22Mahmudova, Narmin0AZE−23B−17B−10N+?N+24B−20B−18N2.015.015.01.0013750.0
23Mehtiyeva, Alsu1469AZE+22N−3N−9B−12B=20NFF1.519.019.03.25977-4.8
24Ismayil, Chichak0AZE+?N−6N−19B−10B−22N−25NF1.016.016.00.0013440.0
25FIDE 134901250—−5N−14B−20N−21B−?N+24BF1.015.015.01.006560.0

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