Rating Tournament dedicated to National Revival Day

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Nov 2025 to 18 Nov 2025 in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2182, and top seed was Elmar Nazarsoy (🇺🇦 UKR, 2306).

Urfan Sevdimaliyev (🇦🇿 AZE, GM, 2286) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Toghrul Hasanzade (7.0) and Sahin Ergin (7.0). Sevdimaliyev won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mustafa Ege Inac (1755) beat Behruz Huseynov (2127), a +372-point gap.

Location

🇦🇿Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

Dates

13 Nov 2025 → 18 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦Elmar Nazarsoy2306

Avg top 10

2,182

Participants

Titled players · 3

GM×1

IM×1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×36

🇹🇷Turkiye×6

🇺🇦Ukraine×4

Top 3

🥇
GMUrfan Sevdimaliyev
🇦🇿AZE·2286
8.0pts·2445perf+15.0
🥈
IMToghrul Hasanzade
🇦🇿AZE·2289
7.0pts·2315perf+4.5
🥉
Sahin Ergin
🇹🇷TUR·2116
7.0pts·2232perf+66.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Sevdimaliyev8Hasanzade7Ergin7Shabanov7Azimov6.5Calkan6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev beat IM Toghrul Hasanzade (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Toghrul Hasanzade 3 wins (R1–R3)Sahin Ergin 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMUrfan Sevdimaliyev	*	1	½	1
2IMToghrul Hasanzade	0	*	1	—
3Sahin Ergin	½	0	*	½
4Nurlan Shabanov	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sevdimaliyev, UrfanGM	2286	AZE	+42B	+10N	+5B	+2N	+4B	=6N	=3B	+9B	+8N	8.0	50.0	52.5	46.00	2445	+15.0
2	Hasanzade, ToghrulIM	2289	AZE	+22N	+8B	+3N	−1B	+15N	+13B	=6B	=5N	+14B	7.0	48.0	52.5	38.25	2315	+4.5
3	Ergin, Sahin	2116	TUR	+28B	+23N	−2B	+16N	+19B	+14N	=1N	+6B	=4B	7.0	47.0	51.5	37.00	2232	+66.0
4	Shabanov, Nurlan	2186	AZE	+34N	+20B	+15N	=6B	−1N	+8B	+9N	+13B	=3N	7.0	46.5	50.0	35.50	2274	+23.0
5	Azimov, YasinCM	2112	AZE	+26N	+31B	−1N	+30B	=8N	+17B	+7N	=2B	=6N	6.5	46.0	50.0	32.75	2111	+17.5
6	Nazarsoy, Elmar	2306	UKR	+21B	+11N	+14B	=4N	+9B	=1B	=2N	−3N	=5B	6.0	51.5	56.0	34.75	2242	-5.3
7	Calkan, Mirac	1601	TUR	+18N	+22B	−13N	−8B	+30N	+10N	−5B	+20B	+15N	6.0	41.5	45.5	28.50	2008	+175.6
8	Mammadov, Ali	1926	AZE	+33B	−2N	+42B	+7N	=5B	−4N	+19B	+11N	−1B	5.5	48.0	50.5	25.25	1998	+18.0
9	Garayev, Murad	2136	AZE	+37N	=17B	+12N	+13B	−6N	+16B	−4B	−1N	+25B	5.5	46.0	49.5	26.00	2086	-1.6
10	Okur, Kadir	1798	TUR	+44N	−1B	+26N	+18B	−17N	−7B	+22N	+23B	=12N	5.5	43.0	45.0	23.25	1887	+19.4
11	Abbasov, Azad	1849	AZE	+29N	−6B	+34N	+25B	=13N	=12B	=15N	−8B	+19N	5.5	40.5	44.0	24.75	1976	+28.8
12	Huseynov, Behruz	2127	UKR	+38B	−16N	−9B	+33N	+25B	=11N	+24B	=14N	=10B	5.5	39.0	42.5	24.00	1925	-17.8
13	Muradov, Abulfaz	2144	UKR	+19B	+24N	+7B	−9N	=11B	−2N	+17B	−4N	=16B	5.0	45.5	50.0	25.25	1959	-16.7
14	Nazarov, Ulvi	2117	UKR	+45N	+30B	−6N	=17B	+18N	−3B	+16N	=12B	−2N	5.0	44.5	46.5	21.25	2022	-8.0
15	Garayev, Sadig	1956	AZE	+27N	+25B	−4B	+23N	−2B	=19N	=11B	+21N	−7B	5.0	43.5	48.0	23.00	1863	-19.2
16	Inac, Mustafa Ege	1755	TUR	+36N	+12B	=17N	−3B	+27N	−9N	−14B	+26B	=13N	5.0	42.0	45.5	23.00	1953	+65.6
17	Calkan, Ibrahim	1775	TUR	+40B	=9N	=16B	=14N	+10B	−5N	−13N	+27B	=18N	5.0	42.0	45.0	23.25	1950	+71.2
18	Aliyev, Aykhan	1967	AZE	−7B	+33N	+21B	−10N	−14B	=26N	+28B	+35N	=17B	5.0	38.5	42.0	20.75	1751	-42.0
19	Abbasova, Zarifa	1670	AZE	−13N	+32B	+20N	+31B	−3N	=15B	−8N	+30B	−11B	4.5	40.5	44.5	19.00	1857	+77.6
20	Hasanov, Huseyn	1833	AZE	+46B	−4N	−19B	+24N	=21B	+28N	=23B	−7N	=30N	4.5	39.5	41.0	17.00	1736	-24.0
21	Guliyev, Faramaz	1724	AZE	−6N	+29B	−18N	+26B	=20N	=27B	+31N	−15B	=22N	4.5	38.5	42.5	19.75	1788	+27.6
22	Muradli, Latif	1705	AZE	−2B	−7N	+46B	+40N	=23B	+35N	−10B	=24N	=21B	4.5	38.5	40.0	14.75	1696	-7.6
23	Mammadov, Suleyman	1738	AZE	+39N	−3B	+36N	−15B	=22N	+37B	=20N	−10N	=24B	4.5	38.0	41.0	16.75	1733	-3.8
24	Sevdimaliyev, Adil	1766	AZE	+32N	−13B	=27N	−20B	+29N	+34B	−12N	=22B	=23N	4.5	37.0	40.5	18.75	1769	-2.2
25	Zeynalov, Orkhan	1731	AZE	+41B	−15N	+39B	−11N	−12N	+29B	=27N	+33B	−9N	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.25	1729	-6.2
26	Mammadov, Ravan	1603	AZE	−5B	+43N	−10B	−21N	+40B	=18B	+34N	−16N	+35B	4.5	36.5	39.0	15.00	1695	+29.6
27	Huseynli, Huseyn	1601	AZE	−15B	+41N	=24B	+35N	−16B	=21N	=25B	−17N	+36B	4.5	35.5	38.5	16.75	1632	+6.8
28	Jafarov, Kamran	1615	AZE	−3N	−39B	+44N	=36B	+31N	−20B	−18N	+34B	+33N	4.5	34.0	36.0	14.75	1818	+34.4
29	Jalilova, Roya	1575	AZE	−11B	−21N	+38B	+42N	−24B	−25N	+39B	=36N	+40B	4.5	32.0	34.5	13.75	1656	+13.8
30	Sevdimali, Erjan	1761	AZE	+35B	−14N	+40B	−5N	−7B	=33B	+32N	−19N	=20B	4.0	37.5	40.5	14.50	1668	-45.6
31	Gasimov, Elnur	1738	AZE	+43B	−5N	=35B	−19N	−28B	+41N	−21B	+38N	=32B	4.0	34.0	36.5	12.75	1515	-86.0
32	Ganbarov, Yusif	1514	AZE	−24B	−19N	−33B	+46N	+38B	=39N	−30B	+37B	=31N	4.0	30.5	32.0	12.00	1632	+47.2
33	Jafarli, Bakhtiyar	1582	AZE	−8N	−18B	+32N	−12B	+42B	=30N	+40B	−25N	−28B	3.5	36.0	38.5	11.50	1667	+27.2
34	Aliyev, Elmir	1689	AZE	−4B	+46N	−11B	=39N	+41B	−24N	−26B	−28N	+42B	3.5	34.5	36.0	8.50	1582	-22.8
35	Abishov, Fariz	1435	AZE	−30N	+45B	=31N	−27B	+36N	−22B	+37N	−18B	−26N	3.5	33.5	35.5	11.00	1552	+19.4
36	Akbudak, Mete Aras	0	TUR	−16B	+38N	−23B	=28N	−35B	=43N	+42B	=29B	−27N	3.5	32.5	35.0	11.75	1545	0.0
37	Hasanov, Dovlat	1670	AZE	−9B	−40N	+43B	=41N	+39B	−23N	−35B	−32N	+44B	3.5	29.0	31.0	9.00	1367	-46.6
38	Bayramov, Gadir	1649	AZE	−12N	−36B	−29N	+44B	−32N	=46B	+43N	−31B	+45N	3.5	28.0	29.5	7.25	1559	-20.2
39	Rza, Hamid	0	AZE	−23B	+28N	−25N	=34B	−37N	=32B	−29N	=43B	=41N	3.0	32.0	34.5	11.00	1489	0.0
40	Aliyev, Farid	1537	AZE	−17N	+37B	−30N	−22B	−26N	+44B	−33N	+45B	−29N	3.0	31.5	33.5	7.50	1525	-3.4
41	Sevdimali, Nuran	0	AZE	−25N	−27B	+45N	=37B	−34N	−31B	=46N	=42N	=39B	3.0	27.5	29.0	7.25	1524	0.0
42	Hasanli, Anar	1693	AZE	−1N	+44B	−8N	−29B	−33N	+45B	−36N	=41B	−34N	2.5	33.5	35.5	5.50	1563	-55.2
43	Alizada, Azar	0	AZE	−31N	−26B	−37N	+45B	−44N	=36B	−38B	=39N	=46N	2.5	26.0	27.5	6.00	1400	0.0
44	Huseynova, Aybaniz	1549	AZE	−10B	−42N	−28B	−38N	+43B	−40N	−45N	+46B	−37N	2.0	27.0	28.5	4.00	1323	-39.6
45	Mammadov, Fakhraddin	1634	AZE	−14B	−35N	−41B	−43N	+46B	−42N	+44B	−40N	−38B	2.0	25.0	26.5	3.50	1480	-31.6
46	Dunyamaliyeva, Nigar	1567	AZE	−20N	−34B	−22N	−32B	−45N	=38N	=41B	−44N	=43B	1.5	27.5	29.5	4.50	1231	-44.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Calkan, MiracTUR
+175.6
6.0 pts · #6
2Abbasova, ZarifaAZE
+77.6
4.5 pts · #18
3Calkan, IbrahimTUR
+71.2
5.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Gasimov, ElnurAZE
-86.0
4.0 pts · #38
2Hasanli, AnarAZE
-55.2
2.5 pts · #42
3Hasanov, DovlatAZE
-46.6
3.5 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R2+372 Elo gap
Inac, Mustafa Ege1755 beat Huseynov, Behruz2127
R1+366 Elo gap
Calkan, Mirac1601 beat Aliyev, Aykhan1967
R9+355 Elo gap
Calkan, Mirac1601 beat Garayev, Sadig1956