Rating Tournament under 1700 of Shah Chess Club
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 28 Nov 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Top 10 Elo average was 1577, and top seed was Zakir Maharramov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1693).
Ayyub Zakiyev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1665) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Kanan Babasoy (6.0) and Davud Gasimzade (5.5). Zakiyev won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Ayan Aslan Aliyeva (1456) beat Zakir Maharramov (1693), a +237-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAyyub Zakiyev led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Ayyub Zakiyev held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.
Ayyub Zakiyev beat Kanan Babasoy (White).
Ayyub Zakiyev 4 wins (R1–R4)Kanan Babasoy 5 wins (R3–R7)Davud Gasimzade 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ayyub Zakiyev | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Kanan Babasoy | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Davud Gasimzade | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Ayan Aslan Aliyeva | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zakiyev, Ayyub | 1665 | AZE | +23N | +2B | +5N | +6B | =3N | +4B | +7N | 6.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 30.75 | 1927 | +56.8 |
| 2 | Babasoy, Kanan | 1503 | AZE | +29B | −1N | +17B | +11B | +10N | +3B | +6N | 6.0 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 22.50 | 1820 | +66.0 |
| 3 | Gasimzade, Davud | 1586 | AZE | +21N | +7B | +10N | +4B | =1B | −2N | +12B | 5.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 23.75 | 1672 | +11.0 |
| 4 | Aliyeva, Ayan Aslan | 1456 | AZE | +19N | +13B | +9N | −3N | +12B | −1N | +11B | 5.0 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 19.50 | 1731 | +86.8 |
| 5 | Khudayev, Farid | 1555 | AZE | +24B | +18N | −1B | −7N | +17B | +20N | +10B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 16.00 | 766 | -39.2 |
| 6 | Alizada, Said Orkhan | 1577 | AZE | +15N | +14B | +11N | −1N | =7B | +9B | −2B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 18.75 | 1582 | +1.2 |
| 7 | Gasimov, Mikayil | 1470 | AZE | +22B | −3N | +29B | +5B | =6N | +8N | −1B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 16.25 | 1576 | +28.4 |
| 8 | Khalilzade, Omar | 1492 | AZE | +16N | −11B | +27N | +13B | =9N | −7B | +20N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 14.75 | 1497 | -0.8 |
| 9 | Najafli, Ali | 1585 | AZE | +28B | +25N | −4B | +18N | =8B | −6N | +16B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 13.25 | 1237 | -53.2 |
| 10 | Zarbaliyev, Mahammadali | 0 | AZE | +?B | +12N | −3B | +26N | −2B | +14N | −5N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 10.50 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Maharramov, Zakir | 1693 | AZE | +26B | +8N | −6B | −2N | +16N | +19B | −4N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 13.50 | 1316 | -75.6 |
| 12 | Hasanov, Ramin | 1513 | AZE | +27N | −10B | +21N | +19B | −4N | +13B | −3N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 12.00 | 1423 | -7.4 |
| 13 | Ismayilov, Emil | 1596 | AZE | +20B | −4N | +24B | −8N | +18B | −12N | +17B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 12.00 | 690 | -77.6 |
| 14 | FIDE 13492977 | 0 | — | +17B | −6N | −18B | +29N | +22N | −10B | +19N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 13471520 | 0 | — | −6B | −17N | −20B | +?N | +25B | +18N | +22B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mahmudova, Narmin | 0 | AZE | −8B | =26N | +?B | +25N | −11B | +28N | −9N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.75 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 13469932 | 0 | — | −14N | +15B | −2N | +21B | −5N | +23B | −13N | 3.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 10.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Yusifli, Nazim | 0 | AZE | +?N | −5B | +14N | −9B | −13N | −15B | +27N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 6.00 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 13493116 | 0 | — | −4B | +20N | +25B | −12N | +26B | −11N | −14B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 8.00 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 13490893 | 0 | — | −13N | −19B | +15N | +27B | +?N | −5B | −8B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gurbanli, Ilgar | 0 | AZE | −3B | +22N | −12B | −17N | =29B | +26N | =25B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 7.50 | 754 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 13492969 | 0 | — | −7N | −21B | +23N | +28N | −14B | +?B | −15N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 13492985 | 0 | — | −1B | −29N | −22B | +?B | +24N | −17N | +?B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 13492942 | 0 | — | −5N | +?B | −13N | −?B | −23B | +?N | +28B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 776 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 13492934 | 0 | — | +?N | −9B | −19N | −16B | −15N | +?B | =21N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.50 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 13479580 | 0 | — | −11N | =16B | +?N | −10B | −19N | −21B | +?N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.75 | 880 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 13469037 | 0 | — | −12B | +?N | −8B | −20N | −28B | +29N | −18B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.50 | 706 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 13490125 | 0 | — | −9N | −?B | +?N | −22B | +27N | −16B | −24N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 13480685 | 0 | — | −2N | +23B | −7N | −14B | =21N | −27B | F | 1.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.50 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Aliyeva, Ayan AslanAZE+86.85.0 pts · #2
- 2Babasoy, KananAZE+66.06.0 pts · #4
- 3Zakiyev, AyyubAZE+56.86.5 pts · #1
- 1Ismayilov, EmilAZE-77.64.0 pts · #24
- 2Maharramov, ZakirAZE-75.64.0 pts · #8
- 3Najafli, AliAZE-53.24.5 pts · #11
- R7+237 Elo gap
- R4+190 Elo gap
- R2+140 Elo gap