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Solidarity Cup of Premier Chess Cup under 1700

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Top 10 Elo average was 1082, and top seed was Rufat Salimli (🇦🇿 AZE, 1684).

Rufat Salimli (🇦🇿 AZE, 1684) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Aliakbar Ismayilov (5.5) and Fatih Eryighit (4.5). Salimli won solo starting round 5.

Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
22 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿Rufat Salimli1684
Avg top 10
1,082
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Rufat Salimli led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
3
4
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Rufat Salimli never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rufat Salimli beat Aliakbar Ismayilov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Rufat Salimli 4 wins (R4–R7)Aliakbar Ismayilov 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Salimli, Rufat1684AZE+11N+13B=5N+2B+3N+4B+9B6.523.525.523.501912+18.8
2Ismayilov, Aliakbar1666AZE+14B=3N+4B1N+12N+5B+6B5.525.026.017.251676+2.8
3Eryighit, Fatih1491AZE+10N=2B+13N+5B1B+7N4N4.526.028.014.251538+8.8
4Bakikhanov, Fail1635AZE+9N+12B2N+10B=5N1N+3B4.525.527.513.501500-15.6
5Baghirzade, Jamil1516AZE+6B+8N=1B3N=4B2N+10B4.027.530.014.501507-3.2
6Gardashov, Kenan0AZE5N=11B=9N+13B=10N+12B2N3.519.021.07.757880.0
7FIDE 13491113013N+9B+11N12B+14N3B8N3.016.517.56.006540.0
8Hashimov, Mikael1421AZE+15N5B12N11BF+14N+7B3.012.512.54.00714-14.8
9Baghirzade, Ilham0AZE4B7N=6BF+11N+10B1N2.522.522.56.758620.0
10FIDE 1349089303B+14N+15B4N=6B9N5N2.520.020.02.757470.0
11Ismayilov, Jamil1411AZE1B=6N7B+8N9BF+14B2.519.519.55.7515520.0
12Mirzayev, Samir0AZEF4N+8B+7N2B6N13B2.021.521.56.0014490.0
13Abasov, Rizvan0AZE+7B1N3B6NFF+12N2.019.519.55.007850.0
14FIDE 1348284002N10BF+15N7B8B11N1.016.516.50.007420.0
15Mirzaliyev, Mahammad0AZE8BF10N14BFFF0.011.011.00.006210.0

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