Baku Chess Championship, Boys U12
Open SwissStandard
45 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Feb 2026 to 11 Feb 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Top 10 Elo average was 1622, and top seed was Ismayil Mammadli (🇦🇿 AZE, 1696).
Ismayil Mammadli (🇦🇿 AZE, 1696) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Yusif Yusifzada (7.5) and Yusif Ahadzade (7.0). Mammadli won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Omar Mammadzada (1443) beat Rufat Javadov (1663), a +220-point gap.
Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
03 Feb 2026 → 11 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
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Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE07 Feb
Ismayil Mammadli takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Mammadli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ismayil Mammadli beat Yusif Yusifzada (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ismayil Mammadli | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Yusif Yusifzada | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Yusif Ahadzade | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Salahaddin Huseynli | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mammadli, Ismayil | 1696 | AZE | +40B | +9N | +38B | =4N | +2B | +8B | +3N | −5N | +14B | 7.5 | 45.5 | 47.5 | 37.75 | 1842 | +58.4 |
| 2 | Yusifzada, Yusif | 1568 | AZE | +34N | +37B | +23N | +3B | −1N | +13B | +4B | +6N | =5B | 7.5 | 45.5 | 47.5 | 36.75 | 1851 | +112.8 |
| 3 | Ahadzade, Yusif | 1634 | AZE | +11B | +7N | +6B | −2N | +4B | +5N | −1B | +13N | +8B | 7.0 | 51.0 | 56.0 | 41.00 | 1801 | +74.0 |
| 4 | Huseynli, Salahaddin | 1572 | AZE | +10B | +26N | +14B | =1B | −3N | +19B | −2N | +22N | +9B | 6.5 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 32.75 | 1685 | +44.8 |
| 5 | Sadigzade, Farid | 1627 | AZE | =19N | +39B | +18N | =13B | +28N | −3B | +15N | +1B | =2N | 6.5 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 31.50 | 1707 | +34.0 |
| 6 | Guliyev, Yusif | 1577 | AZE | +42N | +20B | −3N | +37B | −8N | +26B | +19N | −2B | +15N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 21.00 | 1612 | +14.8 |
| 7 | Aliyev, Omar Rafig | 1480 | AZE | +44N | −3B | −19N | +16B | +30N | −15B | +35N | +23B | +13B | 6.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 20.50 | 1578 | +29.2 |
| 8 | Allahverdiyev, Mahammadali | 1635 | AZE | =30N | =19B | +36B | +22N | +6B | −1N | =10B | +16N | −3N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 1588 | -14.8 |
| 9 | Bulkin, Deniel | 1514 | AZE | +45N | −1B | =16N | +24B | −11N | +29B | +28N | +17B | −4N | 5.5 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 18.50 | 1534 | -1.2 |
| 10 | Ibrahimli, Aykhan | 1403 | AZE | −4N | +44B | +29N | +18B | −13N | +21B | =8N | −15B | +19N | 5.5 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 20.25 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mammadzada, Omar | 1443 | AZE | −3N | =24B | +34N | +23B | +9B | −14N | −16B | +28N | +31B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 21.50 | 1592 | +56.4 |
| 12 | Mustafayev, Mahammad | 1437 | AZE | −38B | −32N | +39N | −29B | +44N | =27B | +24N | +30B | +22B | 5.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 16.00 | 1506 | +19.6 |
| 13 | Abbassoy, Javad | 1594 | AZE | =43B | +33N | +17B | =5N | +10B | −2N | +14B | −3B | −7N | 5.0 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 22.75 | 1513 | -36.4 |
| 14 | Hajizada, Zavir | 1471 | AZE | +15N | +29B | −4N | +20B | −19N | +11B | −13N | +21B | −1N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 23.00 | 1572 | +50.0 |
| 15 | Abdullayev, Mikayil Ali | 1459 | AZE | −14B | =31N | +43B | +36N | =17B | +7N | −5B | +10N | −6B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 19.25 | 1446 | -1.2 |
| 16 | Asadli, Tahmasib | 1457 | AZE | −23N | +45B | =9B | −7N | +41N | +24B | +11N | −8B | =17N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 16.75 | 1486 | +6.0 |
| 17 | Garaja, Said | 1402 | AZE | =41N | +21B | −13N | +27B | =15N | =28B | +20N | −9N | =16B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 20.75 | 1564 | +74.8 |
| 18 | Baghirzade, Jamil | 1518 | AZE | +24N | =23B | −5B | −10N | =36B | =32N | =25B | +42N | +26B | 5.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 16.00 | 1643 | +28.0 |
| 19 | Hasanli, Onur | 1456 | AZE | =5B | =8N | +7B | +38N | +14B | −4N | −6B | =31N | −10B | 4.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 20.75 | 1620 | +58.4 |
| 20 | Gasimov, Mikayil | 1502 | AZE | +25B | −6N | +35B | −14N | +32B | −22N | −17B | +34N | =21N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 15.75 | 1288 | -62.0 |
| 21 | Huseynov, Mirzali | 1514 | AZE | =36B | −17N | +33B | =25N | +31B | −10N | +26B | −14N | =20B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 1459 | -15.6 |
| 22 | Dotto, Amir | 1506 | AZE | =39N | +30B | =28N | −8B | +37N | +20B | =23N | −4B | −12N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 14.75 | 1496 | -2.4 |
| 23 | Javadov, Rufat | 1663 | AZE | +16B | =18N | −2B | −11N | +34B | +25N | =22B | −7N | F | 4.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 16.75 | 1438 | -82.8 |
| 24 | Baghirov, Ravan | 0 | AZE | −18B | =11N | +40B | −9N | +42B | −16N | −12B | +43N | =25B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 8.75 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Mezhdinli, Ramil | 0 | AZE | −20N | +42B | =27N | =21B | =29N | −23B | =18N | =33B | =24N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 13.25 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Abbassoy, Toghrul | 1426 | AZE | +35N | −4B | −37N | +44B | +38B | −6N | −21N | +39B | −18N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.00 | 1317 | -38.8 |
| 27 | Nazirli, Fikrat | 1486 | AZE | +32B | −38N | =25B | −17N | +39B | =12N | F | +35B | F | 4.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 13.25 | 1208 | -38.4 |
| 28 | Ganbarov, Sadig | 1617 | AZE | =33B | +43N | =22B | +32N | −5B | =17N | −9B | −11B | F | 3.5 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 11.00 | 1385 | -85.2 |
| 29 | Alizade, Isa | 1520 | AZE | +31B | −14N | −10B | +12N | =25B | −9N | =30N | =36B | F | 3.5 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 14.00 | 1378 | -34.4 |
| 30 | Ahmadli, Ulvi | 1557 | AZE | =8B | −22N | =31B | +35N | −7B | +36N | =29B | −12N | F | 3.5 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 11.75 | 1280 | -35.2 |
| 31 | Allahverdiyev, Farid | 1472 | AZE | −29N | =15B | =30N | +42B | −21N | +37B | F | =19B | −11N | 3.5 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 9.50 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Jabizada, Nihad | 0 | AZE | −27N | +12B | +41N | −28B | −20N | =18B | =33N | =37B | F | 3.5 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 12.75 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Gafarov, Rafael | 1456 | AZE | =28N | −13B | −21N | −34B | +40B | +45N | =32B | =25N | F | 3.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 7.50 | 1374 | -22.4 |
| 34 | Chitak, Mehmet | 1470 | AZE | −2B | =40N | −11B | +33N | −23N | =41B | +43N | −20B | F | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 6.50 | 1425 | -2.0 |
| 35 | Nasirli, Tural | 0 | AZE | −26B | F | −20N | −30B | +45N | +38N | −7B | −27N | +40B | 3.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 4.00 | 1333 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Gaziyev, Latif | 0 | AZE | =21N | +41B | −8N | −15B | =18N | −30B | F | =29N | F | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 8.50 | 1416 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Shahbazli, Nahid | 0 | AZE | F | −2N | +26B | −6N | −22B | −31N | =40B | =32N | F | 2.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 6.75 | 1370 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Mahmudlu, Elvin | 1604 | AZE | +12N | +27B | −1N | −19B | −26N | −35B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 9.50 | 1438 | -44.8 |
| 39 | Ismayilov, Imran | 0 | AZE | =22B | −5N | −12B | +40N | −27N | =43B | F | −26N | F | 2.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 4.75 | 1330 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Mammadli, Tunjay | 1532 | AZE | −1N | =34B | −24N | −39B | −33N | F | =37N | +45B | −35N | 2.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.50 | 1254 | -32.0 |
| 41 | Tahirov, Yusif | 1437 | AZE | =17B | −36N | −32B | +43N | −16B | =34N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.00 | 1434 | -28.8 |
| 42 | Suleymanli, Oghuz | 1425 | AZE | −6B | −25N | +45B | −31N | −24N | F | F | −18B | F | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 744 | -27.2 |
| 43 | Haziyev, Mahammad | 1439 | AZE | =13N | −28B | −15N | −41B | F | =39N | −34B | −24B | F | 1.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.50 | 1162 | -55.6 |
| 44 | FIDE 13477617 | 0 | — | −7B | −10N | F | −26N | −12B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 13493957 | 0 | — | −9B | −16N | −42N | F | −35B | −33B | F | −40N | F | 0.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Yusifzada, YusifAZE+112.87.5 pts · #3
- 2Garaja, SaidAZE+74.85.0 pts · #7
- 3Ahadzade, YusifAZE+74.07.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Ganbarov, SadigAZE-85.23.5 pts · #26
- 2Javadov, RufatAZE-82.84.0 pts · #22
- 3Gasimov, MikayilAZE-62.04.5 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R4+220 Elo gap
- R8+183 Elo gap
- R5+178 Elo gap