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Baku Chess Championship, Boys U14

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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Feb 2026 to 11 Feb 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Top 10 Elo average was 1740, and top seed was Yashar Shirinov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1846).

Yashar Shirinov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1846) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Akbar Mirzayev (6.0) and Ali Isgandarli (6.0). Shirinov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mahammad Elshan Safarli (1542) beat Yusif Musasoy (1777), a +235-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
Top seed
🇦🇿Yashar Shirinov1846
Avg top 10
1,740
Participants
31
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×31
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Yashar Shirinov led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Yashar Shirinov never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yashar Shirinov drew with Yusif Musasoy (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yashar Shirinov 7 wins (R2–R8)Yusif Musasoy 3 wins (R3–R5)Akbar Mirzayev 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shirinov, Yashar1846AZE=5B+21N+15B+4N+2B+8N+9B+3B=6N8.044.547.541.502061+78.4
2Mirzayev, Akbar1842AZE+11N+19B+9N=8B1N+6B3N+4B=5N6.047.050.531.001833-2.0
3Isgandarli, Ali1769AZE+25N+13B8N+17B+15N4B+2B1N+9B6.043.546.027.001830+29.2
4Guliyev, Rza1766AZE=18B+29N+10B1B+14N+3N=8B2N+12B6.043.544.025.751771+2.0
5Safarli, Mahammad Elshan1542AZE=1N+6B=19N9B=25N+22B+10B+8N=2B6.041.544.029.001814+110.8
6Musasoy, Yusif1777AZE=21B5N+20B+18N+10B2N+15B+16N=1B6.041.044.026.501746-9.2
7Alizada, Said Orkhan1581AZE+28B9N18B=21N+26B+11N=12B+15N+8B6.033.535.523.001679+42.4
8Yagublu, Azad1721AZE+23B+16N+3B=2N+9B1B=4N5B7N5.047.550.524.501732+5.6
9Imranli, Kenan1771AZE+27N+7B2B+5N8N+13B1N+19B3N5.045.547.522.501716-24.8
10Guliyev, Omar1626AZE=24N+22B4N+27B6N+14B5N=11N+16B5.038.540.518.501595-15.2
11Salmanov, Raul1540AZE2B+30N+13N15B=17N7B+28N=10B+23N5.035.535.514.501638+44.8
12Garaisali, Murad1506AZE15B=23N+30B+16N19N+27B=7N+13B4N5.034.534.516.001635+62.0
13Rahimov, Murad1593AZE+20B3N11B+28N+18B9N+21B12N+22B5.034.036.015.001566-20.0
14Asadli, Yagub1517AZE=29B=18N=26B+22N4B10N=20B+21N+17B5.030.531.015.001587+6.0
15Mammadli, Tahir1637AZE+12N+31B1N+11N3B+19B6N7B=18N4.543.043.015.251604-19.2
16Babazade, Farid1574AZE+26N8B=22N12B+23N+25B+19N6B10N4.533.035.513.001563-6.0
17Eyvazzada, Vagif1608AZE22N+24B+31N3N=11B=21N=18B=23B14N4.031.531.510.251513-39.2
18Shikhiyev, Kamran1525AZE=4N=14B+7N6B13N=28B=17NF=15B3.538.540.516.751580+20.4
19Eyvazov, Hasan Khagani1644AZE+30B2N=5B+23N+12B15N16B9NF3.537.537.511.001568-31.6
20Gadirli, Gadir1444AZE13N=25B6N+31B=27N=26B=14N=28BF3.528.528.57.001443-2.4
21Khudayev, Farid1535AZE=6N1B=27N=7B+24N=17B13N14BF3.039.039.012.001536-9.6
22Abbasov, Farid1410AZE+17B10N=16B14BF5N+25N=24B13N3.035.035.010.2514810.0
23Abdullayev, Royal1506AZE8N=12B+24N19B16B+29NF=17N11B3.030.530.58.001424-30.4
24Valizada, Ramal1447AZE=10B17N23B+29N21BF+26N=22NF3.023.523.57.001250-41.6
25Yusifli, Rauf1515AZE3B=20N+29B=26N=5B16N22BFF2.529.029.06.501389-27.2
26Eldarli, Mahammad0AZE16BF=14N=25B7N=20N24B+29BF2.527.027.06.0013350.0
27Guliyev, Kamran1518AZE9B+28N=21B10N=20B12NFFF2.029.529.55.251428-26.0
28Gojayev, Huseyn1427AZE7N27BF13B+30N=18N11B=20NF2.025.525.53.501372-20.8
29Jafarsoy, Ali0AZE=14N4B25N24BF23BF26NF0.524.024.02.5012040.0
30Karimli, Ughur1490AZE19N11B12NF28BFFFF0.018.518.50.00727-76.4
31Majidov, Davud0AZEF15N17B20NFFFFF0.015.515.50.007650.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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