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Baku Chess Championship, Boys U16

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Feb 2026 to 11 Feb 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Top 10 Elo average was 1736, and top seed was Kanan Shirinov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1868).

Murad Rzayev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1815) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Emin Ismayilov (7.0) and Farid Dunyamaliyev (6.5). Rzayev shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Rahman Mehdili (1485) beat Kanan Najafli (1651), a +166-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
🇦🇿Kanan Shirinov1868
Avg top 10
1,736
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×21
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Murad Rzayev
    🇦🇿AZE·1815
    8.0pts·2052perf+88.0
  • 🥈
    Emin Ismayilov
    🇦🇿AZE·1834
    7.0pts·1918perf+38.8
  • 🥉
    Farid Dunyamaliyev
    🇦🇿AZE·1754
    6.5pts·1869perf+57.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Murad Rzayev led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Rzayev takes lead
Rzayev8Ismayilov7Dunyamaliyev6.5Shirinov6Mammadov6Najafli5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Feb

Murad Rzayev takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Murad Rzayev beat Emin Ismayilov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Murad Rzayev 3 wins (R4–R6)Emin Ismayilov 3 wins (R7–R9)Farid Dunyamaliyev 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Murad Rzayev*
1
1
½
2Emin Ismayilov
0
*
½
½
3Farid Dunyamaliyev
0
½
*
1
4Kanan Shirinov
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rzayev, Murad1815AZE+17N+7B=4N+3B+5N+2B=8B+6N+13N8.043.546.541.252052+88.0
2Ismayilov, Emin1834AZE+6N=3B+15N+5B=4N−1N+13B+8N+9B7.044.047.533.251918+38.8
3Dunyamaliyev, Farid1754AZE+14B=2N+8B−1N+16B+13N+4N=5B=6N6.543.546.529.501869+57.2
4Shirinov, Kanan1868AZE+16B+15N=1B+10N=2B=8N−3B+7N=5B6.044.547.528.251845-8.4
5Mammadov, Fuad1833AZE+13B+18N+10B−2N−1B+16N+15B=3N=4N6.041.544.022.751822-4.0
6Garayev, Rahman1628AZE−2B−14N+17B+18N=15B+9N+11N−1B=3B5.040.042.519.001610-6.0
7Najafli, Kanan1651AZE+9B−1N−14B+20N−13B+18N+17N−4B+8B5.035.535.514.501614-14.0
8Jafarov, Oktay1630AZE=11N+12B−3N+19N+9B=4B=1N−2B−7N4.545.046.519.001685+21.2
9Mehdiyev, Huseyn1472AZE−7N+17B+12N=13B−8N−6B+14B+10N−2N4.536.539.516.251605+60.0
10Ismayilov, Aliakbar1635AZE+21B+19N−5N−4B+14N−15N+16B−9BF4.028.028.08.001633+0.4
11Abdullayev, Farid0AZE=8B−16N−19B=12B+20N+21N−6B+18NF4.020.520.56.7515050.0
12Mamedov, Aziz1443AZE=19B−8N−9B=11N−18B+20B+21NF+14N4.020.520.56.251585+45.2
13Nadzhafov, Timur1578AZE−5N+20B+18B=9N+7N−3B−2NF−1B3.543.043.09.751591-2.4
14Mehdili, Rahman1485AZE−3N+6B+7N−16N−10B=17B−9N+21B−12B3.535.035.011.501493-7.2
15Mammadzada, Huseyn1700AZE+20N−4B−2B+21N=6N+10B−5NFF3.531.531.56.501672-8.4
16Magsudsoy, Jamaladdin1627AZE−4N+11B+21N+14B−3N−5B−10NFF3.030.030.07.501544-28.4
17Gurbanov, Shamil1537AZE−1B−9N−6NF+21B=14N−7B+20B=18N3.028.528.53.001466-31.2
18Mammadov, Jeyhun0AZEF−5B−13N−6B+12N−7B+20N−11B=17B2.530.530.55.5014930.0
19Dunyamali, Yagub1639AZE=12N−10B+11N−8BFFFFF1.516.516.56.001298-50.8
20Ali, Huseyn1483AZE−15B−13NF−7B−11B−12N−18B−17NF0.025.525.50.00783-77.2
21Mustafazade, Telman1422AZE−10NF−16B−15B−17N−11B−12B−14NF0.025.025.00.00775-72.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Baku Chess Championship, Boys U16 (2026) — Baku, Azerbaijan | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats