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Azerbaijan Chess Championship, I league, Women

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Jan 2026 to 14 Jan 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1870, and top seed was Lala Huseynova (🇦🇿 AZE, WFM, 2109).

Lala Huseynova (🇦🇿 AZE, WFM, 2109) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Nurtan Nuriyeva (6.5) and Asnad Valiyeva (6.5). Huseynova won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aylin Nurahmadli (1605) beat Sadagul Afandi (1828), a +223-point gap.

Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
06 Jan 2026 → 14 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿WFMLala Huseynova2109
Avg top 10
1,870
Participants
18
Titled players · 5
WFM×1
WCM×4
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Lala Huseynova led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
2
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Huseynova8Valiyeva6.5Allahverdi6.5Nuriyeva6.5Afandi5Nasirova5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Lala Huseynova never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Lala Huseynova drew with Asnad Valiyeva (Black).

R3–R6 · WIN STREAK

WFM Lala Huseynova won 4 in a row (R3–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMLala Huseynova*
½
1
½
2Asnad Valiyeva
½
*
½
0
3Zahra Allahverdi
0
½
*
1
4WCMNurtan Nuriyeva
½
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Huseynova, LalaWFM2109AZE+5B=3N+7B+10N+4B+9N=2B+8N+11B8.042.046.039.502165+18.4
2Nuriyeva, NurtanWCM1964AZE=9N+15B+3B−4N=7B+10N=1N+5B+8B6.543.546.031.001981+14.8
3Valiyeva, Asnad1862AZE+14B=1B−2N=5N+11B+7N=4B+10N+9N6.543.046.029.751980+57.6
4Allahverdi, Zahra1887AZE+18N+8B=10N+2B−1N=5B=3N+12B+7N6.543.043.527.752012+61.2
5Nasirova, Khana1714AZE−1N+18B+13N=3B=10B=4N=12B−2N+16N5.041.041.516.501863+63.6
6Afandi, Sadagul1828AZE−17B+14N=11B−12N=8N+16B−10B+18N+13B5.026.527.013.251730-38.0
7Tahirova, SevilWCM1782AZE=13N+9B−1N+15B=2N−3B=11N+14B−4B4.543.045.517.251772-3.4
8Mirzaliyeva, LeylaWCM1744AZE+16B−4N=12B=11N=6B+15N+9B−1B−2N4.541.042.515.001788+17.2
9Humbatli, Leyla1649AZE=2B−7N+17B+13N+12B−1B−8N+15N−3B4.540.542.015.251788+58.4
10Huseynova, DinaraWCM1954AZE+11B+17N=4B−1B=5N−2B+6N−3BF4.043.043.016.251827-47.6
11Rahmanova, Nargiz1637AZE−10N+16B=6N=8B−3N+17B=7B=13N−1N4.038.039.512.001728+36.0
12Mirzaliyeva, Fatima Eldar1855AZE=15N=13B=8N+6B−9N+14B=5N−4NF4.035.035.516.001707-60.8
13Humbatli, Khanimzar1561AZE=7B=12N−5B−9B=14N+18B+16N=11B−6N4.031.532.09.751652+34.0
14Rzali, Leyla1628AZE−3N−6B=16N+17N=13B−12N+18B−7NF3.029.530.04.751624-6.4
15Aghamirzayeva, Rena1624AZE=12B−2N+18B−7N+16N−8BF−9BF2.530.030.54.001635-4.4
16Mastiyeva, Mehin1538AZE−8N−11N=14B+18N−15B−6N−13BF−5B1.528.528.52.001422-45.2
17Nurahmadli, Aylin1605AZE+6N−10B−9N−14B=18N−11NFFF1.523.523.55.251525-31.6
18Hasanli, Aisha1631AZE−4B−5N−15N−16B=17B−13N−14N−6BF0.531.533.00.751234-120.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets