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Rating tournament of Bahruz Chess Club under 1600, 2026, N1

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 24 Feb 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1514, and top seed was Timur Nadzhafov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1578).

Tamerlan Afandiyev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1489) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Khagan Valiyev (5.0) and Faig Shahmaliyev (5.0). Afandiyev shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Khagan Valiyev (1452) beat Timur Nadzhafov (1578), a +126-point gap.

Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
16 Feb 2026 → 24 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿Timur Nadzhafov1578
Avg top 10
1,514
Participants
28
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×23
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tamerlan Afandiyev 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
14
7
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Afandiyev takes lead
Afandiyev6Valiyev5Shahmaliyev5Abdullayev4.5Khalilzade4.5Alizada4.5— ex-leaders:Abdullayevled R3, #7
R5 · LEADER CHANGE20 Feb

Tamerlan Afandiyev takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Tamerlan Afandiyev 3 wins (R4–R6)Faig Shahmaliyev 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tamerlan Afandiyev*——
½
2Khagan Valiyev—*—
1
3Faig Shahmaliyev——*—
4Raul Abdullayev
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Afandiyev, Tamerlan1489AZE+28B+19N=4B+15N+7B+8N=5B6.023.023.018.501738+72.0
2Valiyev, Khagan1452AZE+10B−7N+23B+16N−8N+17B+4N5.022.523.515.501649+75.2
3Shahmaliyev, Faig1435AZE−16B+18N−8B+25N+20B+15N+11N5.020.021.014.001543+38.8
4Abdullayev, Raul1503AZE+23N+6B=1NF+5B+9N−2B4.528.029.017.001594+19.6
5Khalilzade, Omar1495AZE+24B+9N=15B+7N−4N=10B=1N4.525.526.515.501548+19.2
6Alizada, Vugar1452AZE+25B−4N−9B+19N+21B=7N+14B4.521.022.011.501389-12.4
7Abdullayev, Ahmad1494AZE+22N+2B+12N−5B−1N=6B=9N4.028.029.014.251467-18.4
8Isbatov, Tahir1521AZE−9BF+3N+11N+2B−1B+10N4.028.028.018.001582+19.6
9Zeidguliyev, Zeid1414AZE+8N−5B+6N=17B+14N−4B=7B4.025.028.015.501494+24.0
10Nadzhafov, Timur1578AZE−2N+22B+17N=14B+12B=5N−8B4.024.025.012.001494-24.8
11Altunisik, Lev Selim1455TUR+14N−12B+13N−8B+18N+16N−3B4.023.526.513.501312-30.4
12Babazade, Farid1574AZE+21B+11N−7BF−10N+22B+17N4.021.522.510.001568-0.8
13Huseynzade, Rasul0AZE+20B−15N−11B+24N−16B+23N+21B4.016.017.07.0013830.0
14Mirzaliyev, Mahammad0AZE−11B+24N+21B=10N−9B+20N−6N3.521.522.58.0014030.0
15Gulmammadov, Ujal1482AZE+26N+13B=5N−1B=17N−3B−18N3.025.526.58.751262-36.4
16Rahimli, Ayhan1529AZE+3N−17B+26N−2B+13N−11B−19N3.024.025.010.001244-59.6
17Aghayev, Suad1469AZE+18B+16N−10B=9N=15B−2N−12B3.023.026.09.501369-32.4
18Kazimli, Elmir0AZE−17N−3BF+23N−11B+21N+15B3.018.018.06.0013710.0
19Hashimli, Oghuzkhan0AZE+27N−1B−22N−6B+26NF+16B3.016.517.55.0013490.0
20Nasirli, Emil1473AZE−13N−26B+27N+22B−3N−14B+24N3.015.516.53.00602-20.4
21Sideifzada, Saida1451AZE−12N+27B−14N+26B−6N−18B−13N2.020.021.02.00708-32.8
22FIDE 134862170—−7B−10N+19B−20NF−12NF1.019.020.03.007230.0
23FIDE 134865000—−4BF−2N−18B+27N−13BF1.018.518.51.006680.0
24FIDE 5250328870—−5N−14B−25N−13B+28NF−20B1.017.017.00.006510.0
25Yusifli, Nazim0AZE−6NF+24B−3BFFF1.015.516.51.006220.0
26Hasanov, Murad0AZE−15B+20N−16B−21N−19BFF1.015.015.03.0012610.0
27Jabbarli, Ali Elkhan0AZE−19B−21N−20B+28N−23BFF1.011.011.00.006250.0
28FIDE 134943330—−1NFF−27B−24BFF0.016.017.00.006540.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets