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Rating tournament of Bahruz Chess Club, 2026, N3

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1653, and top seed was Mehman Abbasov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1824).

Farid Murvatov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1746) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Sanan Aliyev (5.0) and Mirjalal Gafarov (4.5). Murvatov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Fidan Tahmazova (1536) beat Mehman Abbasov (1824), a +288-point gap.

Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
16 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿Mehman Abbasov1824
Avg top 10
1,653
Participants
15
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
3
2
2
2
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Murvatov5Aliyev5Abbasov4.5Gafarov4.5Novruzov4.5Guluzade3.5
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Farid Murvatov held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Murvatov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Farid Murvatov beat CM Sanan Aliyev (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Farid Murvatov*
1
0
1
2CMSanan Aliyev
0
*—
1
3Mehman Abbasov
1
—*—
4Mirjalal Gafarov
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Murvatov, Farid1746AZE+8N+3B+2N=4B+10N=9B−5N5.024.527.018.751779+9.2
2Aliyev, SananCM1794AZE=10B+7N−1B=11N+14B+8N+3B5.021.022.014.501655-15.8
3Gafarov, Mirjalal0AZE+6B−1N+12B=10N+11B+4B−2N4.523.025.013.7516470.0
4Novruzov, Muhammad1669AZE+12B+14N+5B=1N+8B−3N−6N4.522.523.513.001787+16.2
5Abbasov, Mehman1824AZE+9N+13B−4N−8B=6N+10B+1B4.521.523.013.751708-18.0
6Guluzade, Elgun1588AZE−3N−8BF+7N=5B+11N+4B3.522.522.512.751775+25.2
7Bakikhanov, Fail1667AZE=11N−2B+9N−6BF+15N+14B3.516.516.55.251508-17.0
8Tahmazova, Fidan1536AZE−1B+6N+14B+5N−4N−2BF3.023.523.59.001652+12.8
9Garaisali, Murad1566AZE−5B=12N−7BF+15N=1N+10B3.017.517.56.001578+1.2
10Salahli, Vahid1538AZE=2N=11B+15N=3B−1B−5N−9N2.524.524.56.001433-24.4
11Asgarov, Kamil1437AZE=7B=10N+13N=2B−3N−6BF2.520.520.57.001635+25.0
12Mamedov, Aziz1488AZE−4N=9B−3N=13BF+14NF2.014.514.53.251489-0.4
13Khalilzade, Ayan1605AZE+15B−5N−11B=12NFFF1.512.512.51.001310-44.4
14FIDE 134859620—F−4B−8N+15B−2N−12B−7N1.018.018.00.008320.0
15FIDE 134575940—−13NF−10B−14N−9B−7BF0.014.514.50.007910.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets