Azerbaijan Chess Championship-2026, U16

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Mar 2026 to 30 Mar 2026 in Ganja, Azerbaijan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1980, and top seed was Pasham Alizada (🇦🇿 AZE, 2290).

Pasham Alizada (🇦🇿 AZE, 2290) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Elchin Shakaraliyev (7.0) and Huseyn Gurbanov (6.5). Alizada won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ali Sadigov (1411) beat Murad Huseynov (1693), a +282-point gap.

Location

🇦🇿Ganja, Azerbaijan

Dates

24 Mar 2026 → 30 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇿Pasham Alizada2290

Avg top 10

1,980

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×33

Top 3

🥇
Pasham Alizada
🇦🇿AZE·2290
7.0pts·2154perf-38.4
🥈
Elchin Shakaraliyev
🇦🇿AZE·1919
7.0pts·2061perf+69.6
🥉
Huseyn Gurbanov
🇦🇿AZE·1995
6.5pts·2018perf+24.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Alizada7Shakaraliyev7Gurbanov6.5Mammadov6.5Ismayilov6Isbatov6— ex-leaders:Rzayevled R4, #8

R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Mar

Pasham Alizada takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Alizada takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Pasham Alizada drew with Elchin Shakaraliyev (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Pasham Alizada	*	½	½	1
2Elchin Shakaraliyev	½	*	—	½
3Huseyn Gurbanov	½	—	*	—
4Fuad Mammadov	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Alizada, Pasham	2290	AZE	+20N	+4B	=2N	+7B	+10B	−5N	+14B	=3N	+9B	7.0	47.0	51.0	38.25	2154	-38.4
2	Shakaraliyev, Elchin	1919	AZE	+31B	+15N	=1B	−6N	+17B	+11B	+10N	+5B	=4B	7.0	44.5	47.0	34.25	2061	+69.6
3	Gurbanov, Huseyn	1995	AZE	+24B	+11N	−10B	+9N	+16B	+6N	−5B	=1B	+13N	6.5	44.0	47.5	33.00	2018	+24.4
4	Mammadov, Fuad	1830	AZE	+16B	−1N	+14B	−11N	+20B	+13N	+12B	+10B	=2N	6.5	43.0	47.0	31.50	1958	+65.6
5	Isbatov, Kanan	2137	AZE	+32B	+9N	+12B	−10N	+14B	+1B	+3N	−2N	−6B	6.0	46.5	49.0	31.00	2070	-22.8
6	Soltanov, Teymur	2005	AZE	+23N	+8B	−7N	+2B	=11N	−3B	=15N	+19B	+5N	6.0	45.0	49.0	31.75	1923	-24.4
7	Ismayilov, Emin	1875	AZE	+21B	+13N	+6B	−1N	+12B	−10N	=9B	=8N	+14B	6.0	44.0	48.0	30.25	1966	+47.2
8	Ganjaliyev, Emin	1730	AZE	+26B	−6N	+31B	−14N	=15B	+21N	+18B	=7B	+10N	6.0	38.0	40.5	24.75	1834	+44.4
9	Dunyamaliyev, Farid	1810	AZE	+25N	−5B	+24N	−3B	+23N	+19B	=7N	+11B	−1N	5.5	42.0	45.5	23.00	1853	+12.4
10	Rzayev, Murad	1904	AZE	+17N	+22B	+3N	+5B	−1N	+7B	−2B	−4N	−8B	5.0	49.5	53.5	27.00	1915	+6.8
11	Mirzayev, Turan	1734	AZE	+29N	−3B	+27N	+4B	=6B	−2N	+22B	−9N	=12B	5.0	44.0	47.0	22.50	1825	+36.4
12	Seyidli, MirsalehCM	1983	AZE	+27N	+18B	−5N	+19B	−7N	=15B	−4N	+25B	=11N	5.0	40.0	43.5	20.25	1733	-84.0
13	Mahmudov, Oruj	1528	AZE	+28N	−7B	−19N	+25B	+24N	−4B	+16N	+18N	−3B	5.0	39.0	42.0	19.00	1707	+47.6
14	Shirinov, Kanan	1860	AZE	+33N	+19B	−4N	+8B	−5N	+16B	−1N	=15B	−7N	4.5	44.5	47.0	19.25	1755	-43.2
15	Najafli, Kanan	1631	AZE	F	−2B	=17N	+33B	=8N	=12N	=6B	=14N	+22B	4.5	39.5	39.5	19.50	1790	+60.4
16	Sadigov, Ali	1411	AZE	−4N	+20B	+22N	+18B	−3N	−14N	−13B	=24N	+25B	4.5	38.5	42.0	17.75	1616	+71.2
17	Abdullayev, Yusif	1469	AZE	−10B	+30N	=15B	+21N	−2N	−18B	=23N	+26N	=20B	4.5	36.5	39.5	16.75	1553	+19.6
18	Huseynov, Murad	1693	AZE	+34B	−12N	=21B	−16N	+32B	+17N	−8N	−13B	+24B	4.5	35.0	36.5	14.00	1538	-67.2
19	Tahirli, Ismayil	0	AZE	F	−14N	+13B	−12N	+22B	−9N	+28B	−6N	+23B	4.0	37.0	37.0	16.00	1703	0.0
20	Khalilov, Elmir	1543	AZE	−1B	−16N	+32B	+31N	−4N	+26B	=25N	−23B	=17N	4.0	36.0	38.5	12.50	1499	-25.2
21	Mammadov, Sadig Sabir	1466	AZE	−7N	+28B	=18N	−17B	+33N	−8B	=27N	−22N	+29B	4.0	34.5	37.0	12.50	1451	-12.8
22	Mehdiyev, Shamsaddin	1568	AZE	+30B	−10N	−16B	+27N	−19N	+24B	−11N	+21B	−15N	4.0	34.0	37.0	14.00	1542	-14.0
23	Jafarli, Subhan	1515	AZE	−6B	−26N	+34B	+29N	−9B	=28N	=17B	+20N	−19N	4.0	33.5	35.0	12.25	1597	+10.0
24	Mammadov, Rashid	1504	AZE	−3N	+25B	−9B	+26N	−13B	−22N	+29N	=16B	−18N	3.5	37.0	40.0	12.25	1251	-59.2
25	Abasov, Rashad	0	AZE	−9B	−24N	+30B	−13N	+27B	+33N	=20B	−12N	−16N	3.5	34.0	36.5	11.00	1448	0.0
26	Askarov, Teymur	0	AZE	−8N	+23B	−33N	−24B	+31B	−20N	+30N	−17B	=27N	3.5	31.0	33.5	11.25	1381	0.0
27	Hajili, Mahammad Emin	1493	AZE	−12B	+34N	−11B	−22B	−25N	+31N	=21B	=28N	=26B	3.5	30.5	32.0	9.25	1479	-9.6
28	Panakhov, Yusif	0	AZE	−13B	−21N	−29N	+30B	F	=23B	−19N	=27B	+32N	3.0	29.0	30.5	9.25	1439	0.0
29	Gasimov, Namig	0	AZE	−11B	−31N	+28B	−23B	−30N	+32N	−24B	+34B	−21N	3.0	27.5	29.0	7.00	1270	0.0
30	FIDE 13434870	0	—	−22N	−17B	−25N	−28N	+29B	+34N	−26B	=32N	=33B	3.0	26.5	28.0	7.00	1316	0.0
31	Amirli, Nihat	1481	AZE	−2N	+29B	−8N	−20B	−26N	−27B	−32B	=33N	+34N	2.5	32.0	33.5	5.75	1206	-64.4
32	Abdullayev, Rasul	1555	AZE	−5N	=33B	−20N	=34B	−18N	−29B	+31N	=30B	−28B	2.5	28.5	30.0	6.00	1474	-26.4
33	Imamgulizada, Omar	1442	AZE	−14B	=32N	+26B	−15N	−21B	−25B	−34N	=31B	=30N	2.5	28.0	29.5	7.50	1355	-24.0
34	Ismayilov, Mustafa	0	AZE	−18N	−27B	−23N	=32N	F	−30B	+33B	−29N	−31B	1.5	26.0	28.5	3.75	1337	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sadigov, AliAZE
+71.2
4.5 pts · #14
2Shakaraliyev, ElchinAZE
+69.6
7.0 pts · #2
3Mammadov, FuadAZE
+65.6
6.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Seyidli, MirsalehCMAZE
-84.0
5.0 pts · #17
2Huseynov, MuradAZE
-67.2
4.5 pts · #13
3Amirli, NihatAZE
-64.4
2.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R4+282 Elo gap
Sadigov, Ali1411 beat Huseynov, Murad1693
R4+233 Elo gap
Rzayev, Murad1904 beat Isbatov, Kanan2137
R8+218 Elo gap
Shakaraliyev, Elchin1919 beat Isbatov, Kanan2137