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Azerbaijan Chess Championship-2026, G16

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Mar 2026 to 30 Mar 2026 in Ganja, Azerbaijan. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1815, and top seed was Maryam Aghaverdiyeva (🇦🇿 AZE, WFM, 2136).

Lala Huseynova (🇦🇿 AZE, WFM, 2131) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Asnad Valiyeva (7.0) and Maryam Aghaverdiyeva (6.5). Huseynova shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Maryam Abbaszada (1451) beat Maryam Aghaverdiyeva (WFM, 2136), a +685-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
🇦🇿WFMMaryam Aghaverdiyeva2136
Avg top 10
1,815
Participants
26
Titled players · 4
WFM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Lala Huseynova led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
7
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Aghaverdiyeva takes leadHuseynova takes lead
Huseynova8Valiyeva7Aghaverdiyeva6.5Huseynli6.5Abbaszada6Huseynova5.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Mar

WFM Maryam Aghaverdiyeva takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Lala Huseynova beat Asnad Valiyeva (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 4+4 wins

WFM Lala Huseynova posted 4 in a row (R1–R4) and 4 in a row (R6–R9) — total 8 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMLala Huseynova*
1
0
1
2Asnad Valiyeva
0
*
½
1
3WFMMaryam Aghaverdiyeva
1
½
*
½
4WCMAyan Huseynli
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Huseynova, LalaWFM2131AZE+11B+10N+15B+4N−3B+5N+2B+9N+8B8.046.050.043.502176+19.2
2Valiyeva, Asnad1921AZE+5B+12N=3B=6N+4B+9N−1N+7B+10B7.047.552.038.002014+52.0
3Aghaverdiyeva, MaryamWFM2136AZE+17N+16B=2N+7B+1N=6B=4N+12B−5B6.546.550.535.002016-34.0
4Huseynli, AyanWCM2014AZE+19N+8B+7N−1B−2N+17B=3B+6N+9B6.546.050.031.751964-1.6
5Abbaszada, Maryam1451AZE−2N+26B+13N=12N+10B−1B=7N+16B+3N6.044.544.524.751791+130.8
6Huseynova, DinaraWCM1904AZE+24N+22B=16N=2B+8N=3N−9B−4B+12N5.541.544.023.751774-40.4
7Alakbarli, Inji1632AZE+25B+9N−4B−3N+15B=11N=5B−2N+18B5.044.045.520.001618-14.8
8Imranli, Madina1572AZE+18B−4N+11B+15N−6B=12N=10B+13N−1N5.043.047.022.251677+27.2
9Mammadli, Asmar1571AZE+26N−7B+22N+18B+17N−2B+6N−1B−4N5.043.043.016.501691+23.2
10Aghamirzayeva, Rena1625AZE+20N−1B=17N+16B−5N+13B=8N+15B−2N5.042.546.521.001608-14.8
11Gafarli, Nuray1465AZE−1N+20B−8N+19B+18N=7B−12B=14N+22N5.039.042.019.751487+2.0
12Khalilzade, Ayan1605AZE+21N−2B+19N=5B=13N=8B+11N−3N−6B4.543.547.520.751623-3.6
13Asadullayeva, Malak1544AZE−15B+14N−5B+22N=12B−10N+19B−8B+23N4.536.039.016.751485-21.6
14Hasanli, Narmin Nurlan1530AZE=23N−13B+24N−17B+20N=16B−15N=11B+25N4.531.032.514.001333-41.2
15Novruzlu, Nazli0AZE+13N+23B−1N−8B−7N+21B+14B−10N−16N4.040.043.016.0015040.0
16Aliyeva, Ayan Aslan1608AZEF−3N=6B−10N+25B=14N+18B−5N+15B4.037.037.014.501462-38.8
17Ganbarli, Nigar1494AZE−3B+25N=10B+14N−9B−4N−22B+26N=19B4.036.036.010.501538+5.6
18FIDE 134646800—−8N+24B+23N−9N−11B+20B−16N+21B−7N4.035.037.513.507680.0
19Rustamzade, Daniz1460AZE−4B+21N−12B−11N+22B=23N−13N+24B=17N4.034.537.013.001229-49.2
20FIDE 134741890—−10B−11N+21B+25N−14B−18N+26N−22B+24N4.029.529.58.007420.0
21FIDE 134955770—−12B−19B−20N+23B+24N−15N+25B−18N+26B4.027.527.57.007350.0
22Rzayeva, Konul0AZEF−6N−9B−13B−19N+26B+17N+20N−11B3.032.032.08.0013010.0
23FIDE 134957470—=14B−15N−18B−21N+26B=19B−24N+25N−13B3.029.029.05.7513880.0
24FIDE 134655380—−6B−18N−14B+26N−21B=25N+23B−19N−20B2.530.530.53.758320.0
25FIDE 134962120—−7N−17B+26N−20B−16N=24B−21N−23B−14B1.531.031.01.257630.0
26FIDE 134962630—−9B−5N−25B−24B−23N−22N−20B−17B−21N0.031.533.00.007050.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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