Azerbaijan Senior Chess Championship, 2026

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50 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Apr 2026 to 06 May 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1949, and top seed was Sarhan Guliev (🇦🇿 AZE, GM, 2220).

Emin Novruzov (🇦🇿 AZE, 1876) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mirzeynal Hajiyev (7.0) and Sarhan Guliev (6.5). Novruzov took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Emin Novruzov (1876) beat Vugar Bayramov (2178), a +302-point gap.

Location

🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan

Dates

28 Apr 2026 → 06 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇿GMSarhan Guliev2220

Avg top 10

1,949

Participants

Titled players · 1

GM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×49

Top 3

🥇
Emin Novruzov
🇦🇿AZE·1876
7.0pts·2124perf+55.0
🥈
Mirzeynal Hajiyev
🇦🇿AZE·2003
7.0pts·2054perf+26.4
🥉
GMSarhan Guliev
🇦🇿AZE·2220
6.5pts·2034perf-14.7

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Hajiyev7Novruzov7Bayramov6.5Kazimov6.5Guliev6.5Eyvazov6.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Novruzov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mirzeynal Hajiyev lost to Emin Novruzov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mirzeynal Hajiyev 4 wins (R3–R6)Emin Novruzov 4 wins (R1–R4)Vugar Bayramov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mirzeynal Hajiyev	*	0	—	—
2Emin Novruzov	1	*	1	½
3Vugar Bayramov	—	0	*	—
4Eynur Kazimov	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Novruzov, Emin	1876	AZE	+26N	+33B	+40N	+4N	=7B	=3B	+2N	=10B	=6N	7.0	45.5	48.5	36.25	2124	+55.0
2	Hajiyev, Mirzeynal	2003	AZE	+14N	−31B	+32N	+17B	+5N	+8B	−1B	+3N	+7B	7.0	45.0	48.5	38.00	2054	+26.4
3	Guliev, SarhanGM	2220	AZE	+50B	+20N	=8B	+12N	+9B	=1N	=7N	−2B	+11N	6.5	47.5	47.5	31.00	2034	-14.7
4	Bayramov, Vugar	2178	AZE	+22N	+5B	+11N	−1B	+31N	−7B	=10N	+13B	+29N	6.5	44.5	48.0	32.25	1999	-28.8
5	Eyvazov, Rasim	1798	AZE	+41B	−4N	+28B	+13N	−2B	=14N	+33B	+21N	+10N	6.5	41.5	44.5	28.50	1915	+24.4
6	Kazimov, Eynur	1846	AZE	+45B	F	+25N	+33B	−10N	+32B	+8N	+12N	=1B	6.5	38.0	39.5	27.50	2011	+32.6
7	Halafov, Ilgar	1931	AZE	+39N	+17B	=31N	+24B	=1N	+4N	=3B	=11B	−2N	6.0	44.5	48.0	29.75	2006	+15.2
8	Abdulov, Gulamhuseyn	1857	AZE	+37N	+32B	=3N	=31B	+40N	−2N	−6B	+16B	+14N	6.0	40.5	43.5	25.00	1922	+14.6
9	Mammadov, Azay	1736	AZE	=23N	+36B	+35N	+10B	−3N	−12N	+34B	=14B	+19N	6.0	38.5	42.0	25.25	1853	+53.2
10	Aliyev, Samir	1909	AZE	+25B	+15N	=12B	−9N	+6B	+18N	=4B	=1N	−5B	5.5	47.5	51.5	29.50	1902	-1.2
11	Talibov, Telman	1867	AZE	+34B	+13N	−4B	=15N	=16B	+40N	+12B	=7N	−3B	5.5	43.5	46.5	25.50	1923	+11.8
12	Abbasov, Mehman	1805	AZE	+42N	+43B	=10N	−3B	+24N	+9B	−11N	−6B	+17N	5.5	41.5	43.5	22.25	1839	+4.4
13	Rzayev, Khayyam	1711	AZE	+46N	−11B	+43N	−5B	+44N	=31B	+18B	−4N	+20B	5.5	35.0	36.0	15.75	1788	+18.8
14	Bashirov, Ilgar	1661	AZE	−2B	=30N	+45B	=19N	+20B	=5B	+31N	=9N	−8B	5.0	42.0	43.5	20.00	1798	+30.6
15	Piriverdiyev, Anatoli	1715	AZE	+27N	−10B	+38N	=11B	−18B	−21N	+23N	=24B	+40N	5.0	36.0	39.0	19.75	1763	+11.6
16	Kazimov, Ramiz	1699	AZE	=24B	F	+23N	+36B	=11N	F	+26B	−8N	+34B	5.0	34.5	34.5	20.25	1868	+52.4
17	Kangarli, Najaf	1731	AZE	+28B	−7N	+41B	−2N	+25B	=34N	−21B	+33N	−12B	4.5	38.0	41.0	16.25	1764	+7.8
18	Avazov, Sharail	1786	AZE	=35B	F	−24N	+26B	+15N	−10B	−13N	+32B	+21N	4.5	35.5	36.0	18.75	1763	-2.8
19	Babayev, Asad	1797	AZE	−36N	+23B	=26N	=14B	−32N	+24B	=22N	+37B	−9B	4.5	35.0	38.5	18.75	1590	-43.0
20	Huseynov, Faig	1755	AZE	+38N	−3B	+34N	−40B	−14N	+42B	=32N	+22B	−13N	4.5	35.0	38.0	16.25	1700	-15.6
21	Mayilov, Fikrat	0	AZE	−32N	+37B	−33N	=38B	+36N	+15B	+17N	−5B	−18B	4.5	34.5	38.0	18.25	1683	0.0
22	Rzayev, Hasan-agha	1676	AZE	−4B	−41N	−42B	+46N	+30B	+25N	=19B	−20N	+38B	4.5	33.0	34.0	14.75	1640	-11.0
23	Ramazanov, Kamran	1457	AZE	=9B	−19N	−16B	+47N	−39B	+45N	−15B	+41N	+33B	4.5	32.0	32.5	11.50	1642	+70.0
24	Jalalov, Elkhan	0	AZE	=16N	F	+18B	−7N	−12B	−19N	+38B	=15N	+30B	4.0	38.0	38.5	17.00	1720	0.0
25	Karimov, Natig	1658	AZE	−10N	+27B	−6B	+28N	−17N	−22B	−37N	+46N	+41B	4.0	35.5	36.5	12.00	1566	-41.6
26	Suleymanov, Hamid	1651	AZE	−1B	+47N	=19B	−18N	+43N	=35B	−16N	+27B	F	4.0	34.0	34.5	10.50	1565	-13.6
27	Eyvazov, Ogtay	1413	AZE	−15B	−25N	+39N	−34B	+41B	−29N	+28B	−26N	+45B	4.0	31.0	32.5	12.00	1585	+75.2
28	Huseynli, Rauf	1438	AZE	−17N	+39B	−5N	−25B	−42N	+47B	−27N	+44B	+43N	4.0	29.5	30.0	8.00	1366	-21.2
29	Kalbiyev, Imran	1727	AZE	F	+42B	=36N	=35B	−34N	+27B	+43N	F	−4B	4.0	29.0	29.0	12.50	1650	-26.8
30	Salayev, Bayram	1510	AZE	−31N	=14B	=44N	−32B	−22N	+46B	+36N	+43B	−24N	4.0	28.0	29.0	10.00	1519	+1.2
31	Bunyadov, Tamerlan	1752	AZE	+30B	+2N	=7B	=8N	−4B	=13N	−14B	−34N	F	3.5	44.0	47.5	19.75	1765	-1.2
32	Abdullayev, Yusif	1677	AZE	+21B	−8N	−2B	+30N	+19B	−6N	=20B	−18N	−35N	3.5	41.5	45.0	15.25	1625	-24.8
33	Heybatov, Nizami	1714	AZE	+47B	−1N	+21B	−6N	=35N	+37B	−5N	−17B	−23N	3.5	40.5	41.0	10.25	1472	-41.8
34	Hasanov, Mirmusa	1641	AZE	−11N	F	−20B	+27N	+29B	=17B	−9N	+31B	−16N	3.5	37.0	38.0	13.75	1667	+5.2
35	Mardli, Ehtiram	1570	AZE	=18N	F	−9B	=29N	=33B	=26N	−40B	=39N	+32B	3.5	34.0	37.0	13.25	1661	+37.2
36	Humbatov, Yusif	1574	AZE	+19B	−9N	=29B	−16N	−21B	−41N	−30B	+47N	+46B	3.5	32.0	32.5	8.00	1481	-14.6
37	Zeynalov, Hamza	1635	AZE	−8B	−21N	=47B	+45N	+38B	−33N	+25B	−19N	−39B	3.5	31.0	31.5	9.25	1633	-2.8
38	Ismayilov, Nail	1515	AZE	−20B	+50N	−15B	=21N	−37N	+44B	−24N	+42B	−22N	3.5	31.0	31.0	7.25	1548	+4.6
39	Takhmazov, Ziyaddin	1659	AZE	−7B	−28N	−27B	F	+23N	−43B	+44N	=35B	+37N	3.5	29.5	29.5	11.75	1517	-23.4
40	Mammadov, Yashar Ata	1683	AZE	+44N	F	−1B	+20N	−8B	−11B	+35N	F	−15B	3.0	42.0	44.0	10.00	1648	-11.6
41	Asadov, Nadir	1576	AZE	−5N	+22B	−17N	−44B	−27N	+36B	+42N	−23B	−25N	3.0	34.5	36.5	11.00	1524	-25.6
42	Asgarov, Ragif	1577	AZE	−12B	−29N	+22N	−43B	+28B	−20N	−41B	−38N	+47B	3.0	31.0	31.5	9.00	1484	-36.8
43	Gafarov, Zahid	0	AZE	F	−12N	−13B	+42N	−26B	+39N	−29B	−30N	−28B	2.0	33.5	33.5	6.50	1442	0.0
44	Masimov, Agshin	0	AZE	−40B	=45N	=30B	+41N	−13B	−38N	−39B	−28N	F	2.0	28.0	28.0	5.75	1391	0.0
45	Kerimov, Fizuli	1583	AZE	−6N	=44B	−14N	−37B	+47N	−23B	−46B	F	−27N	1.5	27.0	27.0	1.50	802	-95.6
46	Baghirov, Musa	0	AZE	−13B	F	F	−22B	F	−30N	+45N	−25B	−36N	1.0	26.5	26.5	1.50	1346	0.0
47	FIDE 13498770	0	—	−33N	−26B	=37N	−23B	−45B	−28N	F	−36B	−42N	0.5	27.5	27.5	1.75	1135	0.0
48	Shavrugov, Ramiz	1617	AZE	=49N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.25	1652	+1.0
49	Shavrugov, Elshad	1652	AZE	=48B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.25	1617	-1.0
50	Ismayilov, Oruj	1677	AZE	−3N	−38B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	996	-15.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Eyvazov, OgtayAZE
+75.2
4.0 pts · #19
2Ramazanov, KamranAZE
+70.0
4.5 pts · #22
3Novruzov, EminAZE
+55.0
7.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Kerimov, FizuliAZE
-95.6
1.5 pts · #50
2Babayev, AsadAZE
-43.0
4.5 pts · #25
3Heybatov, NizamiAZE
-41.8
3.5 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R4+302 Elo gap
Novruzov, Emin1876 beat Bayramov, Vugar2178
R9+257 Elo gap
Ramazanov, Kamran1457 beat Heybatov, Nizami1714
R2+251 Elo gap
Bunyadov, Tamerlan1752 beat Hajiyev, Mirzeynal2003