Rating tournament of Genc Istedadlar Chess Club, 2026, N1
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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1743, and top seed was Zaur Suleymanli (🇦🇿 AZE, 1890).
Dinara Huseynova (🇦🇿 AZE, WCM, 1864) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Kanan Shirinov (7.0) and Rufat Javadov (6.0). Huseynova shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Rufat Javadov (1650) beat Zaur Suleymanli (1890), a +240-point gap.
Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
18 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsWCM Dinara Huseynova led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE21 May
WCM Dinara Huseynova takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
WCM Dinara Huseynova drew with Kanan Shirinov (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
WCM Dinara Huseynova 3 wins (R1–R3)Kanan Shirinov 3 wins (R1–R3)Ayyub Zakiyev 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WCMDinara Huseynova | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Kanan Shirinov | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Ayyub Zakiyev | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Aliakbar Ismayilov | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huseynova, DinaraWCM | 1864 | AZE | +15N | +9B | +6N | =2B | +4N | +3B | =11N | +7B | +8N | 8.0 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 45.00 | 2061 | +66.5 |
| 2 | Shirinov, Kanan | 1817 | AZE | +10B | +5N | +3B | =1N | +6B | =4N | −7B | +11B | +19N | 7.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 39.50 | 1891 | +34.0 |
| 3 | Javadov, Rufat | 1650 | AZE | +17N | +21B | −2N | +8B | +13N | −1N | =5B | +14B | =6N | 6.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 29.00 | 1770 | +49.6 |
| 4 | Zakiyev, Ayyub | 1761 | AZE | +19B | +13N | +18B | +11N | −1B | =2B | =8N | =6B | =7N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 29.50 | 1838 | +38.0 |
| 5 | Ismayilov, Aliakbar | 1601 | AZE | +28N | −2B | +12N | +19B | =10N | =8B | =3N | =9B | +11N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 27.25 | 1746 | +58.8 |
| 6 | Jafarov, Oktay | 1655 | AZE | +26B | +25N | −1B | +22N | −2N | +12B | +18B | =4N | =3B | 6.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 23.50 | 1733 | +29.2 |
| 7 | Aliyev, Rufat | 1810 | AZE | +12N | −18B | −8N | +29B | +15N | +9B | +2N | −1N | =4B | 5.5 | 45.5 | 47.0 | 26.50 | 1748 | -10.6 |
| 8 | Suleymanli, Zaur | 1890 | AZE | +22B | =11N | +7B | −3N | +23B | =5N | =4B | +20N | −1B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 25.00 | 1762 | -25.4 |
| 9 | Eyvazov, Hasan Khagani | 1638 | AZE | +24B | −1N | −10B | +30N | +22B | −7N | +15B | =5N | +14N | 5.5 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 19.50 | 1610 | -10.4 |
| 10 | Hasanov, Ramin | 1520 | AZE | −2N | +31B | +9N | +18N | =5B | −11B | −14N | +21B | +13B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 41.0 | 21.50 | 1654 | +29.0 |
| 11 | Babazade, Farid | 1637 | AZE | +31N | =8B | +23N | −4B | +14B | +10N | =1B | −2N | −5B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 46.5 | 20.75 | 1677 | +16.0 |
| 12 | Hasanbayova, Amina | 1515 | AZE | −7B | +30N | −5B | +24N | +21B | −6N | =13B | =16N | +20B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 16.50 | 1601 | +24.0 |
| 13 | Ismayilov, Faraj | 1574 | AZE | +16N | −4B | +17N | +20N | −3B | −14B | =12N | +25B | −10N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 18.00 | 1401 | -54.4 |
| 14 | Ismayilov, Imran | 1403 | AZE | =20B | −22N | +26B | +21B | −11N | +13N | +10B | −3N | −9B | 4.5 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 18.50 | 1566 | +63.2 |
| 15 | Garyayev, Bulat | 1529 | AZE | −1B | +24N | −20B | +27N | −7B | +28N | −9N | =22B | +25N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 11.75 | 1348 | -34.8 |
| 16 | Rahmanov, Rauf | 0 | AZE | −13B | =26N | −19B | +31N | +25B | +23N | −20N | =12B | =17N | 4.5 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 12.50 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 13457772 | 0 | — | −3B | +29N | −13B | +26N | −18B | −22N | +28B | +27N | =16B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 10.75 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Bakikhanov, Fail | 1628 | AZE | +30B | +7N | −4N | −10B | +17N | +20B | −6N | −19B | F | 4.0 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 15.00 | 1541 | -13.8 |
| 19 | Orujov, Amirkhan | 1539 | AZE | −4N | +28B | +16N | −5N | −20B | F | +22B | +18N | −2B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 14.00 | 1552 | +2.4 |
| 20 | Salimli, Rufat | 1712 | AZE | =14N | =23B | +15N | −13B | +19N | −18N | +16B | −8B | −12N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 17.00 | 1493 | -47.2 |
| 21 | Rafiyev, Rafi | 1593 | AZE | +29B | −3N | =25B | −14N | −12N | =27B | +30B | −10N | +23B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 8.50 | 1289 | -77.2 |
| 22 | Alistanov, Ilham | 1544 | AZE | −8N | +14B | +27N | −6B | −9N | +17B | −19N | =15N | F | 3.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 13.75 | 1416 | -42.0 |
| 23 | Karim, Abdullah | 1559 | AZE | +27B | =20N | −11B | +25N | −8N | −16B | F | +26B | −21N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 9.50 | 1386 | -15.2 |
| 24 | FIDE 13499149 | 0 | — | −9N | −15B | +28N | −12B | −29N | +31B | −25N | +30B | F | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 3.50 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Safarli, Alikhan | 0 | AZE | F | −6B | =21N | −23B | −16N | +26N | +24B | −13N | −15B | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 7.50 | 1216 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 13496913 | 0 | — | −6N | =16B | −14N | −17B | +27N | −25B | F | −23N | +28B | 2.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 6.75 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 13480090 | 0 | — | −23N | F | −22B | −15B | −26B | =21N | +31N | −17B | +30N | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 1234 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 13498754 | 0 | — | −5B | −19N | −24B | F | +30N | −15B | −17N | +31B | −26N | 2.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 1.50 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 13498720 | 0 | — | −21N | −17B | F | −7N | +24B | F | F | F | =31B | 1.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 3.25 | 902 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 13498762 | 0 | — | −18N | −12B | +31N | −9B | −28B | F | −21N | −24N | −27B | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.50 | 794 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 13498746 | 0 | — | −11B | −10N | −30B | −16B | F | −24N | −27B | −28N | =29N | 0.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.75 | 779 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Huseynova, DinaraWCMAZE+66.58.0 pts · #1
- 2Ismayilov, ImranAZE+63.24.5 pts · #11
- 3Ismayilov, AliakbarAZE+58.86.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Rafiyev, RafiAZE-77.24.0 pts · #20
- 2Ismayilov, FarajAZE-54.44.5 pts · #18
- 3Salimli, RufatAZE-47.24.0 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R4+240 Elo gap
- R9+197 Elo gap
- R4+190 Elo gap