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Rating tournament of Genc Istedadlar Chess Club, 2026, N2

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2026 to 26 Jun 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1730, and top seed was Zaur Balayev (🇦🇿 AZE, 1910).

Farid Babazade (🇦🇿 AZE, 1660) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Zaur Balayev (7.0) and Kanan Najafli (6.0). Babazade shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aziz Mamedov (1548) beat Zaur Balayev (1910), a +362-point gap.

Location
🇦🇿Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates
20 Jun 2026 → 26 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇿Zaur Balayev1910
Avg top 10
1,730
Participants
34
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×30
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
15
6
3
1
1
2
1
3
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Balayev takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE24 Jun

Zaur Balayev takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Farid Babazade lost to Zaur Balayev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Babazade, Farid1660AZE+34N+12B+11N+6B=5N2B+14N=3B+4B7.045.545.532.501880+98.8
2Balayev, Zaur1910AZE11B+33N+19B+23N+6B+1N+3B4N+7B7.042.542.531.501851-8.4
3Najafli, Kanan1747AZE+31N+25B6N+10B+8N+5B2N=1N=9B6.045.047.028.251757+6.0
4Jafarov, Oktay1654AZE+17B=19N=23B+12N=11B=7B+5N+2B1N6.044.047.531.501755+47.2
5Hasanov, Tunar1550AZE+30N+8B+13N=7B=1B3N4B+11N+23B6.043.545.527.251771+92.8
6Eyvazov, Hasan Khagani1652AZE+26N+24B+3B1N2NF+16B=7B+13N5.543.546.524.751790+52.8
7Tahirova, SevilWCM1805AZE=20B=14N+18B=5N+25B=4N+11B=6N2N5.543.046.025.751728-14.8
8Rahimov, Murad1642AZE+29B5N+20B+24N3B16N+21B=9N+25B5.536.539.019.751668+11.6
9Khudayev, Farid1589AZE+28N13B=27N11B+30N+18N+25B=8B=3N5.534.036.019.001597+2.8
10Gafarov, Mirjalal1617AZE+33B11N+31B3N+20B14N+22B=23N+16B5.534.034.016.251584-14.0
11Mamedov, Aziz1548AZE+2N+10B1B+9N=4N+13B7N5B=15N5.047.552.528.501709+72.4
12Hasanov, Ramin1555AZE+22B1N+17B4B+31NF=15N+19B=14N5.041.043.019.501648+16.8
13Huseynli, Salahaddin1713AZE+15B+9N5B=25N+23B11N+19B=16N6B5.039.042.021.751618-38.4
14Talibov, Telman1879AZE18N=7B+30N+27B=16N+10B1B=25N=12B5.037.539.519.001604-44.6
15Garyayev, Bulat1494AZE13N+28B25N+21B+24B19N=12B+17N=11B5.034.036.519.501512+5.6
16Valizada, Ramal0AZE24N=26B+34N+19N=14B+8B6N=13B10N4.537.037.016.0016100.0
17Shahmaliyev, Faig1441AZE4N+21B12N+22B=26NF+18B15B+24N4.535.038.017.501481+11.2
18Rahmanov, Rauf1541AZE+14B23N7N=26B+29N9B17N+28B+21N4.533.536.015.501500-21.2
19Aliyev, Omar Rafig1560AZE+21N=4B2N16B+27N+15B13N12N=20B4.040.543.016.501561-4.4
20Babashov, Miryusif1529AZE=7N=27B8N+29B10N+26B23N=24B=19N4.033.035.513.251523-4.0
21FIDE 13488112019B17N+33B15N+32N+24B8N+30B18B4.030.530.57.0012650.0
22FIDE 13499530012N+34B24N17N+28B=30B10N+32B=26N4.027.527.56.5013130.0
23Nasirova, Khana1641AZE=27N+18B=4N2B13NF+20B=10B5N3.540.542.515.501574-30.8
24Orujov, Amirkhan1549AZE+16B6N+22B8B15N21N+27B=20N17B3.537.039.513.001337-66.4
25Khalilzade, Omar1569AZE+32B3N+15B=13B7NF9N=14B8N3.042.043.511.501538-15.6
26Guliyev, Toghrul1432AZE6B=16N=29B=18N=17B20N=32NF=22B3.031.533.010.751369-17.2
27Jafarsoy, Ali1420AZE=23B=20N=9B14N19B=28N24NF=29B2.530.530.59.001430-2.4
28Janagayev, Zamir0AZE9B15N+32B31N22N=27B+33B18NF2.527.027.02.7511430.0
29Alkhasov, Shair1429AZE8N=30B=26N20N18B32BF+33N=27N2.523.023.03.751273-38.0
30Sideifzada, Saida0AZE5B=29N14B+33N9B=22NF21NF2.031.531.53.2512900.0
31Asadov, B.Javid1501AZE3B+32N10N+28B12BFFFF2.029.029.04.00840-38.0
32FIDE 581000243025N31B28NF21B+29N=26B22NF1.521.021.04.0013960.0
33FIDE 581001754010N2B21N30BFF28N29BF0.025.025.00.008520.0
34Osmanli, Yusif1443AZE1B22N16BFFFFFF0.017.017.00.00860-8.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets