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Azerbaijan Chess Federation
The Azerbaijan Chess Federation ( az, Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, ''AŞF'') is the governing chess organization in Azerbaijan and is affiliated to the World Chess Federation FIDE. The Azerbaijan Chess Federation was founded in 1920 when Azerbaijan became a member of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR the same year, and was reorganized in 1992, after Azerbaijan attained its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and became a member of FIDE the same year. Its headquarters are in Baku. Elman Rustamov was the President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation since 2007. Executive committee The executive committee includes: *President – Mahir Mammedov *First Vice-president – Faiq Hasanov *Vice-president – Seymur Talibov *General Secretary – Ilaha Gadimova Members Its members include: Grandmasters International Masters Women Grandmasters Women International Masters [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicat Məmmədov
Nidjat Mamedov ( az, Nicat Məmmədov; born 2 April 1985) is an Azerbaijani chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Career He won the U14 section of European Youth Chess Championships in 1999. In 2007 Mamedov tied for first place with Mircea Pârligras in the 11th Open International Bavarian Championship in Bad Wiessee winning the tournament on tiebreak. He tied for first with Vadim Malakhatko and Valeriy Neverov in the 2007/08 Hastings International Chess Congress. In 2008 he tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Anton Filippov, Constantin Lupulescu and Alexander Zubarev in the Romgaz Open tournament in Bucharest. In 2010 in Baku he got second place at the Azerbaijani Chess Championship. Mamedov won the Azerbaijani championship in 2011. In June 2013, he won the Teplice Open in Czech Republic. In 2018 Mamedov won the Nakhchivan Open, edging out Sergei Tiviakov on tiebreak score. He played for Azerbaijan in the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; az, Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov, ; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster, ranked number 18 in the world A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster in March 2001 at the age of 14, making him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time. In 2003, Radjabov gained international attention after beating the then world No. 1 Garry Kasparov in the Linares tournament, followed by victories over former world champions Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov all in the same year. Radjabov continued his progress over the years to become an elite chess player. In November 2012, he achieved his peak rating of 2793 and was ranked as number 4 in the world. This made Radjabov the fifteenth highest rated player in chess history. He has thrice competed at the Candidates Tournament, in 2011, 2013, and 2022 (where he obtained the 3rd place); he also qualified for the 2020 edition but withdr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aydın Hüseynov
Aidyn Guseinov ( az, Aydın Hüseynov), (31 August 1957 – 30 October 2003) was a chess player from Azerbaijan. He became a FIDE International Master in 1996 and a Grandmaster in 1998. Biography He started attending chess classes in the «Burevestnik» club, particularly he was the part of GM Vladimir Bagirov group. Besides that for several month, he was attending group lessons of GM Vladimir Makogonov. Besides that period, over the whole of his career, Aidyn Guseinov never had a chess coach. Master of Sports from 1978, International Master from 1995, International Grandmaster from 1998 (3rd GM in the history of Azerbaijan). In 1991-1996 worked as a coach for Qatar Chess Federation. He died on 30 October 2003 at the age of 46 in Baku. Family His wife, Elmira Aliyeva, is a 13 times Azerbaijan National Chess champion, International Master and the first Azerbaijani woman to reach the title of Master of Sports. His son Elmir Guseinov holds the title of International Master is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cəmil Ağamalıyev
Cemil Aghamaliyev ( az, Cəmil Ağamalıyev), Turkish spelling Cemil Ağamaliyev, (born 31 August 1974) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster, now resident of Turkey. He played for Azerbaijan in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship of 1993. In 2005, he finished fifth in the 2nd Kish GM tournament in Iran. In 2014 he transferred to Turkey, where he now spells his name as Cemil Aghamaliyev. His handle on the Internet Chess Club The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC had over 30,000 subscribing members in 2005.John Black, Martin Cochran, Martin Ryan Gardner"Lessons Learned ... is "Sheki". References External links * * 1974 births Living people Chess grandmasters Azerbaijani chess players Azerbaijani emigrants to Turkey Turkish chess players {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmar Məhərrəmov
Elmar Magerramov ( az, Elmar Məhərrəmov; russian: Эльмар Магеррамов; born April 10, 1958 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is an international chess Grandmaster. In 1991, he shared first place in the last USSR Chess Championship held, with Artashes Minasian, losing the title on tiebreaks. In 1992, Magerramov became the first chess Grandmaster in the history of Azerbaijan. He has played with Kasparov several training matches and tournament games with an overall score of + 4 - 8 = 7. Along with his playing career, Elmar had an extensive coaching career as well. He has been National Team Coach of Tunis, coached Garry Kasparov during 1984 World Chess Championship and Maia Chiburdanidze during 1991 Women's Chess World Championship. Magerramov is currently living in UAE. He is married and has two sons. His main hobbies apart from chess are mathematics and music. He plays on the Internet Chess Club The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is a commercial Internet chess server dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namiq Quliyev
Namig Guliyev ( az, Namiq Quliyev; born 13 February 1974) is an Azerbaijani chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2005. Career In 2003 Guliyev came in first at Bischwiller. In 2005, he tied for 1st–4th places with Oleg Korneev, Andrei Sokolov and Azer Mirzoev at Béthune. In 2009, Guliyev tied for 1st–3rd with Friso Nijboer and Adam Horvath at Metz. In 2010, tied for 1st–3rd with Valentin Panbukchian and Vladimir Malaniuk at Malakoff. In 2012, he won the Open of Plancoët. Guliyev tied for first place with Miguoel Admiraal, Sergey Fedorchuk, Maxime Lagarde and Jules Moussard in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 2019. He played for team Azerbaijan in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 2006 and 2016. He has been an active Twitch Twitch may refer to: Biology * Muscle contraction ** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation ** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction ** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
