Aidyn Guseinov ( az, Aydın Hüseynov), (31 August 1957 – 30 October 2003) was a

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player from

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. He became a

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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 Vladimir Konstantinovich Bagirov ( rus, Влади́мир Константи́нович Баги́ров; lv, Vladimirs Bagirovs; August 16, 1936 – July 21, 2000) was a Soviet- Latvian chess player, author, and trainer. He played in ten USS ...

group. Besides that for several month, he was attending group lessons of GM

Vladimir Makogonov Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov ( rus, Влади́мир Андре́евич Макого́нов, August 27, 1904 – January 2, 1993) was a chess player from Azerbaijan SSR. He was born in Nakhchivan but lived in Baku for most of his life. He ...

. Besides that period, over the whole of his career, Aidyn Guseinov never had a chess coach. Master of Sports from 1978,

from 1995,

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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

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.Гусейнов Айдын. Международный гроссмейстер с 1998-го года.
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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 several times Azerbaijan Junior Champion and the 2007 Azerbaijan Chess Champion.

Results

Aidyn Guseynov played very successfully in the Caucasus Championships (Azerbaijan,

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) and in the All-Union Championships: * 1982– Caucasus Championship (

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), 1st place * 1984– Caucasus Championship (

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), 3rd place * 1983– «Urojay» All-union Championship, 1st place * 1987– USSR Championship (

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), 2nd place * 1988– USSR Championship (

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), 2nd place * 1990– USSR Championship (

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), 2nd place * 1996– Azerbaijan Championship, (

), 1st place International tournaments: * 1983: International tournament (Baku), 2nd place (behind

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) * 1984: International tournament (

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), 1st place * 1988: International tournament (

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), 1st place * 1994: International tournament (

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), 2nd place * 1997: International tournament (

, Zagulba), 1-2 place * 1998: International tournament (

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), 1-2 place * 1999: International tournament (

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), 2-4 place Aidyn Guseynov has successfully represented Azerbaijan in team tournaments for almost 30 years: * 1974 – USSR Spartakiada (among schools), 1st place on 1st board (5.5 out 7) with

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on the 2nd board, team took 2nd place overall. * 1990 – USSR Spartakiada, 1st place on 2nd board (8 out of 9) Aidyn Guseynov also played for Azerbaijan on USSR Spartakiadas in 1979 and 1983, as well as played in the 1998

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Elista Elista (russian: Элиста́, (common during the Soviet era) or (most common pronunciation used after 1992 and in Kalmykia itself);"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. ...

and 1997 European Chess Championship in

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(6 out of 9 on the 1st board).

References

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