Khanim Balajayeva ( az, Xanım Balacayeva; born March 28, 2001) is an Azerbaijani

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player. She was awarded the title

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in 2023.

Career

In February 2018, Balajayeva won the Azerbaijani women's championship edging out

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on tie-break score. Both players scored 6½ points out of 9.

Team competitions

At the

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, which was held in

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, Azerbaijan, in September 2016, on the rights of the hosts of the tournament, Azerbaijan was represented by three teams. Balajayeva played on board two of the 3rd Azerbaijani team in the

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. The team finished the tournament on 30th place, while Balajayeva scored 7½ points out of 11 games. She played on the Azerbaijani team again at the Women's

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in 2017 in

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, Russia. At the

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, which took place in

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in September–October 2018, Balajayeva represented Azerbaijan in the women's event playing board three and scored 7 points out of 9. Her performance rating was 2522, which earned her the gold medal on board 3. The team finished the tournament on the 10th place.

References

External links

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Khanim Balajayeva
chess games at 365Chess.com

team chess record at Olimpbase.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Balajayeva, Khanim 2001 births Living people Azerbaijani female chess players Azerbaijani chess players Chess woman grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors People from Qakh