Vasif Durarbayli ( az, Vasif Durarbəyli; born February 24, 1992) is an Azerbaijani

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Grandmaster. He received the International Master title in 2007 and the Grandmaster Title in 2010.

Academic career

Vasif received his high-school degree in Sumqait, Azerbaijan, and graduated from Azerbaijan State of Physical Culture and Sports Academy in

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with a degree in sports instruction. He currently studies Economics at

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, Missouri, and serves as the President of the Student Government Association.

Chess career

He started his chess career in 1999. He has won many national titles. He was second in the

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under 14 years old (Budva, Serbia) in 2006 and he won the

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under 14 years old (

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). He won the European Youth Chess Championship under 18 years old (Batumi, Georgia) in 2010. In 2013 he lost to

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at the

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in the first round. In 2015, he entered the

as an organizer nominee, but was eliminated in the first round by

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. In 2018, he won the Summer Chess Classic, Group A, held in

. In 2019, he won 2nd place in the Sunway

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Festival after winning the tiebreaks with Rasmus Svane. He qualified for the

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where, ranked 93rd, he defeated Dmitry V. Sklyarov 1.5–0.5 in the first round, 36th seed

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3–1 in the second round, 29th seed

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1.5–0.5 in the third round, and

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4–2 in the fourth round. In 2021, he won the Azerbaijani championship in Nakhchivan. In 2023, he participated in the FIDE World Cup, won the first round against Leonel Figueredo Losada and lost the second round against

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. .

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* 1992 births Living people Chess grandmasters Azerbaijani chess players World Youth Chess Champions People from Sumgait 21st-century Azerbaijani people {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub