Aidyn Guseinov () (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 (; ; August 16, 1936 – July 21, 2000) was a Soviet- Latvian chess player, author, and trainer. He played in ten USSR Championships, with his best result being fourth place in his debut in 1960. Bagirov was wo ...

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

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. 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 ( Gandja), 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 ( Herson), 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

33rd Chess Olympiad The 33rd Chess Olympiad (, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; Kalmyk language, Kalmyk: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between Se ...

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and 1997 European Chess Championship in

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

References

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