Nidjat Mamedov (; born 2 April 1985) is an

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chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by

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in 2006.

Career

He won the U14 section of

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s in 1999. In 2007 Mamedov tied for first place with Mircea Pârligras in the 11th Open International Bavarian Championship in

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winning the tournament on tiebreak. He tied for first with

Vadim Malakhatko Vadim Volodymyrovych Malakhatko (; 22 March 1977 – 5 June 2023) was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship. In 2000, he won with the Ukrainian team ...

and Valeriy Neverov in the 2007/08

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. In 2008 he tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili,

Anton Filippov Anton Filippov (born 6 December 1986 in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (2008). Career He won the Asian Junior Chess Championship, Asian Under 16 Chess Championship 2001 in Doha, and the Asian U18 Athletics Cha ...

, Constantin Lupulescu and Alexander Zubarev in the Romgaz Open tournament in

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. 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

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Open in

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. In 2018 Mamedov won the Nakhchivan Open, edging out

Sergei Tiviakov Sergei Tiviakov (; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Dutch Champion and was European Champion in 2008. Chess career Tiviakov won the World Under-18 Championship in 1990 in Singapore. He was awar ...

on tiebreak score. He played for Azerbaijan in the

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, Turkey and in the

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s of 2010 and 2013.Nidjat Mamedov
team chess record at OlimpBase.org

References

External links

Nidjat Mamedov
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1985 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Azerbaijani chess players Chess Olympiad competitors People from Nakhchivan {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub