The 2024 Baku Chess Open was played from 29 June to 7 July in Baku Sports Hall. The event gathered more than 300 players who competed in A and B sections for the total prize fund of $50,000.
After nine played rounds, as many as four players tied for the top including 14-year-old Iranian chess star Sina Movahed (Iran, 2482), GM Abhimanyu Puranik (India, 2632), GM Mittal Aditya (India, 2595) and GM Narayanan SL (India, 2668). Having the best tiebreak criteria, Iranian youngster clinched the tournament, won the money-prize of $12,000 and earned his final grandmaster norm to become the youngest grandmaster in his country.
IM Polina Shuvalova (FIDE, 2467) was the best ranked female player in the event with the score of 6.5 points and better tiebreaks than IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan, 2472). Scoring 5.5 points each, IM Meruert Kamalidenova (Kazakhstan, 2360) and IM Gulnar Mammadova (Azerbaijan, 2348) shared third place.
More information and photo gallery by Azerbaijani Chess Federation can be found on the official website. Final rankings can be seen below or through chess-results.
Rk. | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
1 | IM | Movahed, Sina | U14 | IRI | 2482 | 7 | |
2 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | IND | 2632 | 7 | ||
3 | GM | Aditya, Mittal | U18 | IND | 2595 | 7 | |
4 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2668 | 7 | ||
5 | GM | Asadli, Vugar | AZE | 2560 | 6.5 | ||
6 | IM | Samadov, Read | U18 | AZE | 2503 | 6.5 | |
7 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | w | FID | 2467 | 6.5 | |
8 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | U16 | IND | 2446 | 6.5 | |
9 | GM | Shyam, Sundar M. | IND | 2493 | 6.5 | ||
10 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | U20 | w | KAZ | 2472 | 6.5 |
11 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2651 | 6 | ||
12 | GM | Suleymanli, Aydin | U20 | AZE | 2626 | 6 | |
13 | GM | Ahmadzada, Ahmad | U20 | AZE | 2481 | 6 | |
14 | GM | Abasov, Nijat | AZE | 2621 | 6 | ||
15 | IM | Manafov, Vugar | U20 | AZE | 2430 | 6 | |
16 | IM | Stribuk, Artiom | U18 | FID | 2422 | 6 | |
17 | GM | Pranav, V | U18 | IND | 2632 | 6 | |
18 | FM | Talibov, Shiroghlan | U18 | AZE | 2361 | 6 | |
19 | FM | Novozhilov, Semen | U14 | FID | 2288 | 6 | |
20 | IM | Aradhya, Garg | IND | 2418 | 6 | ||
21 | IM | Ibrahimli, Murad | AZE | 2400 | 5.5 | ||
22 | FM | Suleimen, Ergali | U16 | KAZ | 2254 | 5.5 | |
23 | GM | Muradli, Mahammad | AZE | 2575 | 5.5 | ||
FM | Mamedov, Edgar | U14 | KAZ | 2410 | 5.5 | ||
25 | FM | Zverev, Lev | U14 | FID | 2416 | 5.5 | |
26 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | S50 | FID | 2405 | 5.5 | |
27 | FM | Yeletsky, Ivan | FID | 2498 | 5.5 | ||
28 | IM | Agmanov, Zhandos | KAZ | 2464 | 5.5 | ||
29 | IM | Kamalidenova, Meruert | U20 | w | KAZ | 2360 | 5.5 |
30 | FM | Soham, Kamotra | U20 | IND | 2388 | 5.5 | |
31 | IM | Babazada, Khazar | U20 | AZE | 2468 | 5.5 | |
32 | GM | Iskandarov, Misratdin | AZE | 2524 | 5.5 | ||
33 | IM | Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan | KAZ | 2505 | 5.5 | ||
34 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | w | AZE | 2348 | 5.5 | |
35 | FM | Ahmad, Khagan | U14 | AZE | 2401 | 5.5 | |
36 | FM | Atakishiyev, Elmar | U20 | AZE | 2356 | 5 | |
37 | Israilov, Agil | U18 | AZE | 2141 | 5 | ||
38 | FM | Md, Imran | U16 | IND | 2180 | 5 | |
39 | CM | Bharadia, Yash | U16 | IND | 2100 | 5 | |
40 | FM | Prokhorov, Aleksey | U14 | FID | 2161 | 5 | |
41 | FM | Akhilbay, Imangali | U16 | KAZ | 2303 | 5 | |
42 | WFM | Kaldarova, Ayaulym | U18 | w | KAZ | 2100 | 5 |
43 | FM | Mohamed, Anees M | IND | 2306 | 5 | ||
44 | WIM | Kairbekova, Amina | U18 | w | KAZ | 2244 | 5 |
45 | GM | Gokerkan, Cem Kaan | TUR | 2512 | 5 | ||
46 | IM | Tsaruk, Maksim | U20 | FID | 2480 | 5 | |
47 | FM | Orujov, Farid | U16 | AZE | 2243 | 5 | |
48 | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | w | UKR | 2306 | 5 | |
49 | WFM | Ismayil, Malak | U20 | w | AZE | 2165 | 5 |
50 | FM | Kurmangaliyeva, Liya | U20 | w | KAZ | 2282 | 5 |
51 | FM | Dolgun, Can | U20 | TUR | 2264 | 5 | |
52 | Davidov, Samir | AZE | 2244 | 4.5 | |||
53 | Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy | U14 | IND | 2163 | 4.5 | ||
54 | FM | Suleymanli, Suleyman | U18 | AZE | 2262 | 4.5 | |
55 | FM | Amangeldy, Ernur | U16 | KAZ | 2223 | 4.5 | |
56 | FM | Hamidov, Allahverdi | U16 | AZE | 2307 | 4.5 | |
57 | WIM | Serikbay, Assel | w | KAZ | 2217 | 4.5 | |
58 | FM | Valiyev, Shahin | U18 | AZE | 2244 | 4.5 | |
59 | FM | Bizhigitov, Zhangir | U20 | KAZ | 2212 | 4.5 | |
60 | FM | Vrashank, Chouhan | U18 | IND | 2209 | 4.5 | |
61 | FM | Rustamov, Rustam | U16 | AZE | 2285 | 4.5 | |
62 | IM | Jubin, Jimmy | U18 | IND | 2452 | 4.5 | |
63 | Tregubenko, Nikolay | U14 | FID | 2246 | 4.5 | ||
64 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | w | BUL | 2436 | 4.5 | |
65 | FM | Bayramov, Zaur | AZE | 2249 | 4.5 | ||
66 | FM | Moosavifar, Seyed Abolfazl | U14 | IRI | 2283 | 4.5 | |
67 | FM | Wagh, Suyog | IND | 2230 | 4.5 | ||
68 | GM | Guliev, Sarhan | S50 | AZE | 2224 | 4.5 | |
69 | WIM | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | U20 | w | AZE | 2133 | 4.5 |
70 | Ahmadov, Fariz | AZE | 2178 | 4 | |||
71 | IM | Saravana, Krishnan P. | IND | 2236 | 4 | ||
72 | Abdinova, Narmin | U16 | w | AZE | 2121 | 4 | |
73 | WFM | Khamdamova, Afruza | U16 | w | UZB | 2291 | 4 |
74 | FM | Galaktionov, Artem | FID | 2358 | 4 | ||
75 | Davudov, Tunar | U16 | AZE | 2249 | 4 | ||
76 | Gurbanov, Ismayil | U20 | AZE | 2163 | 4 | ||
77 | Kulnev, Aleksandr | U16 | FID | 2127 | 4 | ||
78 | WFM | Kheerthi, Ganta | U18 | w | IND | 1987 | 4 |
79 | Rebecca, Jesumarian | U20 | w | IND | 1866 | 4 | |
80 | Musayev, Eldar | AZE | 2129 | 4 | |||
81 | FM | Putrenko, Kirill | U18 | FID | 2349 | 4 | |
82 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | w | AZE | 2399 | 4 | |
83 | FM | Voinikonis, Nikita | FID | 2129 | 4 | ||
84 | Alizada, Pasham | U14 | AZE | 2070 | 4 | ||
85 | Huseynova, Dinara | U14 | w | AZE | 1758 | 4 | |
86 | WCM | Swara, Lakshmi S Nair | U18 | w | IND | 2051 | 4 |
87 | IM | Raahul, V S | IND | 2314 | 3.5 | ||
88 | Sherali, Pattnaik | U14 | w | IND | 1955 | 3.5 | |
89 | Ivanova, Anastasia S. | U20 | w | FID | 1840 | 3.5 | |
90 | Lyutsinger, Iren | U16 | w | FID | 2069 | 3.5 | |
91 | Ravshanov, Sheralijon | U16 | UZB | 2072 | 3.5 | ||
92 | WIM | Nurgali, Nazerke | U20 | w | KAZ | 2252 | 3.5 |
93 | Aghaverdiyeva, Maryam | U14 | w | AZE | 1834 | 3.5 | |
94 | WIM | Dimitrova, Aleksandra | w | FID | 2138 | 3.5 | |
95 | IM | Shahaliyev, Ismayil | AZE | 2385 | 3.5 | ||
96 | CM | Javadov, Habil | U20 | AZE | 2195 | 3 | |
97 | IM | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | U16 | UZB | 2430 | 3 | |
98 | Bozorov, Javokhir | U14 | UZB | 2033 | 3 | ||
99 | FM | Aliyev, Ravan | AZE | 2352 | 3 | ||
100 | FM | Bayramov, Elvin | AZE | 2155 | 3 | ||
101 | Huseynova, Lala | U14 | w | AZE | 2036 | 3 | |
102 | CM | Ghoreishi Amiri, Seyed Kian | U10 | IRI | 2126 | 3 | |
103 | FM | Aarav, Sinha | U16 | IND | 2300 | 3 | |
104 | WCM | Ishvi, Aggarwal | U20 | w | IND | 1928 | 3 |
105 | IM | Vantika, Agrawal | w | IND | 2390 | 3 | |
106 | Asgarov, Mushfig | AZE | 2227 | 3 | |||
107 | IM | Avinash, Ramesh | U20 | IND | 2252 | 3 | |
108 | WFM | Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon | U14 | w | UZB | 1993 | 3 |
109 | Goriachkina, Oksana | U14 | w | FID | 2045 | 2.5 | |
110 | WCM | Anishka, Vikram | U18 | w | IND | 2048 | 2.5 |
111 | CM | Aslanov, Umid | U18 | AZE | 2216 | 2.5 | |
112 | Huseynli, Ayan | U14 | w | AZE | 1789 | 2.5 | |
113 | Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat | U10 | w | IRI | 1926 | 2.5 | |
114 | IM | Balajayeva, Khanim | w | AZE | 2385 | 2 | |
115 | Dakshita, Kumawat | U16 | w | IND | 1928 | 2 | |
116 | WFM | Gokbulut, Julia | w | TUR | 1944 | 2 | |
117 | WCM | Bashirli, Saadat | U14 | w | AZE | 1926 | 1.5 |
118 | Voronaya, Eva | U14 | w | FID | 1828 | 1.5 | |
119 | IM | Guliev, Logman | S50 | AZE | 2257 | 1 | |
120 | FM | Orujov, Elshad | S50 | AZE | 2304 | 1 | |
121 | WIM | Lysenko, Margarita | w | FID | 2275 | 0.5 | |
122 | FM | Mushini, Ajay | IND | 2310 | 0 | ||
123 | Jani, Kushal R | U18 | IND | 2192 | 0 | ||
124 | CM | Zahmati, Sobhan | U18 | IRI | 2115 | 0 | |
125 | Eldho, Skaria | IND | 2102 | 0 | |||
126 | WCM | Tsetskhladze, Mariam | U16 | w | GEO | 2040 | 0 |