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GM Aydin Suleymanli and IM Gulnar Mammadova are new Azerbaijani Blitz Champions

by L'immortale

17-year-old multiple-time Azerbaijani Youth Chess Champion GM Aydin Suleymanli added the Azerbaijani Blitz Chess Championship Winner’s trophy to his collection after winning the National Blitz Chess Championship of Azerbaijan. The 2021 Azerbaijani Women’s Champion IM Gulnar Mammadova won the Women’s tournament.

It was a tight fight for the top of the Open section which finished in a three-way tie between GM Aydin Suleymanli, GM Vugar Asadli and GM Rauf Mamedov who scored 7 points, each. Suleymanli had the best tiebreaks and clinched gold, Asadli won silver medal and Mamedov came third.

17-year-old Aydin Suleymanli wins the 2022 Blitz Chess Championship of Azerbaijan

IM Gulnar Mammadova smoothly sailed to a victory of the Azerbaijani Women’s Blitz Chess Championship 2022. She scored unbeaten 6/7 points, almost winning the event with a round to spare. A draw in the last round was enough for Mammadova to be in sole first position. WGM Khanim Balajayeva trailed by a full point and claimed silver, and WGM Turkan Mamedjarova won bronze with a score of 4.5 points.

IM Gulnar Mammadova (right) is new Women’s Blitz Chess Champion of Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022 took place from 2-5 December in Baku. The total prize pool of the events was $4700, with $2940 dedicated to the Open Rapid and Blitz events and $1760 reserved for the Women’s championships.

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Final standings – Open event:

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. TB1TB2TB3
1GMSuleymanli Aydin AZE248171506
2GMAsadli Vugar AZE263571475
3GMMamedov Rauf AZE264971466
4GMAbasov Nijat AZE254661485
5IMBashirli Nail AZE231760455
6GMGadimbayli Abdulla AZE23995.50435
7FMMustafayev Farid AZE219250455
8IMIbrahimli Murad AZE231650405
9FMSuleymanli Suleyman AZE220450385
10GMDurarbayli Vasif AZE257650325
11FMManafov Vugar AZE23584.50.5484
12GMMuradli Mahammad AZE26104.50.5474
13FMAtakishiyev Elmar AZE219341414
14IMGarayev Kanan AZE224440344
15 Valiyev Shahin AZE21333.50393
16FMTalibov Shiroghlan AZE22613.50353
17FMBayramov Zaur AZE22103.50333
18FMAliyev Ravan AZE221330403
19GMGuliev Sarhan AZE232630393
20IMShahaliyev Ismayil AZE230630363
21FMIlyasli Ughur AZE212321342
22 Ahmad Khagan AZE205020372

Final standings – Women’s section:

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. TB1TB2TB3
1IMMammadova Gulnar AZE228960305
2WGMBalajayeva Khanim AZE22845.50285
3WGMMamedjarova Turkan AZE22264.50304
4WCMRzali Sabina AZE196340284
5 Abdinova Narmin AZE175340254
6IMFataliyeva Ulviyya AZE232240254
7WGMAbdulla Khayala AZE212040243
8WFMHajiyeva Laman AZE203840213
9WGMBeydullayeva Govhar AZE22563.50293
10WFMAllahverdiyeva Ayan AZE20213.50203
11WCMIsmayil Malak AZE188020242
12 Humbatova Nazli AZE167720221
13WCMGasimova Samra AZE180211201
14WCMIsmayilova Khanim AZE174810211

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