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

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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.

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.

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.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	AZE	2481	7	1	50	6
2	GM	Asadli Vugar	AZE	2635	7	1	47	5
3	GM	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2649	7	1	46	6
4	GM	Abasov Nijat	AZE	2546	6	1	48	5
5	IM	Bashirli Nail	AZE	2317	6	0	45	5
6	GM	Gadimbayli Abdulla	AZE	2399	5.5	0	43	5
7	FM	Mustafayev Farid	AZE	2192	5	0	45	5
8	IM	Ibrahimli Murad	AZE	2316	5	0	40	5
9	FM	Suleymanli Suleyman	AZE	2204	5	0	38	5
10	GM	Durarbayli Vasif	AZE	2576	5	0	32	5
11	FM	Manafov Vugar	AZE	2358	4.5	0.5	48	4
12	GM	Muradli Mahammad	AZE	2610	4.5	0.5	47	4
13	FM	Atakishiyev Elmar	AZE	2193	4	1	41	4
14	IM	Garayev Kanan	AZE	2244	4	0	34	4
15		Valiyev Shahin	AZE	2133	3.5	0	39	3
16	FM	Talibov Shiroghlan	AZE	2261	3.5	0	35	3
17	FM	Bayramov Zaur	AZE	2210	3.5	0	33	3
18	FM	Aliyev Ravan	AZE	2213	3	0	40	3
19	GM	Guliev Sarhan	AZE	2326	3	0	39	3
20	IM	Shahaliyev Ismayil	AZE	2306	3	0	36	3
21	FM	Ilyasli Ughur	AZE	2123	2	1	34	2
22		Ahmad Khagan	AZE	2050	2	0	37	2

Final standings – Women’s section:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	2289	6	0	30	5
2	WGM	Balajayeva Khanim	AZE	2284	5.5	0	28	5
3	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	AZE	2226	4.5	0	30	4
4	WCM	Rzali Sabina	AZE	1963	4	0	28	4
5		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	1753	4	0	25	4
6	IM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	AZE	2322	4	0	25	4
7	WGM	Abdulla Khayala	AZE	2120	4	0	24	3
8	WFM	Hajiyeva Laman	AZE	2038	4	0	21	3
9	WGM	Beydullayeva Govhar	AZE	2256	3.5	0	29	3
10	WFM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2021	3.5	0	20	3
11	WCM	Ismayil Malak	AZE	1880	2	0	24	2
12		Humbatova Nazli	AZE	1677	2	0	22	1
13	WCM	Gasimova Samra	AZE	1802	1	1	20	1
14	WCM	Ismayilova Khanim	AZE	1748	1	0	21	1