Aydin Suleymanli
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 2005 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2628 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2637 (October 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 99 (December 2025) |
| Peak ranking | No. 99 (December 2025) |
Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijani: Aydın Süleymanlı; born 22 March 2005) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.[1]
Biography
[edit]Aydin Suleymanli repeatedly represented Azerbaijan at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where he won three gold medals: in 2013, in Budva at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U08 age group and was awarded the Candidate Master (CM) title,[2] In 2017, he won the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group in Mamaia and was awarded the title of FIDE Master (FM).[3]
In 2014, at Tallinn, he won the European Youth Chess Championships in blitz and rapid in the U10 age group.[4][5]
In 2019, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the O14 age group.[6]
In February 2020, Suleymanli finished first in the Aeroflot Open.[7] In 2021, he won the Niksic Memorial with a score of 8/9.[8] In the 8th round of the competition, he won against a local chess player Luka Drašković. Due to this victory, at the age of 16, he became the 27th grandmaster of Azerbaijan.[9]
In December 2023, he won the rapid section of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 super tournament by scoring 11 points.[10]
Personal life
[edit]His current coach is GM Farid Abbasov.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ 2nd quarter PB 2019, 27-30 June, Baku, Azerbaijan
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 23rd EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - OPEN U8". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - BLITZ, U10-BOYS". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – RAPID, U10-BOYS". chess-results.com.
- ^ World Youth Chess Championship 2019 - Open U14
- ^ "Айдын Сулейманлы выиграл главный турнир фестиваля "Аэрофлот Опен 2020"" (in Russian). Ruchess. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1382". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Aydın Süleymanli became the grandmaster!".
- ^ "Gashimov Memorial: 18-year-old Suleymanli wins rapid section". 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Самый юный азербайджанский чемпион мира: "Я изучал шахматы денно и нощно, и прятал их под подушку"". Vzglyad.az (in Russian).
External links
[edit]- Aydin Suleymanli player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Aydin Suleymanli chess games at 365Chess.com
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