| Aydin Suleymanli | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Born | (2005-03-22) March 22, 2005 (age 19) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2623 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2637 (October 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 100 (October 2024) |
Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijani: Aydın Süleymanlı; born 22 March 2005) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.
Biography
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, 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).
In 2014, at Tallinn, he won the European Youth Chess Championships in blitz and rapid in the U10 age group.
In 2019, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the O14 age group.
In February 2020, Suleymanli finished first in the Aeroflot Open. In 2021, he won the Niksic Memorial with a score of 8/9. 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.
In December 2023, he won the rapid section of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 super tournament by scoring 11 points.
Personal life
His current coach is GM Farid Abbasov.
References
- 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
- Aydin Suleymanli player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Aydin Suleymanli chess games at 365Chess.com
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