Azerbaijan Chess Championship Print
Monday, 25 January 2010 23:23
The Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 21st until 29th January in Baku. The round robin event with ten participants sports average elo of 2497. Top-seeded GM Nidjat Mamedov is currently storming through the competition and has 3.5 points from four games. But three players are following from a very close range being only half a point behind.

Round 4 standings:
1. GM Mamedov Nidjat 2610 - 3.5
2. IM Durarbeyli Vasif 2453 - 3.0
3. GM Safarli Eltaj 2594 - 3.0
4. IM Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu 2443 - 3.0
5. GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2550 - 2.0
6. IM Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu 2510 - 1.5
7. GM Abbasov Farid 2553 - 1.5
8. FM Bajarani Ulvi 2329 - 1.5
9. FM Mammadov Ayaz Arzu Oglu 2338 - 1.0
10. GM Mirzoev Azer 2594 - 0.0

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GM Eltaj Safarli (right) participated recently in Reggio Emilia tournament