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Aydin Suleymanli

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Aydin Suleymanli
CountryAzerbaijan
Born (2005-03-22) March 22, 2005 (age 19)
Baku, Azerbaijan
TitleGrandmaster (2021)
FIDE rating2623 (December 2024)
Peak rating2637 (October 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 100 (October 2024)

Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijani: Aydın Süleymanlı; born 22 March 2005) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (2021).[1]

Biography

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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

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His current coach is GM Farid Abbasov.[11] Aydin Suleymanli is one of the first to apply the Web3 trend in chess. Suleymanli offers fans a modern fan experience through its exclusive NFT collection.[12]

References

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  1. ^ 2nd quarter PB 2019, 27-30 June, Baku, Azerbaijan
  2. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 23rd EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - OPEN U8". chess-results.com.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
  4. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - BLITZ, U10-BOYS". chess-results.com.
  5. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – RAPID, U10-BOYS". chess-results.com.
  6. ^ World Youth Chess Championship 2019 - Open U14
  7. ^ "Айдын Сулейманлы выиграл главный турнир фестиваля "Аэрофлот Опен 2020"" (in Russian). Ruchess. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  8. ^ "The Week in Chess 1382". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  9. ^ "Aydın Süleymanli became the grandmaster!".
  10. ^ "Gashimov Memorial: 18-year-old Suleymanli wins rapid section". 11 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Самый юный азербайджанский чемпион мира: "Я изучал шахматы денно и нощно, и прятал их под подушку"". Vzglyad.az (in Russian).
  12. ^ "SKAUT announces cooperation with GM Aydin Suleymanli". 4 January 2023.
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