Eltaj Safarli
Eltaj Safarli | |
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Eltaj Safarli, 43rd Chess Olympiad | |
Full name | Eltac Səfərli |
Country |
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Born |
Baku, Azerbaijan | May 18, 1992
Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
FIDE rating |
2676 (October 2018) (No. 100 in the FIDE World Rankings) |
Peak rating | 2694 (October 2016) |
Peak ranking | No. 46 (October 2016) |
Medal record | ||
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Representing | ||
Men's Chess | ||
European Championship | ||
2011 Porto Carras | Team | |
2013 Warsaw | Team |
Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijani: Eltac Səfərli; born 18 May 1992 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster.[1]
He entered tournaments from the age of 6, with modest success.[2] Safarli won the Azerbaijan Championships in 2010 and 2016.[3]
He won the under 10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002.[4]
Team competitions
Safarli played in the silver medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras in 2011, alongside Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov and Qadir Huseynov, previously winning bronze medal in 2007 and gold in 2009.
Notable tournament victories
- 2010 Mikhail Chigorin Memorial, Saint Petersbourg, 1st
- Winner of Azerbaijan Chess Championship (2010, 2016)
- Co-winner of the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament 2016 (+6-1=5)
References
- ↑ "Eltaj Safarli Wins Mikhail Chigorin Memorial". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "Eltaj Safarli Interview (and game against Wesley So)". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
- ↑ "Eltaj Safarli and Narmin Kazimova are new champions of Azerbaijan - Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- ↑ "The Week in Chess 420". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
External links
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