45th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026 (Azerbaijan, Sumgait 04.04./05.04.2026)

Rank Name Cat.   Country Rating # Title Round  1 - 20' Round  2 - 60' Round  3 - 100' Round  4 - 50' Round  5 - 80' Round  6 - 50' Total - 360 Perf. Rat. +/-
#2 #2 #2 #3 #3 #3 + + + H#2 H#3 H#4 #4 #4 #6 S#2 S#3 S#5 Points
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 90
1 Danila Pavlov       FID 2824.17 1 GM 5 5 5 15 5 5 5 35 5 5 5 35 5 5 5 44 5 5 5 80 5 5 5 50 90 259 2824.17 0.00
2 Anton Nasyrov   j   FID 2255.31 83 - 5 5 5 15 5 5 5 48 5 5 5 62 5 3 5 50 5 5 5 80 5 5 - 50 83 305 2683.42 31.94
3 Araz Almammadov       AZE 2398.72 40 IM 5 5 5 20 4 4 5 57 3.5 5 2 100 5 5 5 48 5 5 5 52 5 4 5 42 82.5 319 2673.37 20.49
4 Darya Efimova   jw   FID 1929.70 234 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 50 5 2.5 5 49 5 3 5 50 5 5 5 80 4 5 0 50 79.5 299 2613.05 50.99
5 Ekaterina Shestakova   jw   FID 2183.77 109 - 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 60 3.5 5 2.5 90 5 - 5 50 5 4 5 61 4 5 2.5 50 76.5 331 2552.73 27.52
6 Anastasiya Chekina   jw   FID 1902.14 256 - 5 5 5 15 5 0 5 60 5 5 1.5 100 5 2 5 50 5 0 5 80 5 5 - 50 68.5 355 2391.88 36.54
7 Agshin Masimov   s   AZE 2052.88 165 - 5 5 5 16 5 4 0 60 5 2.5 2.5 100 5 - 5 49 4 0 5 79 5 0 - 49 58 353 2180.76 9.54
8 Laman Hajıyeva   jw   AZE 2098.26 144 - 5 5 5 20 5 3 0 60 5 5 0 92 5 - - 50 4 5 5 78 4 0 0 49 56 349 2140.55 3.15
9 Amil Abbasov       AZE 2305.33 67 - 5 5 5 11 5 0 4 60 5 5 0 91 5 - - 50 4 4 5 66 3 - - 50 55 328 2120.44 -13.80
10 Ughur Ilyasli   j   AZE 1846.38 308 - 5 5 5 18 - - 0 60 5 5 0 90 5 0 5 50 5 4 5 77 5 0 0 50 54 345 2100.34 18.95
11 Narmin Abdinova   jw   AZE - - - 5 5 0 16 4 2 5 58 5 5 0 52 2.5 - - 50 5 4 5 50 5 - 0 50 52.5 276 2070.18 -
12 Sabina Rzali   jw   AZE 1601.74 582 - 5 5 5 19 3 1 0 60 3.5 5 1.5 75 0 0 0 50 4 3 5 80 4 - - 50 45 334 1919.38 23.70
13 Suat Ibrahimli   j   AZE 1739.70 406 - 5 5 5 7 2.5 0 0 60 3.5 5 0.5 50 5 - 5 45 2.5 2 0 76 1.5 0 - 50 42.5 288 1869.11 9.66
14 Orkhan Baghirov   j   AZE 1783.38 352 - 0 5 5 20 3 0 0 59 3.5 2.5 1.5 53 4 - 2.5 50 4 0 5 80 3.5 0 - 50 39.5 312 1808.79 1.89
15 Vugar Bayramov       AZE 1885.52 272 - 0 5 5 10 3 0 0 58 3.5 2.5 0.5 40 5 - 0 48 4 0 5 79 4 0 - 50 37.5 285 1768.58 -8.73
16 Murad Ibrahimli       AZE 1736.86 410 - 5 5 0 10 0 - 0 60 3.5 5 0 58 5 - 2.5 50 5 0 5 76 0 0 - 50 36 304 1738.42 0.12
17 Javad Mursalzade   j   AZE - - - 5 5 0 19 2.5 0 0 60 3.5 5 0.5 45 4 0 2.5 50 2.5 0 5 80 0 0 - 50 35.5 304 1728.37 -
18 Nurlan Azizli   j   AZE 1600.00 590 - 5 0 5 20 - - 0 60 5 2.5 4 35 1 - 2.5 50 4 3 0 79 1.5 - - 50 33.5 294 1688.15 6.57
19 Leyla Mirzaliyeva   jw   AZE 1418.34 h - - 5 5 0 20 0 0 - 60 3.5 2.5 2.5 60 5 - - 50 5 - 5 79 0 0 - 50 33.5 319 1688.15 -
20 Rustam Rustamov   j   AZE 1549.69 h - - 5 5 5 19 0 0 0 60 3.5 5 1.5 61 - - 0 50 0 1 5 75 1.5 0 - 48 32.5 313 1668.05 -
21 Allahverdi Hamidov   j   AZE 1973.29 204 - 0 5 0 20 0 - 4 54 5 5 0 57 5 - 0 50 0 0 5 60 3 0 - 28 32 269 1658.00 -23.52
22 Tunar Davudov   j   AZE - - - 0 5 0 6 0 1 - 60 3.5 5 4 57 2.5 - 0 50 - 0 5 80 3.5 2.5 - 50 32 303 1658.00 -
23 Mahammad Kazımzade   j   AZE 1600.00 590 - 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 60 3.5 5 5 42 2.5 - 0 50 2.5 0 5 57 3 - 0 50 31.5 279 1647.94 3.57
24 Anatoly Piriverdiyev   s   AZE 1876.45 281 - 5 5 0 15 0 0 - 60 3.5 2.5 0.5 99 5 - 5 50 0 0 - 80 2 - 2.5 50 31 354 1637.89 -17.79
25 Ilhas Qarayev   j   AZE - - - 5 5 0 20 0 0 - 60 3.5 2.5 1.5 64 5 - - 50 0 0 5 79 2 0 0 49 29.5 322 1607.73 -
26 Mahammad Baghirov   j   AZE 1360.88 h - - 5 5 0 19 0 0 0 60 3.5 5 0.5 70 4 - 0 50 1 0 5 80 0 0 0 50 29 329 1597.68 -
27 Fuad Mammadov   j   AZE 1631.78 h - - 5 0 0 19 2.5 0 0 58 3.5 2.5 0 59 4 - 2.5 50 2.5 0 5 55 0 - - 50 27.5 291 1567.52 -
28 Sahib Hasanzada       AZE - - - 5 5 0 18 0 0 0 60 2.5 2.5 0 51 5 0 2.5 50 0 0 5 80 0 0 - 50 27.5 309 1567.52 -
29 Kanan Shirinov   j   AZE - - - 5 5 0 20 1 0 0 59 3.5 2.5 0 51 1 0 2.5 50 1 - 5 80 - 0 0 50 26.5 310 1547.41 -
30 Elchin Shakaraliyev   j   AZE 1934.54 230 - 0 5 0 16 0 0 0 60 3.5 2.5 1.5 68 2.5 - - 50 1 0 5 70 3 0 - 50 24 314 1497.14 -32.62
31 Safa Hummatov   j   AZE 1600.00 590 - 5 0 0 20 - - 0 60 5 2.5 4 39 5 1 - 50 1 - - 79 0 - - 50 23.5 298 1487.09 -8.43
32 Asnad Bakhshizada   jw   AZE 1600.00 590 - 0 0 0 20 0 2 0 60 3.5 5 0 98 1 0 0 50 2.5 3 5 76 1.5 0 - 50 23.5 354 1487.09 -8.43
33 Kamran Babayev   j   AZE - - - 5 5 0 17 0 0 0 60 3.5 5 0.5 63 - - - 50 0 2 0 79 0 0 0 50 21 319 1436.82 -
34 Sevil Tahirova   w   AZE - - - 5 5 0 20 0 - - 60 2.5 2.5 - 36 - - - 50 0 - 5 76 0 - - 50 20 292 1416.72 -
35 Fatima Mirzaliyeva   jw   AZE 1639.99 h - - 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 60 0.5 2 0 60 2.5 - - 50 4 0 5 76 1 0 0 50 20 316 1416.72 -
36 Natig Mahmud   j   AZE - - - 5 5 0 20 - 0 - 60 5 2.5 - 81 0 - 0 50 0 0 0 80 2 0 - 50 19.5 341 1406.66 -
37 Imran Kalbiyev   s   AZE - - - 5 5 0 20 0 0 0 60 2.5 5 0.5 74 1 0 - 50 0 0 0 80 0 - 0 50 19 334 1396.61 -
38 Eldar Aghajanov   j   AZE 1600.00 590 - 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 60 3.5 5 0 79 2.5 - - 50 2.5 0 0 76 0 0 0 50 18.5 335 1386.56 -15.93
39 Sadagul Afandi   jw   AZE - - - 5 5 0 19 0 0 0 60 1.5 2 1.5 89 1 - - 50 0 1 - 74 0 0 0 50 17 342 1356.40 -
40 Hurrijan Hajizada   jw   AZE 1600.00 590 - 5 5 0 20 0 0 0 60 - 0 0 100 1 1 - 50 - 0 0 80 0 0 0 50 12 360 1255.87 -25.68
41 Leyla Rzali   jw   AZE 1600.00 590 - 0 5 0 20 - - - 60 2.5 0 1.5 29 - - - 50 - - - 80 - - - 50 9 289 1195.55 -30.18
42 Sadig Aliyev   j   AZE 1600.00 590 - 0 0 0 20 2.5 0 0 60 0.5 0 0.5 100 4 - 0 50 0 0 0 80 1.5 0 - 50 9 360 1195.55 -30.18
43 Aytaj Heydarova   w   AZE 1579.19 747 - 5 0 0 20 - 0 0 60 1.5 2 - 36 0 - 0 50 - - - 80 0 0 - 50 8.5 296 1185.49 -29.37
44 Farid Jabbarli   j   AZE 1428.37 h - - 0 0 0 20 0 0 - 60 3.5 0 - 98 - - 0 50 0 - - 80 0 - - 50 3.5 358 1084.96 -
Main Judge: Ilham Aliev          Assistant: Elmar Abdullaev          Problems Selected by: Ilham Aliev

Date 05.04.2026
Top Ten Average Rating 2195.60
Category 10

Points
Name Country # Points Perf. Rat.
Danila Pavlov FID 1 10 2824.17
Anton Nasyrov FID 2 8 2683.42
Araz Almammadov AZE 3 6 2673.37
Darya Efimova FID 4 4 2613.05
Ekaterina Shestakova FID 5 2 2552.73
Anastasiya Chekina FID 6 1 2391.88

Tournaments
# Location Date Name Top 10 Cat. Winners
1 ARM 12.10.2025 2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025 2341.71 7 Danila Pavlov
2 SUI 25.10.2025 40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025 2421.78 5 Danila Pavlov
3 BEL 08.11.2025 30th Belgian Solving Championship 2025 2192.92 10 Eddy Van Beers
4 ROU 23.11.2025 Cugir City Championship 1857.09 10 Daniel Dumitrescu
5 POL 11.01.2026 49th International Polish Championship 2026 2568.86 2 Kacper Piorun
6 FIN 14.02.2026 47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 2119.80 10 Kari Karhunen
7 GBR 21.02.2026 Winton British Solving Championship 2026 2485.99 4 Joost Michielsen
8 NED 14.03.2026 31st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2026 2346.88 7 Eddy Van Beers
9 AZE 05.04.2026 45th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026 2195.60 10 Danila Pavlov

Standings
# Name Country Pts. Perf. Rat.
(≤6)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
# Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts.
1 Eddy Van Beers BEL 58 2724.89 SUI#2 18 BEL#1 10 GBR#5 14 NED#1 16    
2 Danila Pavlov FID 46 2792.00 ARM#1 16 SUI#1 20 AZE#1 10      
3 David Hodge GBR 46 2602.56 POL#7 14 GBR#3 18 NED#2 14      
4 Joost Michielsen NED 46 2423.70 SUI#6 10 BEL#3 6 GBR#1 22 NED#5 8    
5 Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 38 2614.51 POL#3 22 GBR#4 16        
6 Martynas Limontas LTU 34 2509.65 POL#2 24 FIN#3 6 GBR#10 4      
7 Kacper Piorun POL 26 2871.89 POL#1 26          
8 Taras Rudenko UKR 26 2553.11 SUI#3 16 POL#9 10        
9 Piotr Murdzia POL 20 2624.01 POL#4 20          
10 John Nunn GBR 20 2590.36 GBR#2 20          
11 Anton Nasyrov FID 18 2651.24 ARM#4 10 AZE#2 8        
12 Nikos Sidiropoulos GRE 18 2594.85 POL#5 18          
13 Andy Ooms BEL 18 2426.11 GBR#8 8 NED#4 10        
14 Piotr Górski POL 16 2565.69 POL#6 16          
15 Vidmantas Satkus LTU 16 2425.00 POL#12 4 GBR#6 12        
16 Roland Ott SUI 16 2422.40 SUI#8 6 GBR#7 10        
17 Aleksandr Bulavka FID 14 2709.72 ARM#2 14          
18 Ronald Schäfer GER 14 2552.79 SUI#4 14          
19 Ural Khasanov FID 12 2681.82 ARM#3 12          
20 Jakub Marciniszyn POL 12 2478.20 POL#8 12          
21 Wouter van Rijn NED 12 2422.10 SUI#5 12          
22 Michael Pfannkuche GER 12 2384.47 NED#3 12          
23 Kari Karhunen FIN 10 2579.45 FIN#1 10          
24 Tomáš Peitl SVK 10 2405.30 POL#9 10          
25 Dolf Wissmann NED 10 2340.26 BEL#2 8 GBR#12 1 NED#9 1      
26 Daniel Dumitrescu ROU 10 2182.56 ROU#1 10          
27 Aleksey Popov FID 8 2584.17 ARM#5 8          
28 Ekaterina Shestakova FID 8 2544.04 ARM#6 6 AZE#5 2        
29 Darya Efimova FID 8 2466.08 ARM#7 4 AZE#4 4        
30 Jorma Paavilainen FIN 8 2436.02 FIN#2 8          
31 Valery Kopyl UKR 8 2378.53 SUI#7 8          
32 Johan de Boer NED 8 2281.15 BEL#5 2 NED#6 6        
33 Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea ROU 8 2114.88 ROU#2 8          
34 Araz Almammadov AZE 6 2673.37 AZE#3 6          
35 Jonathan Mestel GBR 6 2435.21 GBR#9 6          
36 Robert Włodarczyk POL 6 2376.13 POL#11 6          
37 Cristian-Daniel Oltean ROU 6 2087.81 ROU#3 6          
38 Thomas Maeder SUI 4 2361.11 SUI#9 4          
39 Hans Uitenbroek NED 4 2285.80 BEL#4 4          
40 Michel Caillaud FRA 4 2272.05 NED#7 4          
41 Henry Tanner FIN 4 2202.94 FIN#4 4          
42 Matei-Maria Uta ROU 4 2049.46 ROU#4 4          
43 Omer Friedland ISR 2 2406.12 GBR#11 2          
44 Roman Tkhoruk SUI 2 2361.11 SUI#10 2          
45 Stasys Steponavičius LTU 2 2303.23 POL#13 2          
46 Dirk Borst NED 2 2247.07 NED#8 2          
47 Mikalai Sihnevich FID 2 2207.50 ARM#8 2          
48 Terho Marlo FIN 2 2158.12 FIN#5 2          
49 Alexandru Mihalcescu ROU 2 1882.51 ROU#5 2          
50 Anastasiya Chekina FID 1 2391.88 AZE#6 1          
51 Arno Zude GER 1 2352.39 SUI#11 1          
52 Marek Kolčák SVK 1 2295.94 POL#14 1          
53 Grigory Filin FID 1 2186.58 ARM#9 1          
54 Jim Wittebol NED 1 2121.43 BEL#6 1          
55 Arvydas Mockus LTU 1 1960.89 FIN#6 1          
55 Janne Syväniemi FIN 1 1960.89 FIN#6 1          
57 Ovidiu Craciun ROU 1 1823.86 ROU#6 1          

ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) - (No Solution)
18 S#5 932 0.34 2 2 14 26
11 H#3 910 0.45 2 5 7 30
17 S#3 856 0.72 5 2 25 12
5 #3 832 0.84 4 7 26 7
6 #3 804 0.98 7 2 27 8
14 #4 746 1.27 5 11 21 7
9 + 738 1.31 4 23 13 4
12 H#4 694 1.53 10 7 12 15
4 #3 690 1.55 8 10 20 6
3 #2 614 1.93 17 0 27 0
16 S#2 598 2.01 7 20 15 2
13 #4 540 2.30 10 18 12 4
10 H#2 382 3.09 19 17 3 5
15 #6 318 3.41 30 0 8 6
8 + 302 3.49 22 18 4 0
7 + 290 3.55 13 30 0 1
2 #2 228 3.86 34 0 10 0
1 #2 228 3.86 34 0 10 0


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