Eltaj Safarli ( az, Eltac Səfərli; born 18 May 1992 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani

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Grandmaster. In October 2016, he reached his all-time-highest rating of 2694 and was ranked as No. 3 in Azerbaijan and No. 46 in the

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. He entered tournaments from the age of 6, with modest success. Safarli won the Azerbaijan Championships in 2010 and 2016. He won the under 10

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in 2002.

Team competitions

Safarli played in the silver medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the

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in Porto Carras in 2011, alongside Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov,

Vugar Gashimov Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov ( az, Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov , was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was a noted player of blitz chess. At his peak ranking, he ...

and

Qadir Huseynov Gadir Guseinov ( az, Qədir Hüseynov; born 21 May 1986) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked as No. 3 in Azerbaijan. Career Born in Moscow, Guseinov started playing chess under the guidance of Shahin Hajiev. He lived in his n ...

Notable tournament victories

* 2010 Mikhail Chigorin Memorial, Saint Petersbourg, 1st * Winner of

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(2016) * Co-winner of the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament 2016 (+6-1=5)

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* 1992 births Living people Chess players from Baku Chess grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub