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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az%C9%99rbaycanda_%C5%9Fahmat" title="Azərbaycanda şahmat – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Azərbaycanda şahmat" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC" title="قوزئی آذربایجان‌دا شطرنج – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوزئی آذربایجان‌دا شطرنج" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D1%9E_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Шахматы ў Азербайджане – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шахматы ў Азербайджане" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D1%9E_%D0%90%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Шахматы ў Азэрбайджане – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Шахматы ў Азэрбайджане" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escacs_a_l%27Azerbaidjan" title="Escacs a l'Azerbaidjan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Escacs a l'Azerbaidjan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajedrez_en_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n" title="Ajedrez en Azerbaiyán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ajedrez en Azerbaiyán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شطرنج در جمهوری آذربایجان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شطرنج در جمهوری آذربایجان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89checs_en_Azerba%C3%AFdjan" title="Échecs en Azerbaïdjan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Échecs en Azerbaïdjan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scacchi_in_Azerbaigian" title="Scacchi in Azerbaigian – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Scacchi in Azerbaigian" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%98_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%27%D7%9F" title="שחמט באזרבייג'ן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שחמט באזרבייג'ן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AD%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="ჭადრაკი აზერბაიჯანში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჭადრაკი აზერბაიჯანში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catur_di_Azerbaijan" title="Catur di Azerbaijan – Malay" lang="ms" 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On May 5, 2009 Azerbaijani president <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, who is also the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_of_the_Azerbaijani_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic">National Olympic Committee</a>, signed an executive order initiating a state-supported chess development program, covering the years 2009–2014.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_chess_in_Azerbaijan">History of chess in Azerbaijan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of chess in Azerbaijan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/European_Team_Chess_Championship" title="European Team Chess Championship">European Team Chess Championship</a></div> <p>References to chess may be found in the works of 12th century <a href="/wiki/Persian_literature" title="Persian literature">Persian poets</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Khaqani" title="Khaqani">Khaqani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nizami_Ganjavi" title="Nizami Ganjavi">Nizami</a>, who lived in modern-day Azerbaijan, and also in the works of 16th century <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_literature" title="Azerbaijani literature">Azerbaijani writer and poet</a> <a href="/wiki/Fuz%C3%BBl%C3%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuzûlî">Fuzuli</a> and others. Azerbaijani writer and philosopher <a href="/wiki/Mirza_Fatali_Akhundov" title="Mirza Fatali Akhundov">Mirza Fatali Akhundov</a> explained the rules of chess in his 1864 poem "The Game of <a href="/wiki/Shatranj" title="Shatranj">Shatranj</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Azerbaijan_as_a_member_of_the_USSR">Azerbaijan as a member of the USSR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan as a member of the USSR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Organized chess began in Azerbaijan shortly after the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic</a> in 1920, and the game soon became widespread. The first chess column appeared in the newspaper <i>Bakinsky Rabochy</i> in the early 1920s. In 1923 the first <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a> championship took place, won by brothers <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Makogonov" title="Vladimir Makogonov">Vladimir</a> and Mikhail Makogonov. In 1924, a conference of <a href="/wiki/Komsomol" title="Komsomol">Komsomol</a> (Young Communist League) and trade unions set about promoting chess, leading to the participation of <a href="/wiki/Fedor_Duz-Khotimirsky" title="Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky">Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Grigoriev" title="Nikolai Grigoriev">Nikolai Grigoriev</a> in a tournament in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>. Towards the end of the 1920s, a number of strong young players emerged, including the Sarychev and Danilov brothers, O. Rostovtsev, N. Doktorsky, K. Selimkhanov and A. Bilibin. Lectures and simultaneous exhibitions stimulated interest in chess in Azerbaijan. On May 2–3, 1929, a match between teams from Baku and <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> was held on 8 boards in Baku. </p><p>In 1934 the first Azerbaijani Championship took place. This was won by Selimkhanov,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who in 1935 became chairman of the Azerbaijan Chess Organization. in 1936 the first Women's Championship was held, won by Rozhdestvenskaya. In 1936, A. Polisskaya of Baku became women's champion of the <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus" title="South Caucasus">South Caucasus</a>. In 1938, a women's chess school was opened at the Baku Chess and Checkers Club. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Second World War</a>, there was little competitive chess in Azerbaijan. In 1942 there was a match between <a href="/wiki/Salo_Flohr" title="Salo Flohr">Salo Flohr</a> and Vladimir Makogonov in Baku; the match was abandoned after 10 games with Makogonov leading 5½-4½.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June–July 1943, Flohr won a double round tournament with a score of 5/8 ahead of Makogonov, <a href="/wiki/David_Bronstein" title="David Bronstein">David Bronstein</a>, Archil Ebralidze and Suren Abramyan.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The championship of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held annually from 1947. </p><p>The active development of chess in Azerbaijan began in the 1950s. The Baku Pioneer Palace Chess Club, led by Suren Abramyan, played an important role in the development of junior chess. Sports clubs such as <a href="/wiki/Neftchi_Baku_PFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Neftchi Baku PFC">Neftchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak</a>, <i>Nauka</i>, <i>Energiya</i>, <i>Medik</i>, <i>Iskra</i> and others had active chess departments. These initiatives also contributed to the success of Vladimir Makogonov, Azerbaijan's leading player. The Azerbaijan women's championships has been held regularly since 1960. </p><p>In the 1950s, A.Zeynalli, S.Khalilbeyli (the 1st Azerbaijani master on chess) and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Bagirov" title="Vladimir Bagirov">V.Bagirov</a> (repeated republic champion) became the leaders of the Republic chess-players. <a href="/wiki/Elmar_Magerramov" title="Elmar Magerramov">Elmar Magerramov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fikret_Sideifzade" title="Fikret Sideifzade">F.Sideifzade</a>, O.Pavlenko, B.Levitas, L.Listengarten, O.Privorotskiy, G.Govashelishvili, L.Guldin, A.Morgulev and R.Korsunskiy won in championships. E.Sardarov, A.Shakhtakhtinskiy, R.Amirkhanov and D.Abakarov participated in competitions successfully. </p><p>In 1970-1980's, advance a number of young chess-players: A.Huseynov (champion of the South Caucasus, 1982), <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shakarov" title="Alexander Shakarov">A.Shakarov</a>, A.Velibeyov, S.Suleymanov, K.Askaryan, A.Avshalumov, Kh.Rasulov, S.Guliyev, Jabbarov brothers, G.Gojayev and others. In the 1980s, <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> achieved great successes and became the world champion. <a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Zatulovskaya" title="Tatiana Zatulovskaya">T.Zatulovskaya</a>, M.Martirosova, <a href="/wiki/Nonna_Karakashyan" title="Nonna Karakashyan">N.Avanesova</a> (Karakashyan), A.Tokarjevskaya, A.Gorbuleva, A.Pirbudagova, Kh.Nabiyeva, S.Alasgarova, V.Jebrayilova, N.Agababayan, A.Saakova, E.Aliyeva, A.Sofiyeva (Champion of the USSR among girls, 1986) successfully participated in championships and other competitions. Women's national team of the Republic was the winner of a Sport Contest of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">USSR</a> nations (1986). </p><p>Besides the chess circle of Baku Palace of Pioneers and Pupils named after <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" title="Yuri Gagarin">Y.Gagarin</a> (including alumni – Kasparov, Bagirov, Zatulovskaya, Maharramov and others), such unions as “Spartak”, “Burevestnik”, “Neftchi”, “<a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Sports_Club" title="Dynamo Sports Club">Dinamo</a>” and others in rural areas- “Mehsul” union, which opened chess clubs were also engaged in chess. The 1st Baku Children and Youth Chess School of Azerbaijan (since 1982-Republic sport school of chess of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan) was established in 1968. From the late 1970s, more than 50 sport schools for children and youth were opened in districts of the Republic. Annual chess festivals of pupils are held since 1982. </p><p>In Baku were held great All-union and international competitions: 29th and 49th Men's championships of the country (1961–1972); 23rd Women's championship (1963); 20th international tournament of the Central Chess Club of the USSR; Baku tournaments. National team of Azerbaijan participated in team championships of the USSR: in 1951-the 5th; 1958-10th; 1960-the 9th; 1952-10th; 1969 and 1972 – the 9th; 1981-14th; 1985-the 7th and 8th places. Team of the Republic participated in sport competitions of the USSR nations: in 1959, 1963, 1967 – the 9th; 1975 – the 11th; 1979 the 13th; 1983 – the 11th; 1986 - the 14th (men) and 1st places (women). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_times">Modern times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since Azerbaijan gained its independence, Azerbaijani chess players have achieved high results in various international competitions, World and European championships. In 1992, the national team of women for the first time at the World Chess Olympiad in <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> represented independent Azerbaijan and ranked 7th among 67 teams. The women team won bronze medals at the European Championship held in <a href="/wiki/Debrecen" title="Debrecen">Debrecen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> in 1993. The national team of men won bronze medals in 2007 in European Championship held in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. Men's team won the title of “Europe’s strongest team” in <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> in 2009, then won silver medals in 2011 in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> and in 2013 in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>. In 2012 and 2014, the men's team “SOCAR-Azerbaijan” won inter-club European Championships twice. Azerbaijani grandmasters <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Shahriyar Mammadyarov</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teymur Radjabov</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Hashimov" class="mw-redirect" title="Vugar Hashimov">Vugar Hashimov</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> managed to rise to the 4th and 6th places in the world rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 5, 2009, the President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> signed an Order to approve the “State Program for the Development of Chess in Azerbaijan for 2009-2014” to increase the country's international role in this area by ensuring the implementation of state policy in the field of chess, further development of chess and its infrastructure in the country, training of international chess players, coaches, arbiters and other chess specialists. In the framework of this State Program, Chess Faculty has been launched at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport, “Chess” classes started to be taught in more than 70 schools in Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teymur Radjabov</a> became the first owner of the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2019" title="Chess World Cup 2019">World Chess Cup</a> in the history of Azerbaijan on October 4, 2019, in <a href="/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk" title="Khanty-Mansiysk">Khanty-Mansiysk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_statistics">Individual statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Individual statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of October 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit">[update]</a></sup></i></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>, the World Chess Federation, lists 24 active Azerbaijani grandmasters, 30 <a href="/wiki/International_master" class="mw-redirect" title="International master">international masters</a> and a total of 151 titled players.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Azerbaijani_chess_players" title="List of Azerbaijani chess players">List of Azerbaijani chess players</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open">Open</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Open"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Top 10 Azerbaijani grandmasters as of August 2022 are listed below. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:684px;max-width:684px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Azerbaijani players in FIDE</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:141px;max-width:141px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2,_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2%2C_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg/139px-Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2%2C_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2%2C_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg/209px-Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2%2C_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2%2C_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg/278px-Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov_2%2C_Candidates_Tournament_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> (10)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:149px;max-width:149px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TeimourRadjabov12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/TeimourRadjabov12.jpg/147px-TeimourRadjabov12.jpg" decoding="async" width="147" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/TeimourRadjabov12.jpg/221px-TeimourRadjabov12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/TeimourRadjabov12.jpg/294px-TeimourRadjabov12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1786" data-file-height="2202" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a> (15)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:123px;max-width:123px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gadir_Guseinov_(29598593811).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gadir_Guseinov_%2829598593811%29.jpg/121px-Gadir_Guseinov_%2829598593811%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gadir_Guseinov_%2829598593811%29.jpg/182px-Gadir_Guseinov_%2829598593811%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Gadir_Guseinov_%2829598593811%29.jpg/242px-Gadir_Guseinov_%2829598593811%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3347" data-file-height="5014" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Gadir_Guseinov" title="Gadir Guseinov">Gadir Guseinov</a> (78)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:123px;max-width:123px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg/121px-Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg/182px-Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg/242px-Rauf_Mamedov_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Rauf Mamedov</a> (93)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:138px;max-width:138px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_(crop).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_%28crop%29.png/136px-Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_%28crop%29.png" decoding="async" width="136" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_%28crop%29.png/204px-Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_%28crop%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_%28crop%29.png/272px-Vasif_Durarbayli_2021_%28crop%29.png 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="521" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Vasif_Durarbayli" title="Vasif Durarbayli">Vasif Durarbayli</a> (118)</div></div></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Birth year</th> <th>GM Title</th> <th>Rating</th> <th>World rank<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1985</td> <td>2002</td> <td>2758</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Radjabov, Teimour"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1987</td> <td>2001</td> <td>2747</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Guseinov, Gadir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gadir_Guseinov" title="Gadir Guseinov">Gadir Guseinov</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1986</td> <td>2002</td> <td>2668</td> <td>78 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mamedov, Rauf"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Rauf Mamedov</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1988</td> <td>2004</td> <td>2656</td> <td>93 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Durarbayli, Vasif"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vasif_Durarbayli" title="Vasif Durarbayli">Vasif Durarbayli</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1992</td> <td>2010</td> <td>2638</td> <td>118 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Abasov, Nijat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nijat_Abasov" title="Nijat Abasov">Nijat Abasov</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1995</td> <td>2011</td> <td>2633</td> <td>129 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Safarli, Eltaj"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Eltaj Safarli</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1992</td> <td>2008</td> <td>2602</td> <td>203 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Iskandarov, Misratdin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Misratdin Iskandarov</span></span></span></td> <td>1995</td> <td>2020</td> <td>2589</td> <td>245 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mamedov, Nidjat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nidjat_Mamedov" title="Nidjat Mamedov">Nidjat Mamedov</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1985</td> <td>2006</td> <td>2589</td> <td>246 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Asadli, Vugar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vugar_Asadli" title="Vugar Asadli">Vugar Asadli</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2001</td> <td>2019</td> <td>2575</td> <td>299 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women">Women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Top 10 Azerbaijani women chess players as of August 2022 are listed below.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:663px;max-width:663px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Azerbaijani women players in FIDE</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg/120px-Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg/180px-Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg/240px-Gunay_Mammadzada_in_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Gunay_Mammadzada" title="Gunay Mammadzada">Gunay Mammadzada</a> (1000)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:137px;max-width:137px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ulviyya_Fataliyeva_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Ulviyya_Fataliyeva_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Ulviyya_Fataliyeva_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Ulviyya_Fataliyeva_%28cropped%29.jpg/203px-Ulviyya_Fataliyeva_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Ulviyya_Fataliyeva_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="293" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Ulviyya_Fataliyeva" title="Ulviyya Fataliyeva">Ulviyya Fataliyeva</a> (1668)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:123px;max-width:123px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg/121px-Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg/182px-Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg/242px-Gulnar_Mammadova_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Gulnar_Mammadova" title="Gulnar Mammadova">Gulnar Mammadova</a> (2350)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:273px;max-width:273px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg/271px-Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg" decoding="async" width="271" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg/407px-Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg/542px-Khanim_Balajayeva_in_2016_Baku_Chess_Olympiad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1569" data-file-height="1047" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Khanim_Balajayeva" title="Khanim Balajayeva">Khanim Balajayeva</a> (3134)</div></div></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Birth year</th> <th>Title (year)</th> <th>Rating</th> <th>World rank<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mammadzada, Gunay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gunay_Mammadzada" title="Gunay Mammadzada">Gunay Mammadzada</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2000</td> <td>IM (2018)</td> <td>2466</td> <td>1000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Fataliyeva, Ulviyya"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ulviyya_Fataliyeva" title="Ulviyya Fataliyeva">Ulviyya Fataliyeva</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1996</td> <td>WGM (2017)</td> <td>2413</td> <td>1668 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mammadova, Gulnar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gulnar_Mammadova" title="Gulnar Mammadova">Gulnar Mammadova</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1991</td> <td>IM (2017)</td> <td>2380</td> <td>2350 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Balajayeva, Khanim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Khanim_Balajayeva" title="Khanim Balajayeva">Khanim Balajayeva</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2001</td> <td>WGM (2019)</td> <td>2344</td> <td>3134 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Beydullayeva, Govhar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Govhar_Beydullayeva" title="Govhar Beydullayeva">Govhar Beydullayeva</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2003</td> <td>WGM (2022)</td> <td>2339</td> <td>3253 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Umudova, Nargiz"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nargiz_Umudova" title="Nargiz Umudova">Nargiz Umudova</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1989</td> <td>WGM (2015)</td> <td>2280</td> <td>5005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mamedyarova, Zeinab"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Zeinab_Mamedyarova" title="Zeinab Mamedyarova">Zeinab Mamedyarova</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1983</td> <td>WGM</td> <td>2249</td> <td>6140 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mamedyarova, Turkan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Turkan_Mamedyarova" title="Turkan Mamedyarova">Turkan Mamedyarova</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1989</td> <td>WGM (2007)</td> <td>2244</td> <td>6340 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kazimova, Narmin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Narmin_Kazimova" title="Narmin Kazimova">Narmin Kazimova</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1993</td> <td>WGM (2015)</td> <td>2198</td> <td>8454 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Abdulla, Khayala"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Khayala_Abdulla" title="Khayala Abdulla">Khayala Abdulla</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1993</td> <td>WGM (2015)</td> <td>2183</td> <td>9268 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_records">Team records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Team records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chess_Olympiads">Chess Olympiads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chess Olympiads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a></div> <dl><dt>Men's</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Event</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Players</th> <th>Position</th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:3em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="References">Ref</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/31st_Chess_Olympiad" title="31st Chess Olympiad">31st Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russia</td> <td>S.Guliyev, Hajily, N.Guliyev, Bedgarani, Ibrahimov, Allahverdiyev</td> <td style="text-align:center;">36</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/33rd_Chess_Olympiad" title="33rd Chess Olympiad">33rd Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a>, Russia</td> <td>Huseynov, Guliyev, Hajily, Allahverdiyev, <a href="/wiki/Azer_Mirzoev" title="Azer Mirzoev">Mirzoev</a>, Maherramzade</td> <td style="text-align:center;">43</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_Chess_Olympiad" title="34th Chess Olympiad">34th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, Turkey</td> <td>Zulfugarli, Maherramzade, <a href="/wiki/Azer_Mirzoev" title="Azer Mirzoev">Mirzoev</a>, Bagirov, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nidjat_Mamedov" title="Nidjat Mamedov">Mammadov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">46</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/35th_Chess_Olympiad" title="35th Chess Olympiad">35th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bled" title="Bled">Bled</a>, Slovenia</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, Ibrahimov, Maherramzade</td> <td style="text-align:center;">30</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2002_olympiad_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002_olympiad-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/36th_Chess_Olympiad" title="36th Chess Olympiad">36th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Calvi%C3%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Calviá">Calviá</a>, Spain</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, Ibrahimov</td> <td style="text-align:center;">22</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2004_olympiad_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004_olympiad-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/37th_Chess_Olympiad" title="37th Chess Olympiad">37th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, Guliyev, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, Durarbeyli</td> <td style="text-align:center;">24</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2006_olympiad_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006_olympiad-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/38th_Chess_Olympiad" title="38th Chess Olympiad">38th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, Germany</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2008_olympiad_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008_olympiad-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/39th_Chess_Olympiad" title="39th Chess Olympiad">39th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk" title="Khanty-Mansiysk">Khanty-Mansiysk</a>, Russia</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Safarli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/40th_Chess_Olympiad" title="40th Chess Olympiad">40th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Safarli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/41st_Chess_Olympiad" title="41st Chess Olympiad">41st Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Troms%C3%B8" title="Tromsø">Tromsø</a>, Norway</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Safarli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="42nd Chess Olympiad">42nd Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, Azerbaijan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Sh.Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">T.Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">R.Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkadij_Naiditsch" title="Arkadij Naiditsch">A.Naiditsch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">E.Safarli</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Women's</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Event</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Players</th> <th>Position</th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:3em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="References">Ref</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/30th_Chess_Olympiad" title="30th Chess Olympiad">30th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, Philippines</td> <td>Sofiyeva, Velikhanli, Kadimova, Babayeva</td> <td style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/31st_Chess_Olympiad" title="31st Chess Olympiad">31st Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russia</td> <td>Sofiyeva, Velikhanli, Kadimova, Babayeva</td> <td style="text-align:center;">18</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/33rd_Chess_Olympiad" title="33rd Chess Olympiad">33rd Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a>, Russia</td> <td>Aliyeva, Mammadyarova, Shukurova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">30</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_Chess_Olympiad" title="34th Chess Olympiad">34th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, Turkey</td> <td>Babayeva, Aliyeva, Shukurova, Mammadyarova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">21</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/35th_Chess_Olympiad" title="35th Chess Olympiad">35th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bled" title="Bled">Bled</a>, Slovenia</td> <td>Velikhanli, Shukurova, Z.Mammadyarova, T.Mammadyarova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/36th_Chess_Olympiad" title="36th Chess Olympiad">36th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Calvi%C3%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Calviá">Calviá</a>, Spain</td> <td>Mammadyarova, Shukurova, Velikhanli, Khudaverdiyeva</td> <td style="text-align:center;">22</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/37th_Chess_Olympiad" title="37th Chess Olympiad">37th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy</td> <td>Isgandarova, Umudova, Agasiyeva, Avdeeva</td> <td style="text-align:center;">51</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/38th_Chess_Olympiad" title="38th Chess Olympiad">38th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, Germany</td> <td>Z.Mammadyarova, T.Mammadyarova, Umudova, Isgandarova, Kazimova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">31</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/39th_Chess_Olympiad" title="39th Chess Olympiad">39th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk" title="Khanty-Mansiysk">Khanty-Mansiysk</a>, Russia</td> <td>Z.Mammadyarova, T.Mammadyarova, Mammadova, Isgandarova, Umudova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/40th_Chess_Olympiad" title="40th Chess Olympiad">40th Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, Turkey</td> <td>Z.Mammadyarova, T.Mammadyarova, Mammadova, Isgandarova, Umudova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">28</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/41st_Chess_Olympiad" title="41st Chess Olympiad">41st Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Troms%C3%B8" title="Tromsø">Tromsø</a>, Norway</td> <td>Z.Mammadyarova, T.Mammadyarova, Mammadova, Abdulla, Ibrahimova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">23</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="42nd Chess Olympiad">42nd Chess Olympiad</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, Azerbaijan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zeinab_Mamedyarova" title="Zeinab Mamedyarova">Z.Mamedyarova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gunay_Mammadzada" title="Gunay Mammadzada">G.Mammadzada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulnar_Mammadova" title="Gulnar Mammadova">G.Mammadova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aydan_Hojjatova" title="Aydan Hojjatova">A.Hojjatova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narmin_Kazimova" title="Narmin Kazimova">N.Kazimova</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Team_Championships">World Team Championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: World Team Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/World_Team_Chess_Championship" title="World Team Chess Championship">World Team Chess Championship</a></div> <dl><dt>Men's</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Players</th> <th>Position</th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:3em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="References">Ref</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bursa" title="Bursa">Bursa</a>, Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nidjat_Mamedov" title="Nidjat Mamedov">Mammadov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ningbo" title="Ningbo">Ningbo</a>, China</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2011_world_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011_world-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Antalya" title="Antalya">Antalya</a>, Turkey</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Safarli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nidjat_Mamedov" title="Nidjat Mamedov">Mammadov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasif_Durarbayli" title="Vasif Durarbayli">Durarbayli</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Team_Championships">European Team Championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: European Team Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Men's</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/European_Team_Chess_Championship" title="European Team Chess Championship">European Team Chess Championship</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg/300px-Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg/450px-Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg/600px-Armenia_vs_Azerbaijan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3474" data-file-height="2481" /></a><figcaption>Armenia vs Azerbaijan at the 2011 European Team Chess Championship. <a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Levon Aronian</a> <i>(left)</i> and <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a> <i>(right)</i> pictured in the foreground.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Players</th> <th>Position</th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:3em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="References">Ref</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Debrecen" title="Debrecen">Debrecen</a>, Hungary</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center;">40</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pula" title="Pula">Pula</a>, Croatia</td> <td>Guliyev, Huseynov, Allakhverdiev, Hajily, Sideif-sade</td> <td style="text-align:center;">15</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-1997_europe_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1997_europe-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>, Georgia</td> <td>Bagirov, Hajily, Zulfugarli, Ibrahimov</td> <td style="text-align:center;">22</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-1999_europe_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1999_europe-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n,_Spain" title="León, Spain">León</a>, Spain</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, Ibrahimov, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;">22</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2001_europe_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001_europe-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a>, Bulgaria</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, Ibrahimov, Sideif-sade</td> <td style="text-align:center;">16</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2003_europe_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003_europe-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a>, Sweden</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, Guliyev</td> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Heraklion</a>, Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-2007_europe_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007_europe-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad" title="Novi Sad">Novi Sad</a>, Serbia</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Porto_Carras" title="Porto Carras">Porto Carras</a>, Greece</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Safarli</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, Poland</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Mamedyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Huseynov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Safarli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Mamedov</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Women's</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Players</th> <th>Position</th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:3em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="References">Ref</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Debrecen" title="Debrecen">Debrecen</a>, Hungary</td> <td>Velikhanli, Kadimova</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pula" title="Pula">Pula</a>, Croatia</td> <td>Velikhanli, Aliyeva, Kadimova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>, Georgia</td> <td>Babayeva, Shukurova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n,_Spain" title="León, Spain">León</a>, Spain</td> <td>Z.Mamedyarova, Shukurova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a>, Bulgaria</td> <td>Z.Mamedyarova, T.Mamedyarova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">17</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Heraklion</a>, Greece</td> <td>Z.Mamedyarova, T.Mamedyarova, Kadimova, Umudova, Isgandarova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad" title="Novi Sad">Novi Sad</a>, Serbia</td> <td>Z.Mamedyarova, T.Mamedyarova, Kazimova, Mammadova, Isgandarova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Porto_Carras" title="Porto Carras">Porto Carras</a>, Greece</td> <td>Z.Mamedyarova, T.Mamedyarova, Kazimova, Mammadova, Umudova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">20</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, Poland</td> <td>Z.Mamedyarova, T.Mamedyarova, Abdulla, Mammadova, Umudova</td> <td style="text-align:center;">20</td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Correspondence_chess">Correspondence chess</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Correspondence chess"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Correspondence_chess" title="Correspondence chess">Correspondence chess</a> competitions are held from the mid 1970s. In 1976, a commission on correspondence game was established under the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan; 4 championships were held in Azerbaijan (winners – L.Voloshin (1974–1975); S.Vdovin (1977–1978); V.Tsaturyan (1981–1983); S.Serebryakov (1984–1985)). Baku citizen P.Atyeshev took the 1st place at the 2nd championship of the USSR and in correspondence he became the champion of the 3rd Olympiad as a member of the USSR team. Azerbaijani team took the 11th place among 13 teams in the 5th championship of the USSR (in the 6th championship 10-11th places among 17, in 7th championship the 3rd place among 17 teams). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chess_composition">Chess composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Chess composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initial activity of the chess composition in Azerbaijan is connected to A.Gurvich. In the 1920s, problems and endgames of Sarychev brothers were published in “Bakinskiy Rabochiy” newspaper. In 1970, a Commission on Composition was created under the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan. Its first chairman was master A.Sarychev. The following people won in the championships of Azerbaijan: </p> <ul><li>The 1st (1974) – N.Gulamov - twomover, A.Sarychev - <a href="/wiki/Endgame_study" title="Endgame study">endgames</a>;</li> <li>The 2nd (1974–1977) – Gulamov - twomover, R.Alovsatzade - threemover, S.Khachaturov - moremover, Sarychev - endgames;</li> <li>The 3rd (open, 1977–1979) – V.Melnichenko - twomovement, A.Kalinin - threemover, A.Popandopulo - moremover, Alovsatzade - helpmate, M.Vahidov – selfmate;</li> <li>The 4th (1983) – Rauf Adigozalzade – twomovers and moremovers, Z.Eyvazova – threemovers, Sarychev – endgames;</li> <li>The 5th (open, 1985) – S.Shedey – twomovers, V.Kopayev – threemovers, Khachaturov – moremovers, G.Nadareishvili – endgames, A.Pankartyev-helpmate and selfmate.</li></ul> <p>National team of Azerbaijan took the 8th place in the 8th All-Union Team Championship of Chess Compositors (1972–1973), the 9th place in the 9th (1975–1976), 4th place in the 10th (1977–1978), 8th place in the 11th (1981–1982) and 7th place in the 12th (1984–1985). </p><p>A number of composers achieved success in the All-Union and international contests: Sarychev (endgames) – the 2nd place in Olympiad in Leipzig (1961) and the 1st place in international contests of such magazines as “New statesman” (1961, 1977), “Shakkelet (1970), “Ceskoslovenski schah” (1977); B.Baday (endgames) – the first place in a contest of “Shahmati v SSSR” (1961) magazine and in a contest to A.Kubbel; Khachaturov – the 1st place in thematic contest of moremoves (1973); E. Yusupov – he 1st place in a contest of the Roman magazine “Revista Romine de shah (1976); Rauf Adigozalzade and Vahidov (twomovers) – the 1st place in international contests of “Student” newspaper (Yugoslavia; 1979–1980) and others; A.Zygalov – the 1st place in international contests of “Tem-64” (France;1979) magazine and in Hungary (1982). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Published_books">Published books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Published books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first chess books – “Iqra v shahmati” (Chess game) (1982) and “Nachalniy kurs shahmatnoy iqri”(Essentials of chess game) (1932) by R.Safarova. “Course of chess lections” M.Eyve (1936) and “Chess codex of the USSR” (1938) were also published in Azerbaijani. From March, 1981 a biweekly attachment called “Chess” was published in the Republican newspaper “Sport” in Russian and Azerbaijani languages. Regular chess headings were published in “Kommunist”, “Bakinskiy rabochiy”, “Vishka” newspapers and in district newspapers. Television organizes programs called “Chess club” and “Schools of chess coaches” two times in a month. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chess_and_Azerbaijani_literature">Chess and Azerbaijani literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Chess and Azerbaijani literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chess took an important place in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_literature" title="Azerbaijani literature">Azerbaijani literature</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> professor Meier gave explanation to <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani people">Azerbaijani</a> <a href="/wiki/Poet" title="Poet">poet</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahsati" title="Mahsati">Mahsati</a> Genjevi's rubai about chess, in a book called “Beautiful Mahsati’ published in 1963, in <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Khaqani" title="Khaqani">Khagani Shirvani</a>, poet of the 12th century, in his work "Tohfatul Iraqeyn" writes that connection of rooks in chess enables threat and it is very dangerous for an enemy. Chess motifs are also reflected in works of the great classic Azerbaijani literature - Nizami Ganjavi. A frequent tracing of chess game are in all poems included to Khamse. Haji Ali Tebrizi, living in the 14th century, could play chess without looking, simultaneously with four players. He gained a name of the first chess-player, becoming the winner among all strongest chess-players not only in his country and also in the whole empire of <a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a>. In his “<a href="/wiki/Layla_and_Majnun" title="Layla and Majnun">Leyli and Majnun</a>” poem Fuzuli, giving a deep meaning to formation of chess figures and comparing Mejnun with himself wrote that despite Majnun lived in the more earlier historical period there is always a pawn in the world of love, while he is (Fuzuli) the king and despite that the pawn stands in front of the king he prefers to be the pawn and Majnun, who came to life earlier is just a pawn standing in front of the king. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Azerbaijan's_national_team_of_men"><span id="Azerbaijan.27s_national_team_of_men"></span>Azerbaijan's national team of men</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan's national team of men"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg/300px-Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg/450px-Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg/600px-Azeri_Chess_Team_EuroChess_2007_c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Men's team of Azerbaijan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg/270px-Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg/405px-Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg/540px-Elman_Rustamov_%26_Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>President of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Chess_Federation" title="Azerbaijan Chess Federation">Azerbaijan Chess Federation</a> <a href="/wiki/Elman_Rustamov" title="Elman Rustamov">Elman Rustamov</a> (left) and President of the World Chess Federation <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumzhinov">Kirsan Ilyumzhinov</a>.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Participant </th> <th>Team </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">Current rating</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">1 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td>2757 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">2 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td>2715 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">3 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eltaj_Safarli" title="Eltaj Safarli">Eltaj Safarli</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td>2653 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">4 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Rauf Mamedov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td>2647 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">5 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Qadir Huseynov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td>2607 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The National team of Azerbaijan became the third team in the history of chess, which won a match against the combined team of the world. The first similar game was held in 1970, in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, where the combined tam of the USSR wan the combined team of the world with a score of 20,5:19,5. The Soviet chess-players repeated their achievement in 1984, but this time in London, winning the compound team of the world with a score of 21:19. But in 2002, in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, during the third meeting, compound team of <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> yielded to the world grand, where also played Azerbaijani grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teymur Rajabov</a> with a score of 48:52. </p><p>On October 30, 2009 Men's Compound Chess Team of Azerbaijan became a champion of Team championship of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serb</a> city <a href="/wiki/Novi_Sad" title="Novi Sad">Novi Sad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Vugar Gashimov</a> brought victory to the team, after a long struggle with <a href="/wiki/Dani%C3%ABl_Stellwagen" title="Daniël Stellwagen">Daniël Stellwagen</a>. The other three parts finished in a draw. As a result, Azerbaijan gained 15 points and outrun Russia with 1 point, winning the world title. </p><p>On November 17, 2013 Men's Compound Chess Team of Azerbaijan for the second time in history became champion of Team championship of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> city <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>. Azerbaijan played a 2-2 draw against Armenia in the final ninth round of the Open tournament. In a very important match Russia beat France 2.5-1.5. This allowed the Azerbaijani team to set above France in the tournament table and come first. In the final our team gained 14 points. France is second (13 points) and Russia is a bronze winner with its 13 points.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_chess_competitions_in_Baku">International chess competitions in Baku</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: International chess competitions in Baku"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baku_Grand-Prix_2008">Baku Grand-Prix 2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Baku Grand-Prix 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first series of <a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix_2008%E2%80%932010" title="FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010">Grand Prix</a> of 2008-2009's, held in Baku from April 20 to May 6, 2008. Category was 19th. The average rating of its participants was 2717. The following people became winners: </p> <ul><li>Vugar Hashimov, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Azerbaijan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yue_(chess_player)" title="Wang Yue (chess player)">Wang Yue</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">PRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen" title="Magnus Carlsen">Magnus Carlsen</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cup_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan">Cup of the President of Azerbaijan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Cup of the President of Azerbaijan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A meeting of Azerbaijan's National team against the World's Compound team in which the guests won with a score of 21,5-10,5, was held from May 7 to 9, 2009, on the stage of “Uns” theatre in Baku and was held under the President's Cup dedicated to the memory of <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Structures of the teams were the following: </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaxmati_122.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Shaxmati_122.jpg/340px-Shaxmati_122.jpg" decoding="async" width="340" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Shaxmati_122.jpg/510px-Shaxmati_122.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Shaxmati_122.jpg 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>The participants of the tournament on the stage of "Uns" theatre</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Participant </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Country </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">1 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">2 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Vugar Gashimov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">3 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">4 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Qadir_Huseynov" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadir Huseynov">Qadir Huseynov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">5 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mamedov" title="Rauf Mamedov">Rauf Mamedov</a> </td> <td align="left">National team of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">6 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> </td> <td align="left">Combined team of the world (<a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">7 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik" title="Vladimir Kramnik">Vladimir Kramnik</a> </td> <td align="left">Combined team of the world (<a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">8 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alexei_Shirov" title="Alexei Shirov">Alexei Shirov</a> </td> <td align="left">Combined team of the world (<a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">9 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Karjakin" title="Sergey Karjakin">Sergey Karjakin</a> </td> <td align="left">Combined team of the world (<a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women’s_Chess_Tournament_“Baku-2007”"><span id="Women.E2.80.99s_Chess_Tournament_.E2.80.9CBaku-2007.E2.80.9D"></span>Women’s Chess Tournament “Baku-2007”</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Women’s Chess Tournament “Baku-2007”"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Women's Chess Tournament “Baku 2007” was held in 2007, in Baku, with participation of such famous chess-players as <a href="/wiki/Antoaneta_Stefanova" title="Antoaneta Stefanova">Antoaneta Stefanova</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> – ex-champion of the world, <a href="/wiki/Kateryna_Lahno" class="mw-redirect" title="Kateryna Lahno">Kateryna Lahno</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> – twice champion of Europe, <a href="/wiki/Monika_So%C4%87ko" title="Monika Soćko">Monika Soćko</a> from <a 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