Aydin Suleymanli
Suleymanli at the Chess World Cup 2023
CountryAzerbaijan
Born (2005-03-22) March 22, 2005
Baku, Azerbaijan
TitleGrandmaster (2021)
FIDE rating2595 (November 2023)
Peak rating2595 (November 2023)

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

Biography

Aydin Suleymanli repeatedly represented Azerbaijan at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where he won three gold medals: in 2013, in Budva at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U08 age group and was awarded the Candidate master (CM) title,[2] In 2017, he won the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 age group in Mamaia and was awarded the title of FIDE Master (FM).[3]

In 2014, in Tallinn he won European Youth Chess Championships in blitz and rapid in the U10 age group.[4][5]

In 2019, he won World Youth Chess Championship in O14 age group.[6]

In February 2020 Suleymanli came first in the Aeroflot Open.[7] In 2021, he won the Niksic Memorial with a score of 8/9.[8] In the 8th round of the competition, he won against local chess player Luka Drašković. Due to this victory, at the age of 16, he became the 27th grandmaster of Azerbaijan.[9]

Personal life

His current coach is GM Farid Abbasov.[10] Aydin Suleymanli is one of the first to apply the Web3 trend in chess. Suleymanli offers fans a modern fan experience through its exclusive NFT collection.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 2nd quarter PB 2019, 27-30 June, Baku, Azerbaijan
  2. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 23rd EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - OPEN U8". chess-results.com.
  3. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - BLITZ, U10-BOYS". chess-results.com.
  5. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – RAPID, U10-BOYS". chess-results.com.
  6. ↑ World Youth Chess Championship 2019 - Open U14
  7. ↑ "Айдын Сулейманлы выиграл главный турнир фестиваля "Аэрофлот Опен 2020"" (in Russian). Ruchess. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  8. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1382". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  9. ↑ "Aydın Süleymanli became the grandmaster!".
  10. ↑ "Самый юный азербайджанский чемпион мира: "Я изучал шахматы денно и нощно, и прятал их под подушку"". Vzglyad.az (in Russian).
  11. ↑ "SKAUT announces cooperation with GM Aydin Suleymanli".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.