Aydin Suleymanli | |
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Country | Azerbaijan |
Born | Baku, Azerbaijan | March 22, 2005
Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
FIDE rating | 2626 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2626 (June 2024) |
Aydin Suleymanli ( Azerbaijani: Aydın Süleymanlı; born 22 March 2005) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (2021). [1]
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, at 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 finished 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]
In December 2023, he won the rapid section of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 supertournament by scoring 11 points. [10]
His current coach is GM Farid Abbasov. [11] 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. [12]