| Eltaj Safarli | |
|---|---|
 Eltaj Safarli, 43rd Chess Olympiad | |
| Full name | Eltac Səfərli |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Born | (1992-05-18) May 18, 1992 (age 32) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2610 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2694 (October 2016) |
| Peak ranking | No. 46 (October 2016) |
Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijani: Eltac Səfərli; born 18 May 1992 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. In October 2016, he reached his all-time-highest rating of, 2694 and was ranked as No. 3 in Azerbaijan and No. 46 in the world.
He entered tournaments from the age of 6, with modest success. Safarli won the Azerbaijan Championships in 2010 and 2016. He won the under 10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002.
Team competitions
Safarli played in the silver medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras in 2011, alongside Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov and Qadir Huseynov.
Notable tournament victories
- 2010 Mikhail Chigorin Memorial, Saint Petersbourg, 1st
- Winner of Azerbaijan Chess Championship (2016)
- Co-winner of the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament 2016 (+6-1=5)
References
- "Eltaj Safarli Wins Mikhail Chigorin Memorial". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- "Top 100 Players October 2016 - Archive". Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- "Eltaj Safarli Interview (and game against Wesley So)". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
- "Eltaj Safarli and Narmin Kazimova are new champions of Azerbaijan - Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- "The Week in Chess 420". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
External links
- Eltaj Safarli player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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