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Azerbaijani chess player
Khanim Balajayeva
CountryAzerbaijan
Born (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)
Qax, Azerbaijan
TitleInternational Master (2023)
Woman Grandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2384 (September 2024)
Peak rating2404 (July 2024)

Khanim Balajayeva (Azerbaijani: Xanım Balacayeva; born March 28, 2001) is an Azerbaijani chess player. She was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 2023.

Career

In February 2018, Balajayeva won the Azerbaijani women's championship edging out Gunay Mammadzada on tie-break score. Both players scored 6½ points out of 9.

Team competitions

At the 42nd Chess Olympiad, which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in September 2016, on the rights of the hosts of the tournament, Azerbaijan was represented by three teams. Balajayeva played on board two of the 3rd Azerbaijani team in the women's section. The team finished the tournament on 30th place, while Balajayeva scored 7½ points out of 11 games.

She played on the Azerbaijani team again at the Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2017 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

At the 43rd Chess Olympiad, which took place in Batumi, Georgia in September–October 2018, Balajayeva represented Azerbaijan in the women's event playing board three and scored 7 points out of 9. Her performance rating was 2522, which earned her the gold medal on board 3. The team finished the tournament on the 10th place.

References

  1. "Balajayeva, Khanim". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  2. "Khanim Balajayeva is the winner in Azerbaijan Women's Championship". chessdom.com. February 27, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. "42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women: Team-Composition with round-results". chess-results.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  4. "Chess Olympiad: Celebrating The Winners". chess.com. October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  5. "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women: Board-prizes". chess-results.com. October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  6. "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

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Azerbaijani Woman Grandmasters
Chess players for Azerbaijan with the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
Additionally has an International Master (IM) title
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