Top chess players in Azerbaijan

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

Azerbaijan has 1,203 rated players. The highest rated is GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at 2710.

Country ranking

#7 of 184

top 10 average 2629.7

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·1,203 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=28		GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE · 41	2710	27102710.0	–	-32
2#38		GMTeimour Radjabov AZE · 39	2689	26892689.0	–	-3
3#401	1	GMAydin Suleymanli AZE · 21	2679	26792679.0	–	+65
4#=52		GMMahammad Muradli AZE · 23	2662	26622662.0	–	+78
5#=89		GMRauf Mamedov AZE · 38	2632	26322632.0	–	-23
6#1272	2	GMVasif Durarbayli AZE · 34	2611	26112611.0	–	-1
7#=1282	2	GMEltaj Safarli AZE · 34	2610	26102610.0	–	-20
8#=1971	1	GMNijat Abasov AZE · 31	2580	25802580.0	–	-7
9#=218		GMVugar Rasulov AZE · 35	2572	25722572.0	–	+47
10#=292		GMAhmad Ahmadzada AZE · 22	2552	25522552.0	–	+29
11#=3911	1	GMMisratdin Iskandarov AZE · 31	2530	25302530.0	–	-13
=12#=427		IMRead Samadov AZE · 19	2524	25242524.0	–	+1
=12#=427		IMKhagan Ahmad AZE · 15	2524	25242524.0	–	+69
14#=7082	2	GMUlvi Sadikhov AZE · 28	2482	24822482.0	–	+8
15#=723		IMShiroghlan Talibov AZE · 20	2481	24812481.0	–	+43
16#=741		IMKhazar Babazada AZE · 21	2479	24792479.0	–	-23
17#=861		IMVugar Manafov AZE · 22	2465	24652465.0	–	+45
18#=9995	5	GMFarhad Tahirov AZE · 39	2451	24512451.0	–	-1
19#=10537	7	IMRahim Gasimov AZE · 50	2447	24472447.0	–	-6
20#=10843	3	GMNamig Guliyev AZE · 52	2444	24442444.0	–	-42
=21#=11111	1	IMMurad Ibrahimli AZE · 24	2441	24412441.0	–	-6
=21#=11111	1	FMTunar Davudov AZE · 17	2441	24412441.0	–	+102
23#=12731	1	IMMahammad Zulfugarli AZE · 49	2427	24272427.0	–	+1
24#=12952	2	GMAzer Mirzoev AZE · 48	2425	24252425.0	–	-46
25#=13282	2	IMKamal Aghasiyev AZE · 38	2422	24222422.0	–	-19

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