.jpg) Abasov at the2024 Candidates Tournament | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nijat Azad oğlu Abasov (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (age 30) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2011) |
| FIDE rating | 2587 (November 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2679 (October 2023) |
| Peak ranking | No. 53 (November 2023) |
Nijat Azad oglu Abasov[1] (Azerbaijani:Nicat Azad oğlu Abasov; born 14 May 1995) is an Azerbaijanichess grandmaster. In September 2023, he reached his all-time-highest rating of 2679 and in October 2023 was ranked No. 53 in theworld.
Abasov was awarded the title ofInternational Master in 2009. He gained his third and finalnorm required for the title of Grandmaster in the Azerbaijanian Solidarity Day event in late December 2010,[1] in which he placed first.[2] FIDE awarded him the title in February 2011.[3]
In November 2015, Abasov won the Cultural Village tournament inWijk aan Zee to qualify for the2016 Tata Steel Challengers tournament.[4] In this latter he scored 6½ points out of 13.[5] Abasov played on team Azerbaijan 2 in the42nd Chess Olympiad inBaku.[6] In late December 2016, he won theZurich Christmas Open on tiebreak fromViktor Láznička,Dennis Wagner,Christian Bauer andMateusz Bartel.[7] In 2017, Abasov won both theAzerbaijani Chess Championship[8] and the Baku Open tournament.[9]
In October 2019, Nijat earned 6.5 points (+2=9-0) in theFIDE Grand Swiss Tournament, finishing 15th out of 154 players. In November that year, Abasov climbed to #93 in the world rankings and entered the FIDE Top 100 for the first time in his career.
In theChess World Cup 2023, 69th seed Abasov upset 5th seedAnish Giri in the third round. He went on to make it to the semi-finals by defeating 37th seedPeter Svidler in the fourth round, 53rd seedSalem Saleh in the fifth round, and 20th seedVidit Gujrathi in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals of the world cup, he faced Carlsen, and in the third place playoff his opponent wasFabiano Caruana.[10] SemifinalistMagnus Carlsen announced that he would not participate in theCandidates Tournament 2024, and therefore Abasov, as one of the top 3 players at theWorld Cup (excluding Carlsen), qualified for the Candidates.[11] Abasov was seconded byShakhriyar Mamedyarov during his run at the 2024 Candidates.[12]
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