GMNijat Abasov

AZE Born 1995 (Age ≈31) Male
FIDE ID
13402960

About Nijat Abasov

Nijat Abasov was born in Baku in 1995. He became an International Master in 2009 and a grandmaster in 2011, completing his final norm by winning the Azerbaijani Solidarity Day tournament. Victory at the 2015 Cultural Village tournament earned him a place in the Tata Steel Challengers. Show more

Nijat Abasov was born in Baku in 1995. He became an International Master in 2009 and a grandmaster in 2011, completing his final norm by winning the Azerbaijani Solidarity Day tournament. Victory at the 2015 Cultural Village tournament earned him a place in the Tata Steel Challengers. He won both the Azerbaijani Championship and the Baku Open in 2017. At the 2023 World Cup he eliminated Anish Giri, Peter Svidler, Salem Saleh and Vidit Gujrathi to reach the semifinals. He finished fourth after losing to Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Carlsen’s decision to decline his Candidates place allowed Abasov to enter the 2024 Candidates Tournament in Toronto. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov helped him prepare for that event, where he finished eighth.

FIDE ratings

2582.4 -2.6

Classical

Live estimate

2557

Rapid

Published FIDE

2555

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#186
National rank · AZE
#8

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2679 Oct 2023
Recorded years
2005–2026
Archived games
1282

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-091. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026Classical2

All tournament results

Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
551 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 16.39 Jiner Zhu Nijat Abasov 0-1 46 Open
552 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 15.39 Nijat Abasov Jiner Zhu 1-0 45 Open
553 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 14.4 Nijat Abasov Lela Javakhishvili 1-0 31 Open
554 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 13.4 Lela Javakhishvili Nijat Abasov 1-0 32 Open
555 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 12.33 Andrei Volokitin Nijat Abasov 1-0 37 Open
556 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 11.33 Nijat Abasov Andrei Volokitin 1/2-1/2 45 Open
557 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 10.29 Nijat Abasov Jules Moussard 0-1 27 Open
558 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 1.1 Ruslan Ponomariov Nijat Abasov 1-0 60 Open
559 2021-11-07 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 11.5 Martyn Kravtsiv Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 14 Open
560 2021-11-06 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 10.45 Nijat Abasov Ahmed Adly 0-1 42 Open
561 2021-11-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 9.48 Arturs Neiksans Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 23 Open
562 2021-11-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 8.38 Nijat Abasov Mikhail Al. Antipov 0-1 50 Open
563 2021-11-03 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 7.39 Surya Shekhar Ganguly Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 33 Open
564 2021-11-01 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 6.4 Nijat Abasov Cristobal Henriquez Villagra 1/2-1/2 38 Open
565 2021-10-31 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 5.25 Jeffery Xiong Nijat Abasov 1-0 29 Open
566 2021-10-30 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 4.35 Nijat Abasov Temur Kuybokarov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
567 2021-10-29 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 3.2 Nikita Vitiugov Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 41 Open
568 2021-10-28 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 2.51 Nijat Abasov Nikita Meshkovs 1-0 32 Open
569 2021-10-27 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 1.3 Alireza Firouzja Nijat Abasov 1-0 28 Open
570 2021-10-17 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 Toledo ESP 7.2 Nijat Abasov Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 1-0 61 Open
571 2021-10-16 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 Toledo ESP 6.4 Nijat Abasov Marc Narciso Dublan 1/2-1/2 39 Open
572 2021-10-13 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 Toledo ESP 3.2 Nijat Abasov Nihal Sarin 1/2-1/2 39 Open
573 2021-10-12 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 Toledo ESP 2.3 Mikheil Mchedlishvili Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 20 Open
574 2021-10-10 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 9.4 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 12 Open
575 2021-10-09 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 8.2 Nijat Abasov Alexander Areshchenko 1-0 40 Open
576 2021-10-08 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 7.5 Ferenc Berkes Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 24 Open
577 2021-10-07 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 6.1 Nijat Abasov Robert Kempinski 1/2-1/2 62 Open
578 2021-10-06 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 5.5 Nijat Abasov Wojciech Moranda 1/2-1/2 19 Open
579 2021-10-05 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 4.2 Niclas Huschenbeth Nijat Abasov 1-0 62 Open
580 2021-10-04 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 3.4 Juraj Druska Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 29 Open
581 2021-10-03 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 2.3 Matthias Bluebaum Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 31 Open
582 2021-10-02 TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 Legnica POL 1.3 Nijat Abasov Mieszko Mis 1/2-1/2 34 Open
583 2021-09-24 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 7.2 David Navara Nijat Abasov 1-0 58 Open
584 2021-09-23 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 6.1 Nijat Abasov Vladimir Fedoseev 1/2-1/2 34 Open
585 2021-09-22 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 5.2 Michael Roiz Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 36 Open
586 2021-09-21 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 4.3 Nijat Abasov Vugar Asadli 1/2-1/2 50 Open
587 2021-09-20 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 3.1 Daniil Dubov Nijat Abasov 0-1 39 Open
588 2021-09-19 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 2.5 Matthias Roeder Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 32 Open
589 2021-09-18 36th ECC Open 2021 Struga MKD 1.5 Nijat Abasov Simon Thorhallsson 1-0 38 Open
590 2021-09-05 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 11.29 Nijat Abasov Tamas Petenyi 1-0 44 Open
591 2021-09-04 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 10.27 Gudmundur Kjartansson Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 40 Open
592 2021-09-03 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 9.28 Nijat Abasov MarcAndria Maurizzi 1/2-1/2 44 Open
593 2021-09-02 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 8.12 Levan Pantsulaia Nijat Abasov 1-0 38 Open
594 2021-09-01 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 7.13 Nijat Abasov Velimir Ivic 1/2-1/2 54 Open
595 2021-08-31 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 6.8 Viktor Erdos Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 8 Open
596 2021-08-29 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 4.19 Juraj Druska Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 53 Open
597 2021-08-28 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 3.18 Nijat Abasov Hannes Stefansson 1/2-1/2 14 Open
598 2021-08-27 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 2.6 Jorge Viterbo Ferreira Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 68 Open
599 2021-08-26 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 Reykjavik ISL 1.9 Nijat Abasov Vignir Vatnar Stefansson 1-0 24 Open
600 2021-07-19 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Nijat Abasov 1-0 37 Open