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
601 2021-07-18 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.1 Nijat Abasov Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 56 Open
602 2021-07-17 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2.4 Nijat Abasov Shant Sargsyan 1-0 36 Open
603 2021-07-17 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2.3 Shant Sargsyan Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 40 Open
604 2021-07-16 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2.2 Nijat Abasov Shant Sargsyan 1/2-1/2 31 Open
605 2021-07-15 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2.1 Shant Sargsyan Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 35 Open
606 2021-06-20 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 7.3 Nijat Abasov Thai Dai Van Nguyen 1/2-1/2 55 Open
607 2021-06-19 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 6.1 Radoslaw Wojtaszek Nijat Abasov 1-0 54 Open
608 2021-06-18 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 5.2 Sam Shankland Nijat Abasov 1-0 47 Open
609 2021-06-17 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 4.3 Nijat Abasov David Navara 1-0 38 Open
610 2021-06-16 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 3.1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 63 Open
611 2021-06-15 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 2.1 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 1-0 37 Open
612 2021-06-14 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 1.2 Jorden Van Foreest Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 70 Open
613 2021-05-18 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.6 Nijat Abasov Vasif Durarbayli 0-1 65 Open
614 2021-05-18 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.5 Vasif Durarbayli Nijat Abasov 1-0 73 Open
615 2021-05-18 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.4 Nijat Abasov Vasif Durarbayli 0-1 42 Open
616 2021-05-18 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.3 Vasif Durarbayli Nijat Abasov 0-1 29 Open
617 2021-05-18 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.2 Vasif Durarbayli Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 41 Open
618 2021-05-17 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.1 Nijat Abasov Vasif Durarbayli 1/2-1/2 77 Open
619 2021-05-16 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 1.4 Eltaj Safarli Nijat Abasov 0-1 35 Open
620 2021-05-16 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 1.3 Nijat Abasov Eltaj Safarli 1-0 52 Open
621 2021-05-16 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 1.2 Nijat Abasov Eltaj Safarli 1/2-1/2 21 Open
622 2021-05-15 75th ch-AZE Final 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 1.1 Eltaj Safarli Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 49 Open
623 2021-05-14 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 11.1 Nidjat Mamedov Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 15 Open
624 2021-05-13 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 10.2 Nijat Abasov Eltaj Safarli 1-0 36 Open
625 2021-05-12 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 9.2 Vasif Durarbayli Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 28 Open
626 2021-05-11 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 8.4 Nijat Abasov Mahammad Muradli 1-0 21 Open
627 2021-05-10 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 7.4 Abdulla Gadimbayli Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 46 Open
628 2021-05-09 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 6.2 Nijat Abasov Misratdin Iskandarov 0-1 37 Open
629 2021-05-08 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 5.1 Farid Abbasov Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 32 Open
630 2021-05-07 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 4.1 Nijat Abasov Kanan Garayev 1-0 26 Open
631 2021-05-06 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 3.5 Urfan Sevdimaliyev Nijat Abasov 0-1 51 Open
632 2021-05-05 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 2.6 Nijat Abasov Vugar Asadli 1/2-1/2 42 Open
633 2021-05-04 75th ch-AZE Prelim 2021 Nakhchivan AZE 1.2 Nijat Abasov Aydin Suleymanli 1/2-1/2 40 Open
634 2021-03-31 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 9.5 Nijat Abasov Bassem Amin 1/2-1/2 30 Open
635 2021-03-31 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 8.1 Bartosz Socko Nijat Abasov 1-0 28 Open
636 2021-03-31 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 7.5 David Navara Nijat Abasov 0-1 38 Open
637 2021-03-31 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 6.2 David W L Howell Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
638 2021-03-31 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 5.4 Nijat Abasov Gata Kamsky 1/2-1/2 53 Open
639 2021-03-30 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 4.3 Luis Engel Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 39 Open
640 2021-03-30 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 3.3 Georg Meier Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 30 Open
641 2021-03-30 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 2.4 Nijat Abasov Nikita Vitiugov 1/2-1/2 32 Open
642 2021-03-30 European Online CC Final Tornelo INT 1.2 Nijat Abasov Pia Cramling 1-0 1 Open
643 2021-03-29 European Online CC PlayB Tornelo INT 4.3 Nijat Abasov Yuriy Kuzubov 1/2-1/2 46 Open
644 2021-03-29 European Online CC PlayB Tornelo INT 3.1 Alexander Donchenko Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 33 Open
645 2021-03-29 European Online CC PlayB Tornelo INT 2.3 Radoslaw Wojtaszek Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 30 Open
646 2021-03-29 European Online CC PlayB Tornelo INT 1.2 Nijat Abasov Zoltan Dr. Medvegy 1-0 52 Open
647 2021-03-28 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 9.5 Nijat Abasov Buse Naz Kocyigit 1-0 24 Open
648 2021-03-28 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 8.2 Georgios Kanakaris Nijat Abasov 0-1 38 Open
649 2021-03-28 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 7.4 Nijat Abasov Batu Angun 0-1 48 Open
650 2021-03-28 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 5.3 Deniz Arman Nijat Abasov 1-0 44 Open