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.

View rating lists

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
651 2021-03-27 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 3.2 Evgeny Postny Nijat Abasov 0-1 51 Open
652 2021-03-27 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 2.5 Nijat Abasov Yannick Gozzoli 1/2-1/2 93 Open
653 2021-03-27 European Online CC GpE Tornelo INT 1.1 Gael Lejeune Nijat Abasov 0-1 38 Open
654 2021-03-14 TCh-AUT 2021 Austria AUT 7.3 Richard Rapport Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 40 Open
655 2021-03-13 TCh-AUT 2021 Austria AUT 6.1 Nijat Abasov Petr Haba 1-0 40 Open
656 2021-03-12 TCh-AUT 2021 Austria AUT 5.2 Dominik Horvath Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 47 Open
657 2021-02-20 World Corporate East A chess.com INT 6.12 Unidentified player Nijat Abasov 0-1 57 Open
658 2021-02-20 World Corporate East A chess.com INT 5.11 Anastasios Tzoumbas Nijat Abasov 0-1 64 Open
659 2021-02-20 World Corporate East A chess.com INT 4.12 Nijat Abasov Yevgeniy Rozenfeld 1-0 37 Open
660 2021-02-19 World Corporate East A chess.com INT 3.8 Nijat Abasov Jan Bernasek 1-0 50 Open
661 2021-02-19 World Corporate East A chess.com INT 2.13 Unidentified player Nijat Abasov 0-1 36 Open
662 2021-02-19 World Corporate East A chess.com INT 1.2 Nijat Abasov Jolanta Zawadzka 1-0 27 Open
663 2021-01-24 TCh-AUT 2021 Austria AUT 4.2 Nijat Abasov Valentin Dragnev 0-1 78 Open
664 2021-01-23 TCh-AUT 2021 Austria AUT 3.1 Robert Markus Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 30 Open
665 2021-01-23 TCh-AUT 2021 Austria AUT 2.3 Nijat Abasov David Shengelia 1-0 36 Open
666 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 9 Nijat Abasov Guntars Antoms 1-0 60 Open
667 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 8 Matiss Mustaps Nijat Abasov 1-0 73 Open
668 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 7 Nijat Abasov Kirill Stupak 1/2-1/2 13 Open
669 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 6 Nijat Abasov Vladimir Sveshnikov 1-0 26 Open
670 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 5 Aleksej Aleksandrov Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 58 Open
671 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 4 Alexei Shirov Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 100 Open
672 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 3 Nijat Abasov Artur Gabrielian 1-0 46 Open
673 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 2 Chitlange Sakshi Nijat Abasov 0-1 52 Open
674 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 1 Nijat Abasov Jevgenijs Springis 1-0 22 Open
675 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 15 4100638 Nijat Abasov 0-1 27 Open
676 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 14 Nijat Abasov Daniel Sanz Wawer 1-0 45 Open
677 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 13 Dmitrijs Tokranovs Nijat Abasov 0-1 63 Open
678 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 12 Nijat Abasov Valery Kazakouski 1/2-1/2 80 Open
679 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 11 Ritvars Reimanis Nijat Abasov 0-1 25 Open
680 2020-11-09 Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 lichess.org INT 10 Nikita Meshkovs Nijat Abasov 1-0 47 Open
681 2020-09-29 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 7.3 Elisabeth Paehtz Nijat Abasov 0-1 34 Open
682 2020-09-28 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 6.3 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 1/2-1/2 30 Open
683 2020-09-27 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 5.2 Adrian Suarez Uriel Nijat Abasov 0-1 43 Open
684 2020-09-26 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 4.4 Nijat Abasov Daniel Forcen Esteban 1/2-1/2 30 Open
685 2020-09-25 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 3.1 Nijat Abasov Jaime Santos Latasa 1-0 40 Open
686 2020-09-24 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 2.4 Oleg Korneev Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 13 Open
687 2020-09-23 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2020 Linares ESP 1.2 Nijat Abasov David W L Howell 1/2-1/2 41 Open
688 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 7 Anel Hasanagic Nijat Abasov 1-0 1 Open
689 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 6 Nijat Abasov Abdulla Gadimbayli 0-1 38 Open
690 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 5 Nijat Abasov Alexey Maly 1-0 109 Open
691 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 4 Michael Kopylov Nijat Abasov 1-0 77 Open
692 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 3 Nijat Abasov Rainer Buhmann 0-1 67 Open
693 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 2 Lukas Cernousek Nijat Abasov 0-1 39 Open
694 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 1 Nijat Abasov Sergei Krivenko 1-0 25 Open
695 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.9 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
696 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.8 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 1-0 55 Open
697 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.7 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1-0 73 Open
698 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.6 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 0-1 69 Open
699 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.5 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1-0 47 Open
700 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.4 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 0-1 47 Open