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
1289

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

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-10 (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
701 2020-05-29 Euro Online +2300 Day 1 chess.com INT 1 Nijat Abasov Sergei Krivenko 1-0 25 Open
702 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.9 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
703 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.8 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 1-0 55 Open
704 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.7 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1-0 73 Open
705 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.6 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 0-1 69 Open
706 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.5 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1-0 47 Open
707 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.4 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 0-1 47 Open
708 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.3 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1-0 45 Open
709 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.2 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 1-0 56 Open
710 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.1 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 47 Open
711 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.13 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1-0 46 Open
712 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.12 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 0-1 46 Open
713 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.11 Nils Grandelius Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 43 Open
714 2020-03-23 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 4.1 Nijat Abasov Nils Grandelius 1/2-1/2 62 Open
715 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 1/2-1/2 54 Open
716 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.9 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 0-1 80 Open
717 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.8 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 1-0 48 Open
718 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.7 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 1/2-1/2 42 Open
719 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.6 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 1-0 56 Open
720 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.5 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 0-1 44 Open
721 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.4 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 0-1 40 Open
722 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.3 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 1/2-1/2 46 Open
723 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.2 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 0-1 68 Open
724 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.14 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 0-1 61 Open
725 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.13 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 1-0 37 Open
726 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.12 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 0-1 21 Open
727 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.11 Nijat Abasov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 1-0 62 Open
728 2020-03-02 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 3.1 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Nijat Abasov 0-1 44 Open
729 2020-02-23 Bundesliga 2019-20 Hockenheim GER 8.3 Michael Prusikin Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 36 Open
730 2020-02-22 Bundesliga 2019-20 Hockenheim GER 7.4 Nijat Abasov Nico Georgiadis 1/2-1/2 29 Open
731 2020-02-21 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 9.2 Kacper Piorun Nijat Abasov 0-1 40 Open
732 2020-02-20 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 8.4 Nijat Abasov Lukas Cernousek 1/2-1/2 47 Open
733 2020-02-19 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 7.1 Hannes Stefansson Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 31 Open
734 2020-02-18 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 6.3 Nijat Abasov Andrey Esipenko 1-0 39 Open
735 2020-02-16 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 5.3 Mateusz Bartel Nijat Abasov 1-0 36 Open
736 2020-02-15 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 4.5 Nijat Abasov Tadeas Kriebel 1-0 37 Open
737 2020-02-14 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 3.4 Jan Krejci Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
738 2020-02-13 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 2.2 Nijat Abasov Jorden Van Foreest 1/2-1/2 30 Open
739 2020-02-12 2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE 1.1 Thai Dai Van Nguyen Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 46 Open
740 2020-02-09 Bundesliga 2019-20 Speyer GER 6.4 Thai Dai Van Nguyen Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
741 2020-02-08 Bundesliga 2019-20 Speyer GER 5.3 Nijat Abasov Markus Ragger 1/2-1/2 24 Open
742 2020-01-12 TCh-AUT 2019-20 Austria AUT 8.4 Nijat Abasov Marin Bosiocic 1/2-1/2 34 Open
743 2020-01-11 TCh-AUT 2019-20 Austria AUT 7.3 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 30 Open
744 2020-01-10 TCh-AUT 2019-20 Austria AUT 6.5 Nijat Abasov Csaba Balogh 1-0 79 Open
745 2020-01-09 TCh-AUT 2019-20 Austria AUT 5.2 Eduardas Rozentalis Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 30 Open
746 2020-01-06 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 2.9 Nijat Abasov Maxime Lagarde 1-0 41 Open
747 2020-01-06 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 2.8 Maxime Lagarde Nijat Abasov 1-0 45 Open
748 2020-01-06 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 2.7 Maxime Lagarde Nijat Abasov 1-0 60 Open
749 2020-01-06 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 2.6 Nijat Abasov Maxime Lagarde 0-1 23 Open
750 2020-01-06 Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT 2.5 Maxime Lagarde Nijat Abasov 0-1 40 Open