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 ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2679 Oct 2023
Recorded years
2005–2026
Archived games
1289

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
851 2019-03-12 12th World Teams 2019 Astana KAZ 7.2 S.P. Sethuraman Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 31 Open
852 2019-03-11 12th World Teams 2019 Astana KAZ 6.1 Nijat Abasov Vladislav Artemiev 1/2-1/2 26 Open
853 2019-03-09 12th World Teams 2019 Astana KAZ 5.3 Aleksandr Lenderman Nijat Abasov 0-1 56 Open
854 2019-03-07 12th World Teams 2019 Astana KAZ 3.4 Nijat Abasov Petr Kostenko 1-0 78 Open
855 2019-03-05 12th World Teams 2019 Astana KAZ 1.4 Nijat Abasov Xiangzhi Bu 1/2-1/2 34 Open
856 2019-01-27 TCh-HUN 2018-19 Hungary HUN 4.1 Ferenc Berkes Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 14 Open
857 2019-01-20 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 8.2 Ante Brkic Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 65 Open
858 2019-01-19 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 7.4 Nijat Abasov Jaroslaw Krassowizkij 1-0 40 Open
859 2019-01-18 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 6.3 Jan Votava Nijat Abasov 0-1 34 Open
860 2019-01-17 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 5.3 Nijat Abasov Tamas Banusz 1/2-1/2 30 Open
861 2018-12-02 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 9.1 Nijat Abasov Eltaj Safarli 1/2-1/2 48 Open
862 2018-12-01 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 8.6 Vugar Bayramov Nijat Abasov 0-1 36 Open
863 2018-11-30 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 7.5 Nijat Abasov Samir Davidov 1/2-1/2 69 Open
864 2018-11-29 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 6.4 Khazar Babazada Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 53 Open
865 2018-11-28 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 5.8 Nijat Abasov Khayala Abdulla 1-0 43 Open
866 2018-11-26 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 3.3 Aydin Suleymanli Nijat Abasov 1-0 28 Open
867 2018-11-25 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 2.3 Nijat Abasov Ughur Ilyasli 1-0 23 Open
868 2018-11-24 Baku Open 2018 Baku AZE 1.3 Sabina Rzali Nijat Abasov 0-1 30 Open
869 2018-11-18 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 4.4 Nijat Abasov Markus Ragger 1-0 54 Open
870 2018-11-17 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 3.2 Christoph Menezes Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 55 Open
871 2018-11-15 TCh-AUT 2018-19 Austria AUT 1.2 Leon Mons Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 49 Open
872 2018-10-18 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 7.3 Viktor Laznicka Nijat Abasov 1-0 73 Open
873 2018-10-17 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 6.5 Nijat Abasov Laszlo Takacs 1-0 36 Open
874 2018-10-15 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 4.1 Nijat Abasov Alon Greenfeld 1-0 29 Open
875 2018-10-14 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 3.3 Omar Salama Nijat Abasov 0-1 21 Open
876 2018-10-13 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 2.3 Nijat Abasov Linda Jap Tjoen San 1-0 27 Open
877 2018-10-12 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 1.3 Kauko Kelo Nijat Abasov 0-1 18 Open
878 2018-09-16 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 9.21 Vladimir Malakhov Nijat Abasov 1-0 41 Open
879 2018-09-15 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 8.51 Nijat Abasov Ernesto Inarkiev 1/2-1/2 47 Open
880 2018-09-14 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 7.11 Nijat Abasov Pavel Ponkratov 1/2-1/2 87 Open
881 2018-09-13 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 6.51 Arik Braun Nijat Abasov 1-0 24 Open
882 2018-09-12 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 5.21 Nijat Abasov Evgeny Tomashevsky 1/2-1/2 14 Open
883 2018-09-11 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 4.41 Zbynek Hracek Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 21 Open
884 2018-09-10 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 3.31 Nijat Abasov Marin Bosiocic 1-0 66 Open
885 2018-09-09 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 2.31 Evgeny Postny Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 33 Open
886 2018-09-08 27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 Biograd na Moru CRO 1.41 Nijat Abasov Sergei Movsesian 1/2-1/2 33 Open
887 2018-08-16 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 9.4 Nijat Abasov Zviad Izoria 1/2-1/2 45 Open
888 2018-08-15 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 8.2 Surya Shekhar Ganguly Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 55 Open
889 2018-08-14 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 7.5 Nijat Abasov Ray Robson 1/2-1/2 40 Open
890 2018-08-13 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 6.1 Sumiya Bilguun Nijat Abasov 0-1 52 Open
891 2018-08-12 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 5.5 Anton Shomoev Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 99 Open
892 2018-08-11 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 4.2 Nijat Abasov Dmitry Bocharov 1/2-1/2 46 Open
893 2018-08-10 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 3.4 Tsegmed Batchuluun Nijat Abasov 0-1 39 Open
894 2018-08-09 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 2.3 Nijat Abasov Tsedvee Lkhagvasuren 1-0 47 Open
895 2018-08-08 4th Chinggis Invitational Ulaanbaatar MGL 1.3 Vasif Durarbayli Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 95 Open
896 2018-08-05 TCh-TUR Super League 2018 Ankara TUR 13.3 Nijat Abasov Mikheil Mchedlishvili 1/2-1/2 11 Open
897 2018-08-04 TCh-TUR Super League 2018 Ankara TUR 12.3 Nihal Sarin Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 40 Open
898 2018-08-03 TCh-TUR Super League 2018 Ankara TUR 11.4 Nijat Abasov Benjamin Gledura 1/2-1/2 31 Open
899 2018-08-03 TCh-TUR Super League 2018 Ankara TUR 10.2 Alexander Zubov Nijat Abasov 1/2-1/2 13 Open
900 2018-08-02 TCh-TUR Super League 2018 Ankara TUR 9.5 Nijat Abasov Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1/2-1/2 51 Open
  1. vs S.P. SethuramanDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-03-12 · Round 7.212th World Teams 2019
  2. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2019-03-11 · Round 6.112th World Teams 2019
  3. vs Aleksandr LendermanWon · 0-1Black · 2019-03-09 · Round 5.312th World Teams 2019
  4. vs Petr KostenkoWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-07 · Round 3.412th World Teams 2019
  5. vs Xiangzhi BuDraw · ½–½White · 2019-03-05 · Round 1.412th World Teams 2019
  6. vs Ferenc BerkesDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-27 · Round 4.1TCh-HUN 2018-19
  7. vs Ante BrkicDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-20 · Round 8.2TCh-AUT 2018-19
  8. vs Jaroslaw KrassowizkijWon · 1-0White · 2019-01-19 · Round 7.4TCh-AUT 2018-19
  9. vs Jan VotavaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-01-18 · Round 6.3TCh-AUT 2018-19
  10. vs Tamas BanuszDraw · ½–½White · 2019-01-17 · Round 5.3TCh-AUT 2018-19
  11. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-02 · Round 9.1Baku Open 2018
  12. vs Vugar BayramovWon · 0-1Black · 2018-12-01 · Round 8.6Baku Open 2018
  13. vs Samir DavidovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-11-30 · Round 7.5Baku Open 2018
  14. vs Khazar BabazadaDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-11-29 · Round 6.4Baku Open 2018
  15. vs Khayala AbdullaWon · 1-0White · 2018-11-28 · Round 5.8Baku Open 2018
  16. vs Aydin SuleymanliLost · 1-0Black · 2018-11-26 · Round 3.3Baku Open 2018
  17. vs Ughur IlyasliWon · 1-0White · 2018-11-25 · Round 2.3Baku Open 2018
  18. vs Sabina RzaliWon · 0-1Black · 2018-11-24 · Round 1.3Baku Open 2018
  19. vs Markus RaggerWon · 1-0White · 2018-11-18 · Round 4.4TCh-AUT 2018-19
  20. vs Christoph MenezesDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-11-17 · Round 3.2TCh-AUT 2018-19
  21. vs Leon MonsDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-11-15 · Round 1.2TCh-AUT 2018-19
  22. vs Viktor LaznickaLost · 1-0Black · 2018-10-18 · Round 7.334th ECC Open 2018
  23. vs Laszlo TakacsWon · 1-0White · 2018-10-17 · Round 6.534th ECC Open 2018
  24. vs Alon GreenfeldWon · 1-0White · 2018-10-15 · Round 4.134th ECC Open 2018
  25. vs Omar SalamaWon · 0-1Black · 2018-10-14 · Round 3.334th ECC Open 2018
  26. vs Linda Jap Tjoen SanWon · 1-0White · 2018-10-13 · Round 2.334th ECC Open 2018
  27. vs Kauko KeloWon · 0-1Black · 2018-10-12 · Round 1.334th ECC Open 2018
  28. vs Vladimir MalakhovLost · 1-0Black · 2018-09-16 · Round 9.2127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  29. vs Ernesto InarkievDraw · ½–½White · 2018-09-15 · Round 8.5127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  30. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-09-14 · Round 7.1127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  31. vs Arik BraunLost · 1-0Black · 2018-09-13 · Round 6.5127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  32. vs Evgeny TomashevskyDraw · ½–½White · 2018-09-12 · Round 5.2127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  33. vs Zbynek HracekDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-09-11 · Round 4.4127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  34. vs Marin BosiocicWon · 1-0White · 2018-09-10 · Round 3.3127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  35. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-09-09 · Round 2.3127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  36. vs Sergei MovsesianDraw · ½–½White · 2018-09-08 · Round 1.4127th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018
  37. vs Zviad IzoriaDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-16 · Round 9.44th Chinggis Invitational
  38. vs Surya Shekhar GangulyDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-15 · Round 8.24th Chinggis Invitational
  39. vs Ray RobsonDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-14 · Round 7.54th Chinggis Invitational
  40. vs Sumiya BilguunWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-13 · Round 6.14th Chinggis Invitational
  41. vs Anton ShomoevDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-12 · Round 5.54th Chinggis Invitational
  42. vs Dmitry BocharovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-11 · Round 4.24th Chinggis Invitational
  43. vs Tsegmed BatchuluunWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-10 · Round 3.44th Chinggis Invitational
  44. vs Tsedvee LkhagvasurenWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-09 · Round 2.34th Chinggis Invitational
  45. vs Vasif DurarbayliDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-08 · Round 1.34th Chinggis Invitational
  46. vs Mikheil MchedlishviliDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-05 · Round 13.3TCh-TUR Super League 2018
  47. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-04 · Round 12.3TCh-TUR Super League 2018
  48. vs Benjamin GleduraDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-03 · Round 11.4TCh-TUR Super League 2018
  49. vs Alexander ZubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-03 · Round 10.2TCh-TUR Super League 2018
  50. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-02 · Round 9.5TCh-TUR Super League 2018

FIDE tournaments

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

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