The 2017 edition of Basel Chess Festival took place from 2-8th January at Hotel Landgasthof in Basel, Switzerland. A total of 107 players took part in the 9-round Swiss event. Grandmasters Eltaj Safarli, Bai Jinshi and Christian Bauer shared the first place with 7/0 points each. Eltaj Safarli took the winner’s trophy on best tiebreak. […]
Safarli & Mamedyarov tie for 1st at Nakhchivan Open

http://chess-results.com/tnr219951.aspx Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 40) Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED RtgI Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Safarli Eltaj A AZE 2664 Baku 7,0 2519 5 0,0 49,0 2739 9 7 6,07 0,93 10 9,3 2 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar […]
Safarli leads Nakhchivan Open with 1 round to go

Standings after 8 rounds (top 30) http://chess-results.com/tnr219951.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED RtgI Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Safarli Eltaj A AZE 2664 Baku 6,5 2510 5 0,0 38,0 2761 8 6,5 5,47 1,03 10 10,3 2 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar A […]
Safarli leads Nakhchivan Open but Enkhtuul steals the show

http://chess-results.com/tnr219951.aspx Rank after Round 4 Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED RtgI Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Safarli Eltaj A AZE 2664 Baku 3,5 2389 3 0,0 9,0 4 3,5 3,30 0,20 10 2,0 2 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar A AZE 2748 Sumqayit 3,0 […]
Safarli leads Azerbaijan Championship after 6

http://chess-results.com/tnr212383.aspx Rank after Round 6 Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2663 5,0 2413 4 22,0 2 17 IM Abdulov Orkhan AZE 2354 4,5 2472 3 22,0 3 3 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2600 4,5 2408 3 22,0 4 20 FM Bashirli Nail AZE 2332 4,5 […]
Safarli and Durarbayli lead Bronstein Memorial after 3

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Leading Azerbaijani chess players attend festival in Ujar

Leading Azerbaijani chess players attend festival in UjarTue 20 December 2011 05:41 GMT Ujar has hosted the chess festival involving Azerbaijani grandmasters Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Gadir Huseynov, Rauf Mammadov and Eltaj Safarli, as well as captain of the youth national team of the country Jahangir Agarahim. The guests of the festival were the vice president of […]
Eltaj Safarli Interview (and game against Wesley So)

This version is a summarized article, for the full Eltaj Safarli Interview (and game against Wesley So) along with the interactive chess board, please visit William’s site. You guys are in for a real treat on this video. We get to watch 2 young talented 2550+ 15 year old GM’s duke it out on the […]
Safarli shares 3rd in Moscow Open

Eltaj Safarli shares 3rd-4th places in Moscow OpenTue 01 February 2011 13:13 GMT 7:13 Local Time The Moscow Open chess festival continues in Moscow. Azerbaijan’s Eltaj Safarli, who takes part in the main tournament of the festival, played a draw with Russian Eugeniy Alexeyev in the fifth round. Azerbaijani grandmaster gained three points and he […]
Gaining steam in Moscow

Azerbaijani chess player leading in Moscow OpenSat 29 January 2011 05:36 GMT -1:36 Local Time The international chess festival Moscow Open is gaining steam in Moscow. The second round has been played in tournament A, where Azerbaijani grandmaster Eltaj Safarli takes part. After a draw with Russian Nicholai Chadayev, Safarli met Robert Hess from the […]