The Azerbaijan Women’s Chess Championship 2021 took place from 21-30 May in Nakhchivan.
IM Gulnar Mammadova scored 9/11 points to convincingly win the Championship. Mammadova earned the title of the Azerbaijani Women’s Chess Champion for the first time in her chess career.
18 years old WIM Govhar Beydullayeva, 4 times Azerbaijani Champion WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova and WGM Khayala Abdulla tied for the second place with 7.5 points. According to tiebreak criteria, Beydullayeva was second and Mamedjarova claimed bronze. Abdulla took the 4th place.
Final rankings – Azerbaijan Women’s Chess Championship 2021:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
1
IM
Mammadova Gulnar
AZE
2382
9
2
WIM
Beydullayeva Govhar
AZE
2263
7.5
3
WGM
Mamedjarova Zeinab
AZE
2274
7.5
4
WGM
Abdulla Khayala
AZE
2263
7.5
5
WCM
Ismayil Malak
AZE
1997
6
6
WGM
Fataliyeva Ulviyya
AZE
2301
5.5
7
WFM
Allahverdiyeva Ayan
AZE
2088
5.5
8
Babayeva Nasrin
AZE
1704
5
9
WFM
Hajiyeva Laman
AZE
1982
4.5
10
WCM
Rzali Sabina
AZE
1925
3.5
11
WIM
Ibrahimova Sabina
AZE
2213
3.5
12
Humbatova Nazli
AZE
1381
1
The top rated female player from Azerbaijan IM Gunay Mammadzada could not participate the event since she took part in FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, being played in Gibraltar simultaneously with Azerbaijani Championship.
More information:
The Azerbaijan Women’s Chess Championship 2021 was played in 11 rounds with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per each move. The total prize fund of the event was 7.000 azn (around 3.300 eur).