The Azerbaijan Women’s Chess Championship 2022 takes place in Baku from 16 to 23 May. Live broadcast of the games will be daily on Chessdom.com. (scroll down for more information about the event)
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Eight participants compete in a round-robin tournament of 7 rounds fighting for the trophy of the National Championship and the total prize fund of 11.400 AZN (6.500 euros). Time control is: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and then 30 minutes until the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
The field is led by IM Gulnar Mammadova who defends the champions title, WIM Govhar Beydullayeva and WGM Khanim Balajayeva – two times Azerbaijan Women’s Champion (2018, 2020).
Throwback: Gulnar Mammadova wins Azerbaijan Women’s Chess Championship 2021 / Khanim Balajayeva is the winner in Azerbaijan Women’s Championship
Starting rank list of players:
1
IM
Mammadova Gulnar
2387
AZE
1991
2
WIM
Beydullayeva Govhar
2384
AZE
2003
3
WGM
Balajayeva Khanim
2376
AZE
2001
4
WGM
Fataliyeva Ulviyya
2348
AZE
1996
5
WGM
Mamedjarova Turkan
2264
AZE
1989
6
WGM
Abdulla Khayala
2219
AZE
1993
7
WFM
Allahverdiyeva Ayan
2120
AZE
2005
8
WFM
Hajiyeva Laman
1971
AZE
2003
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