Rufat Bagirov (born October 10, 1979) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was the Chess Champion of Azerbaijan in 1998[1] and Sub Champion of Azerbaijan in 2011. He got International Master (IM) title in 1998 and Grandmaster (GM) title in 2002.[2] He was a member of the Azerbaijan Chess Olympiad team in 2000.[3]

Rufat Bagirov
CountryAzerbaijan
Born (1979-10-10) October 10, 1979 (age 44)
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating2429 (May 2024)
Peak rating2541 (July 2002)

He was awarded the title FIDE Trainer[4] (2014).

Notable tournaments edit

Tournament Name Year ELO Points
ch-AZE(Baku AZE) 2011 2471 7.0
Moscow(Moscow) 2003 2494 7.0
Baku Bestcomp Cup active(Baku) 2000 2481 8.0
AZE-ch(Baku) 2000 2481 6.0
AZE-ch(Baku) 1998 NA 7.0
EU-ch U14(Szombathely) 1993 NA 7.0

References edit

  1. ^ "The chess games of Rufat Bagirov". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ "Rufat Bagirov chess games - 365Chess.com". www.365chess.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  3. ^ "Bagirov, Rufat. All-time player history". Olimpbase. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Bagirov, Rufat". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.