The Shirvan Open 2025 – Group A will take place from November 20 to November 26 in Shirvan, Azerbaijan. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Azerbaijan, check out The Asia Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Vugar Rasulov (2525), IM Khazar Babazada (2509), IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2487), Di Zhang (2460), IM Mayank Chakraborty (2454), IM Murad Ibrahimli (2447), IM Vugar Manafov (2421), Adak Bivor (2402), IM Sunle Gong (2374), IM Kaustuv Kundu (2372), IM Antonio Dcunha Viani (2366), FM Veny Akkarakaran John (2347), IM Subhayan Kundu (2346), IM Yixing Wu (2345), Babu Nithin (2310), FM Kangmin Zhong (2283), Fariz Ahmadov (2262), Pasham Alizada (2208), FM Anand Saurabh (2158), IM Rahul Sangma (2136). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Shirvan Open 2025 – Group A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Rasulov, Vugar
AZE
2525
2
IM
Babazada, Khazar
AZE
2509
3
IM
Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid
UZB
2487
4
Zhang, Di
CHN
2460
5
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2454
6
IM
Ibrahimli, Murad
AZE
2447
7
IM
Talibov, Shiroghlan
AZE
2443
8
IM
Manafov, Vugar
AZE
2421
9
Bivor, Adak
IND
2402
10
IM
Sammed Jaykumar, Shete
IND
2377
11
IM
Gong, Sunle
CHN
2374
12
IM
Kaustuv, Kundu
IND
2372
13
IM
Viani, Antonio Dcunha
IND
2366
14
FM
John, Veny Akkarakaran
IND
2347
15
IM
Subhayan, Kundu
IND
2346
16
IM
Wu, Yixing
CHN
2345
17
CM
Davudov, Tunar
AZE
2339
18
FM
Suleymanli, Suleyman
AZE
2328
19
Nithin, Babu
IND
2310
20
FM
Zhong, Kangmin
CHN
2283
21
Rostami, Hossein
IRI
2280
22
Ahmadov, Fariz
AZE
2262
23
Majumder, Shrayan
IND
2234
24
FM
Orujov, Farid
AZE
2221
25
Alizada, Pasham
AZE
2208
26
Anadkat, Kartavya
IND
2185
27
FM
Saurabh, Anand
IND
2158
28
Azimi, Amir Mohammad
IRI
2143
29
IM
Sangma, Rahul
IND
2136
30
FM
Samimi, Armin
IRI
2135
31
Mahindrakar, Indrajeet
IND
2133
32
Goriachkina, Oksana
FID
2127
33
FM
Zahmati, Sobhan
IRI
2109
34
Ahadzade, Kanan
AZE
2105
35
CM
Matyakubov, Miraziz
UZB
2095
36
Musayev, Eldar
AZE
2088
37
CM
Delavari, Behnood
IRI
2085
38
WFM
Shivika, Rohilla
IND
2077
39
Rzayev, Askar Aliakbar
TUR
2072
40
Gulumov, Muthat
AZE
2055
41
Zhou, Shumeng
CHN
2051
42
Masoumi, Sahar
IRI
2049
43
AFM
Choubey, Saurabh
IND
2047
44
Shaurya, Chaudhary
IND
2044
45
CM
Kavinda, Akila
SRI
2037
46
Rostami, Mohsen
IRI
2035
47
WCM
Bashirli, Saadat
AZE
2034
48
WFM
Huseynova, Lala
AZE
2030
49
Baghirov, Mahammad
AZE
2015
50
Ebrahimi Rashti, Asal
IRI
2014
51
Lovakov, Egor Vlad
FID
2012
52
Chaudhari, Ashish
IND
2006
53
Tiwari, Shivansh
IND
2003
54
Imani, Adrina
IRI
2001
55
Boricha, Yohan
IND
1989
56
Shreyas,
IND
1981
57
Mursalzade, Javad
AZE
1976
58
Fatullayev, Emil
AZE
1971
59
AIM
Abhay, Bandewar
IND
1968
60
Edalati, Parsa
IRI
1967
61
Mohamadi, Niyousha
IRI
1966
62
Prakash, Vaishnavi
IND
1964
63
Gurbanov, Amin Novruz
AZE
1963
64
Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar
IND
1951
65
Dhanush, Ram M
IND
1949
66
Eshkevari, Sahand
IRI
1944
67
Novruzov, Emin
AZE
1937
68
Orujov, Hazrat
AZE
1934
69
Gurbanov, Huseyn
AZE
1931
70
Moosavi, Seyed Arad
IRI
1919
71
Mehrkhah, Hadi
IRI
1918
72
Hummatov, Safa
AZE
1915
73
Ibrahimli, Suat
AZE
1915
74
Damya, Aydin
IRI
1904
75
Khanalizade, Elgun
AZE
1890
76
Soltanov, Teymur
AZE
1869
77
Allahverdi, Zahra
AZE
1850
78
AIM
Shirinov, Yashar
AZE
1843
79
Krithik, Muthukumar
IND
1843
80
Mirzaliyeva, Fatima Eldar
AZE
1830
81
WCM
Mirzaliyeva, Leyla
AZE
1805
82
WCM
Tahirova, Sevil
AZE
1800
83
Bakhshizada, Asnad
AZE
1786
84
WCM
Ahmadli, Mehriban
AZE
1743