Nidjat Mamedov

Nidjat Mamedov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Məmmədov; born 2 April 1985) is an Azerbaijani chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006.

Nidjat Mamedov
Barcelona 2010
CountryAzerbaijan
Born (1985-04-02) April 2, 1985
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating2609 (August 2020)
Peak rating2624 (January 2014)

He won the U14 section of European Youth Chess Championships in 1999.[1] In 2007 Mamedov tied for first place with Mircea Parligras in the 11th Open International Bavarian Championship in Bad Wiessee winning the tournament on tiebreak.[2] He tied for first with Vadim Malakhatko and Valeriy Neverov in the 2007/08 Hastings International Chess Congress.[3] In 2008 he tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Anton Filippov, Constantin Lupulescu and Alexander Zubarev in the Romgaz Open tournament in Bucharest.[4] Mamedov won the Azerbaijani championship in 2011.[5] In June 2013, he won the Teplice Open in Czech Republic. [6] In 2018 Mamedov won the Nakhchivan Open, edging out Sergei Tiviakov on tiebreak score.[7]

He played for Azerbaijan in the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey and in the World Team Chess Championships of 2010 and 2013.[8]

References
  1. Crowther, Mark (13 September 1999). "TWIC 253: European Youth Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Nidjat Mamedov gewinnt in Bad Wiessee" (in German). ChessBase. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. Crowther, Mark (7 January 2008). "TWIC 687: 83rd Hastings International Congress". London Chess Center. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  4. Crowther, Mark (22 September 2008). "TWIC 724: II ROMGAZ Open". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. Crowther, Mark (14 February 2011). "TWIC 849: Azerbaijan Championships 2011". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. "Eight Players Share First in Teplice Open". Chessdom. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  7. "Nidjat Mamedov wins Nakhchivan Open 2018". Chessdom. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  8. Nidjat Mamedov team chess record at OlimpBase.org


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