Nijat Abasov

Nijat Abasov
Full name Nijat Abasov
Country Azerbaijan
Born May 14, 1995
Baku, Azerbaijan
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2522 (May 2015)
Peak rating 2525 (May 2010)

Nijat Azad Abasov (born May 14, 1995) is an Azerbaijani chess prodigy and grandmaster. He became an International Master in 2009 and became a grandmaster at the age of 14 in 2010 by scoring 7.0/9 in a Serbian event.[1] He gained his third and final GM norm in the Azerbaijani Solidarity Day event in late December 2010, in which he placed first.[2]

Notes

  1. Aliyev, Elmir (2010-05-07). "Nijat Abasov becomes international grandmaster". Azerbaijan news. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. "Azerbaijani Solidarity Day 2010". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.

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