Azerbaijani Chess Championship facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

The Azerbaijani Chess Championship is usually held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is organised by the Azerbaijan Chess Federation (ACF). The first championship was played in 1934, when Azerbaijan was a part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. Championships were not held every year in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic until 1945. Since then they were held every year, which has continued today in independent Azerbaijan.

Winners

Year	City	Men's winner
1995	Baku	Vugar Gashimov
1996	Baku	Vugar Gashimov
1997
1998	Baku	Vugar Gashimov
1999	Baku	Rufat Bagirov
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006	Baku	Rauf Mamedov
2007	Baku	Elmir Guseinov
2008	Baku	Rauf Mamedov
2009	Baku	Rashad Babaev
2010	Baku	Eltaj Safarli
2011	Baku	Nidjat Mamedov
2012	Baku	Ulvi Bajarani
2013	Baku	Zaur Mammadov

Year	City	Women's winner
2001	Baku	Zeinab Mamedyarova
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007	Baku	Mehriban Shukurova
2008	Baku	Zeinab Mamedyarova
2009
2010
2011	Baku	Turkan Mamedyarova
2012	Baku	Turkan Mamedyarova
2013	Baku	Khayala Abdulla

Related pages

See also

In Spanish: Campeonato de Azerbaiyán de ajedrez para niños

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:

Azerbaijani Chess Championship Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.