Vugar Asadli Explained

Vugar Asadli
Country:Azerbaijan
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijan
Grandmaster (2019)
Fideid:13405764
Peakrating:2586 (February 2023)[1]

Vugar Asadli (Azerbaijani: Vüqar Əsədli, born 9 October 2001) is an Azerbaijani chess player who was awarded the title of chess grandmaster in 2019.[2] [3] Asadli is ranked as the 9th best chess player in Azerbaijan in the rating list of September 2020.[4]

He scored 6/8 on the 3rd board at the 2016 World Youth Chess Olympiad, while in the 2020 Portugal open rapid, he scored 6.5/8, placing him in the 9th place.[5] In the 2020 Portugal open, he scored 7/9, placing him in the 2- 9th place along with Hugo Ten Hertog, Evgeny Alekseev, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Aleksandar Indjic, Aryan Tari, Alexander Motylev, and Tigran Ghamarian.[6] In the Baku Open 2019, he ranked 3rd with a score of 7.5/9.[7]

He will be playing in the world rapid and blitz championship 2023 held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.[8]

Asadli received an international master title from FIDE in 2017, a FIDE master title in 2015, and a Candidate master title in 2014.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ratings Progress Chart: Asadli, Vugar . ratings.fide.com . 17 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Title application for Grandmaster . ratings.fide.com . 1 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Titles approved by Q3 2019 Presidential Board . . 25 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Asadli, Vugar FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers . ratings.fide.com . 2020-05-21.
  5. Web site: Portugal Open: Karen Grigoryan wins also in rapid – OPEN PORTUGAL 2020 . portugalopen.fpx.pt . pt-PT . pedrograve . 3 February 2020 . 2020-05-21.
  6. Web site: Karen Grigoryan is the new King of Portugal Open – OPEN PORTUGAL 2020 . portugalopen.fpx.pt . pt-PT . pedrograve . 2 February 2020 . 2020-05-21.
  7. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Baku Open 2019, group Open . chess-results.com . 28 September 2019 . 2020-05-21.
  8. Web site: FIDE World Rapid Championship 2023 . 2023-12-26 . chess24.com . en.