Idman.biz
Azerbaijani grandmaster Aydın Suleymanli has significantly improved his position in the current world ranking.
According to Idman.Biz, Aydın Suleymanli, who performed successfully at the traditional "Tata Steel Challengers" tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, immediately rose 20 places and climbed to 80th place in the online ranking. It should be noted that before the Dutch Chess Festival, our representative was at the bottom of the top hundred.
During the tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Aydın Suleymanli won six victories, which brought him 15.2 rating points. Currently, his Elo rating is 2643.2.
It is especially worth noting that in the 10th round of the "Tata Steel Challengers" tournament, Aydın Suleymanli defeated Daniil Yuffa (Spain) with black pieces. Moreover, the victory was achieved in the 23rd move, which, according to chess standards, is almost a crushing defeat.
This result, which was the third consecutive victory, allowed the Azerbaijani grandmaster to rise to sole leadership in the tournament table. He is half a point ahead of his closest followers, Mark"Andrea Maurizzi (France) and Andy Woodward (USA). In the 11th round, Suleymanli will face the well-known Ukrainian grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk.
In addition, the winner of the "Challengers" tournament will gain the right to participate in the main competition of the chess festival to be held in Wijk aan Zee next year, the "Masters".
