Sport24.az
The International Chess Federation announced the rapid and blitz rating tables in early July, following the classic rating. Sport24.az reports that the best result in rapid among Azerbaijani grandmasters belongs to Shahriyar Mamedyarov.
He is in 19th place with 2701 points. Teymur Rajabov is 32nd (2669 points) and Eltaj Safarli is 72nd (2627).
The leader in rapid is Norwegian Magnus Carlsen (2819). He is followed by Chinese Ding Liren (2776) and French Alireza Firouzja (2762).
In the blitz rating, Mamedyarov is 39th with 2676 points. Rajabov is in 45th place with 2663 points. There are two more chess players in the top hundred: Eltaj Safarli is 73rd with 2634 points, and Rauf Mammadov is 97th with 2609 points.
Carlsen is also the leader in blitz (2883). Hikaru Nakamura from the USA is in second place (2838), and Alireza Firouzja from France is in third place (2814).
