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Laman Ismayilova
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The Tata Steel Chess 2025 tournament has concluded in the Dutch
city of Wijk aan Zee, Azernews reports.
The 19-year-old Azerbaijani chess player Aydin Suleymanli, who
participated in the Challengers tournament, won against the
representative of Romania, Irina Bulmaga, in the 13th round.
He scored a total of 9.5 points, sharing the 1st-2nd places in
the final standings with Tai Dai Van Nguyen from the Czech
Republic. Despite having the same score, Suleymanli placed second
based on tiebreak criteria.
The Azerbaijani grandmaster achieved seven victories at Tata
Steel Chess 2025 agreed to draws in five games, and suffered a loss
only once.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is a 14-player round-robin. The
time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves followed by 50 minutes for
the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move
one.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 was the 87th edition of the
"Wimbledon of Chess," a classical tournament previously won by
World Champions Euwe, Botvinnik, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Karpov,
Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, and Carlsen.
Chess for centuries has been a popular game in Azerbaijan with
ancient roots closely related to traditions.
The country could preserve these traditions as chess remains to
be a crucially popular sport for now.
To popularise this original game, Azerbaijan President Ilham
Aliyev, who is also the chairman of the National Olympic Committee,
signed in 2009 an executive order initiating a state-supported
chess development program, covering the years 2009-2014.
The 42nd Chess Olympiad, held in Baku, is indeed an excellent
example of great attention paid to the development of chess games
in the country.
The large-scale event attracted a total of 1,587 participants,
including 894 in the Open category and 693 in the Women's event,
making the Baku Chess Olympiad a significant event.
Similarly, the FIDE World Chess Cup 2023 in Baku captivated
chess fans with its high-calibre competition and exhilarating
matches.
Featuring a highly competitive lineup, the World Cup provided an
exciting venue to display the remarkable skill and strategic
finesse of elite chess players.
Approximately 206 competitors participated in the open section,
along with 103 players in the women's competition.
The national chess players have always been taking high places
at top-ranked tournaments.
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