Gulnar Mammadova (pictured above) convincingly won the Azerbaijani Women's Championship with a round to spare. It is her third national title after the victories in 2009 and 2010. The 12-player round-robin tournament with classical time control was held in Nakhchivan from May 21-31, 2021.
Gulnar entered the competition as a rating favourite and rose to the challenge. The champion turned in an excellent performance of 9 out of 11 points, conceding her opponents just four draws.
Govhar Beydullayeva, Zeinab Mamedjarova and Khayala Abdulla tied for second place on 7½. Thanks to better tiebreaks (the direct encounters) Govhar and Zeinab took silver and bronze respectively.
Final standings:
|
1 |
IM |
Mammadova, Gulnar |
2382 |
9 |
|
2 |
WIM |
Beydullayeva, Govhar |
2263 |
7½ |
|
3 |
WGM |
Mamedjarova, Zeinab |
2274 |
7½ |
|
4 |
WGM |
Abdulla, Khayala |
2263 |
7½ |
|
5 |
WCM |
Ismayil, Malak |
1997 |
6 |
|
6 |
WGM |
Fataliyeva, Ulviyya |
2301 |
5½ |
|
7 |
WFM |
Allahverdiyeva, Ayan |
2088 |
5½ |
|
8 |
Babayeva, Nasrin |
1704 |
5 |
|
|
9 |
WFM |
Hajiyeva, Laman |
1982 |
4½ |
|
10 |
WCM |
Rzali, Sabina |
1925 |
3½ |
|
11 |
WIM |
Ibrahimova, Sabina |
2213 |
3½ |
|
12 |
Humbatova, Nazli |
1381 |
1 |
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