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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