Djakhangir Agaragimov (born December 15, 1986), in Azerbaijani Cahangir Ağarəhimov, is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.
| Djakhangir Agaragimov | |
|---|---|
 Djakhangir Agaragimov, 2015 | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Born | December 15, 1986 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2014) |
| FIDE rating | 2502 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2502 (February 2014) |
Agaragimov visited secondary school #258 in Baku and studied at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics. He trains chess together with Eltaj Safarli.[1]
He holds the Grandmaster title since February 2014,[2] fulfilling norms at the Baku Open in August 2010, where he won against the Grandmasters Natalia Zhukova and Davit Jojua amongst others, and at a double-round rating tournament in Alushta in June 2013.[3] He is one of the few chess players who became Grandmaster without holding the title International Master before.[4]
As a chess player he is inactive. His last tournament was a tournament in Rustavi in January 2014.
He was Operating Director at the Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku.[5]
Publications
edit- Pearls of Azerbaijan, by Vladimir Bagirov (chief editor), Niepołomice, Chess Evolution, 2016, ISBN 978-83-944290-8-9.
References
edit- ^ "Interview with Eltaj Safarli". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. by Alexander Ipatov
- ^ Grandmaster application
- ^ Alushta Summer 2013 in The Week in Chess #972 from 24th June 2013
- ^ FIDE rating card of Djakhangir Agaragimov
- ^ "Page for the Organisers of the Chess World Cup 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
External links
edit- Djakhangir Agaragimov chess games at 365Chess.com
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