Idman.biz reports that Shahriyar Mamedyarov has the best result among Azerbaijani grandmasters in rapid chess.
He is 21st (2701 points), Teymur Rajabov is 34th (2668), and Eltaj Safarli is 96th (2616).
The leader in rapid is Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2819), followed by Ding Liren (China, 2776) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE, 2758).
At the same time, Mamedyarov is 35th in blitz (2680). There are three more of our chess players in the top 100: Rajabov 43rd (2663), Rauf Mammadov 65th (2637), and Eltaj Safarli 76th (2627).
Carlsen is also the leader in blitz (2883), Alireza Firouzja (France, 2857) is second, and Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2837) is third.
Idman.biz
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