The 2015 Azerbaijan Chess Championship for men is taking place from 6-15th January.
The tournament format is 9-round Swiss with 22 participants. There are 8 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters in the field.
Round 1 results:
1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2642 – IM Izzat Kanan 2424 1 – 0
2 IM Rzayev Bahruz 2416 – GM Safarli Eltaj 2635 ½ – ½
3 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2635 – FM Sadikhov Ulvi 2414 1 – 0
4 IM Iskandarov Misratdin 2405 – GM Guseinov Gadir 2610 ½ – ½
5 GM Mirzoev Azer 2549 – IM Guliev Logman 2385 ½ – ½
6 IM Abdulov Orkhan 2342 – GM Abasov Nijat 2530 ½ – ½
7 CM Gasimov Parviz 2517 – IM Heydarli Kanan 2273 1 – 0
8 Shahaliyev Ismayil 2273 – FM Sevdimaliyev Urfan 2505 1 – 0
9 GM Bajarani Ulvi 2494 – Shabanov Nurlan 2165 1 – 0
10 CM Asadli Vugar 2127 – GM Rasulov Vugar 2491 0 – 1
11 IM Mammadov Zaur 2487 – Bayramov Elvin 2051 1 – 0
