The Shirvan Open 2025 – Group A will take place from November 20 to November 26 in Shirvan, Azerbaijan. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Azerbaijan, check out The Asia Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Vugar Rasulov (2525), IM Khazar Babazada (2509), IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2487), Di Zhang (2460), IM Mayank Chakraborty (2454), IM Murad Ibrahimli (2447), IM Vugar Manafov (2421), Adak Bivor (2402), IM Sunle Gong (2374), IM Kaustuv Kundu (2372), IM Antonio Dcunha Viani (2366), FM Veny Akkarakaran John (2347), IM Subhayan Kundu (2346), IM Yixing Wu (2345), Babu Nithin (2310), FM Kangmin Zhong (2283), Fariz Ahmadov (2262), Pasham Alizada (2208), FM Anand Saurabh (2158), IM Rahul Sangma (2136). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Shirvan Open 2025 – Group A Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Rasulov, Vugar | AZE | 2525 |
| 2 | IM | Babazada, Khazar | AZE | 2509 |
| 3 | IM | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | UZB | 2487 |
| 4 | Zhang, Di | CHN | 2460 | |
| 5 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2454 |
| 6 | IM | Ibrahimli, Murad | AZE | 2447 |
| 7 | IM | Talibov, Shiroghlan | AZE | 2443 |
| 8 | IM | Manafov, Vugar | AZE | 2421 |
| 9 | Bivor, Adak | IND | 2402 | |
| 10 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar, Shete | IND | 2377 |
| 11 | IM | Gong, Sunle | CHN | 2374 |
| 12 | IM | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2372 |
| 13 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2366 |
| 14 | FM | John, Veny Akkarakaran | IND | 2347 |
| 15 | IM | Subhayan, Kundu | IND | 2346 |
| 16 | IM | Wu, Yixing | CHN | 2345 |
| 17 | CM | Davudov, Tunar | AZE | 2339 |
| 18 | FM | Suleymanli, Suleyman | AZE | 2328 |
| 19 | Nithin, Babu | IND | 2310 | |
| 20 | FM | Zhong, Kangmin | CHN | 2283 |
| 21 | Rostami, Hossein | IRI | 2280 | |
| 22 | Ahmadov, Fariz | AZE | 2262 | |
| 23 | Majumder, Shrayan | IND | 2234 | |
| 24 | FM | Orujov, Farid | AZE | 2221 |
| 25 | Alizada, Pasham | AZE | 2208 | |
| 26 | Anadkat, Kartavya | IND | 2185 | |
| 27 | FM | Saurabh, Anand | IND | 2158 |
| 28 | Azimi, Amir Mohammad | IRI | 2143 | |
| 29 | IM | Sangma, Rahul | IND | 2136 |
| 30 | FM | Samimi, Armin | IRI | 2135 |
| 31 | Mahindrakar, Indrajeet | IND | 2133 | |
| 32 | Goriachkina, Oksana | FID | 2127 | |
| 33 | FM | Zahmati, Sobhan | IRI | 2109 |
| 34 | Ahadzade, Kanan | AZE | 2105 | |
| 35 | CM | Matyakubov, Miraziz | UZB | 2095 |
| 36 | Musayev, Eldar | AZE | 2088 | |
| 37 | CM | Delavari, Behnood | IRI | 2085 |
| 38 | WFM | Shivika, Rohilla | IND | 2077 |
| 39 | Rzayev, Askar Aliakbar | TUR | 2072 | |
| 40 | Gulumov, Muthat | AZE | 2055 | |
| 41 | Zhou, Shumeng | CHN | 2051 | |
| 42 | Masoumi, Sahar | IRI | 2049 | |
| 43 | AFM | Choubey, Saurabh | IND | 2047 |
| 44 | Shaurya, Chaudhary | IND | 2044 | |
| 45 | CM | Kavinda, Akila | SRI | 2037 |
| 46 | Rostami, Mohsen | IRI | 2035 | |
| 47 | WCM | Bashirli, Saadat | AZE | 2034 |
| 48 | WFM | Huseynova, Lala | AZE | 2030 |
| 49 | Baghirov, Mahammad | AZE | 2015 | |
| 50 | Ebrahimi Rashti, Asal | IRI | 2014 | |
| 51 | Lovakov, Egor Vlad | FID | 2012 | |
| 52 | Chaudhari, Ashish | IND | 2006 | |
| 53 | Tiwari, Shivansh | IND | 2003 | |
| 54 | Imani, Adrina | IRI | 2001 | |
| 55 | Boricha, Yohan | IND | 1989 | |
| 56 | Shreyas, | IND | 1981 | |
| 57 | Mursalzade, Javad | AZE | 1976 | |
| 58 | Fatullayev, Emil | AZE | 1971 | |
| 59 | AIM | Abhay, Bandewar | IND | 1968 |
| 60 | Edalati, Parsa | IRI | 1967 | |
| 61 | Mohamadi, Niyousha | IRI | 1966 | |
| 62 | Prakash, Vaishnavi | IND | 1964 | |
| 63 | Gurbanov, Amin Novruz | AZE | 1963 | |
| 64 | Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar | IND | 1951 | |
| 65 | Dhanush, Ram M | IND | 1949 | |
| 66 | Eshkevari, Sahand | IRI | 1944 | |
| 67 | Novruzov, Emin | AZE | 1937 | |
| 68 | Orujov, Hazrat | AZE | 1934 | |
| 69 | Gurbanov, Huseyn | AZE | 1931 | |
| 70 | Moosavi, Seyed Arad | IRI | 1919 | |
| 71 | Mehrkhah, Hadi | IRI | 1918 | |
| 72 | Hummatov, Safa | AZE | 1915 | |
| 73 | Ibrahimli, Suat | AZE | 1915 | |
| 74 | Damya, Aydin | IRI | 1904 | |
| 75 | Khanalizade, Elgun | AZE | 1890 | |
| 76 | Soltanov, Teymur | AZE | 1869 | |
| 77 | Allahverdi, Zahra | AZE | 1850 | |
| 78 | AIM | Shirinov, Yashar | AZE | 1843 |
| 79 | Krithik, Muthukumar | IND | 1843 | |
| 80 | Mirzaliyeva, Fatima Eldar | AZE | 1830 | |
| 81 | WCM | Mirzaliyeva, Leyla | AZE | 1805 |
| 82 | WCM | Tahirova, Sevil | AZE | 1800 |
| 83 | Bakhshizada, Asnad | AZE | 1786 | |
| 84 | WCM | Ahmadli, Mehriban | AZE | 1743 |

