Eltaj Safarli, born on 18 May 1992 in Baku, is an Azerbaijani grandmaster. A world youth champion as a child and a grandmaster at 16, he was for many years one of Azerbaijan's strongest players and is today one of Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş's coaches.
Quick facts
- Title: Grandmaster (2008)
- Born: 18 May 1992, Baku
- Federation: Azerbaijan
- Peak rating: 2694 (October 2016, world No. 46)
- Titles: 2002 World U-10 Champion, Azerbaijani Champion 2010 and 2016
Early years
Safarli won the U-10 World Youth Championship in Heraklion in 2002 and became a grandmaster in 2008, aged just 16.
Playing career
He won the Azerbaijani Championship in 2010 and 2016, took the 2010 Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg and shared first place in the 2016 Tata Steel Challengers. His rating peaked at 2694 in October 2016, when he was world No. 46 and No. 3 in Azerbaijan.
At the 2011 European Team Championship in Porto Carras he won silver with Azerbaijan alongside Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Gashimov and Huseynov.
Coaching
For more than two years Safarli has coached Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş together with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. In that time Yağız has become the highest-rated 12-, 13- and 14-year-old in history.
Eltaj Safarli on Chess School
Safarli is one of the coaches of the talent programme. This category collects content related to him.
Source: Wikipedia: Eltaj Safarli
