2024-06-16 03:37:13
The not too long ago accomplished World Youth Chess Championship in Gandhinagar, India marked the eighth medal within the historical past of those competitions for the chess of impartial Azerbaijan.
As reported by İdman.biz, Ayan Allahverdieva achieved such success amongst women below 20 years previous.
Chess gamers of impartial Azerbaijan at this age received 4 gold, 1 silver and three bronze medals on the world championships. If we depend individually the victories received below the Soviet flag, then solely the USSR (15), Russia (9), China (8), India (7), the USA (6) and the previous Yugoslavia (6) are forward of Azerbaijan when it comes to quantity.
Amongst 20-year-olds, Ilakha Gadimova received the primary silver medal for Azerbaijan in 1993.
In 2003, a novel occasion occurred within the historical past of the event. Two medals on the World Championships held in Nakhchivan went to the consultant of Sumgayit. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov grew to become the world champion amongst boys, and his sister Zeinab Mamedyarova received a bronze medal amongst women.
Two years later, Azerbaijani chess achieved a profitable outcome. In 2005, Shahryar rose to the best place amongst 20-year-olds for the second time. The results of Mamedyarov, who’s the primary two-time world champion amongst youth at this age within the historical past of chess, has by no means been repeated by anybody. Among the many women, 4 chess gamers did this.
The excellent outcomes of Azerbaijani chess gamers within the historical past of this competitors didn’t finish there. In 2022, for the second time within the historical past of chess, the gold medal for girls and boys went to 1 nation in the identical yr. Abdulla Gadimbayli and Govhar Beydullayeva wrote this distinctive web page of chess historical past. Earlier in 2008, Indians Abhijit Gupta and Harika Dronavalli did this.
After Zeinab, our chess gamers received two extra bronze medals on this competitors. In 2008, Eltaj Safarli grew to become third on this planet amongst boys, and in 2024 Ayan Allahverdiyeva grew to become third amongst women.
It must be famous that two extra college students of the Azerbaijan Chess Faculty have the title of champion amongst boys below 20 years previous. Whereas Garry Kasparov lived in Baku, he grew to become the world champion in 1996 below the flag of Israel, and Emil Sutovsky, who moved from Baku to Israel on the age of 14, grew to become the world champion 5 years later – in 1996 below the flag of the USSR.
Vugar Mamedov
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