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Press release by the International Chess Federation
Mahammad Muradli, aged 18, won the 2022 Azerbaijani Championship. Muradli repeated his success from 2019 when he took his first national title.
Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.1 and 2
These DVDs are about Understanding Middlegame Strategies. In the first DVD dynamic decisions involving pawns are discussed. The second DVD deals with decision making process concerning practical play.
The Azerbaijani Championship took place in Nakhchivan on 4-18 February 2022. Unlike previous events, the 2022 championship was held in two stages. At the first stage, 28 participants competed in a 9-round Swiss tournament with classical time control. The top-4, namely Vasif Durarbayli (7/9), Musratdin Iskandarov (7/9), Aydin Suleymanli (6/9) and Mahammad Muradli (5½/9), advanced to the knockout stage. Interestingly, the future champion barely made it into the second stage on tiebreak criteria.
Each match in the semifinals and the final consisted of two classical games, plus two rapid games, two blitz games and an Armageddon in case of ties.
In the semifinals, Muradli prevailed over defending champion Durarbayli by winning the second rapid game (they had exchanged blows in the classical games), while Iskandarov whitewashed Suleymanli.
In the final, Mahammad Muradli took the first game with white after Musratdin Iskandarov missed a good drawing chance in a time scramble. Facing a must-win situation, Musratdin reached an overwhelming position and came very close to levelling the score in the second game, but let his advantage slip away with a hasty 34th move and ended up losing.
In the match for bronze, Vasif Durarbayli defeated Aydin Suleymanli by a score of 2-0.
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2615 | 7.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 47.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Iskandarov Misratdin | AZE | 2566 | 7.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 46.0 |
| 3 | 5 | Suleymanli Aydin | AZE | 2530 | 6.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 49.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Muradli Mahammad | AZE | 2528 | 5.5 | 5 | 0.0 | 44.5 |
| 5 | 10 | Ibrahimli Murad | AZE | 2418 | 5.5 | 5 | 0.0 | 43.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2597 | 5.5 | 4 | 0.0 | 42.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Ahmadzada Ahmad | AZE | 2467 | 5.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 49.5 |
| 8 | 17 | Ilyasli Ughur | AZE | 2310 | 5.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 41.0 |
| 9 | 9 | Babazada Khazar | AZE | 2427 | 5.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 43.0 |
| 10 | 11 | Shahaliyev Ismayil | AZE | 2380 | 5.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 41.0 |
...24 players
