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Eltaj Safarli
Number of games in database: 222
Years covered: 2001 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2587
Highest rating achieved in database: 2599
Overall record: +71 -60 =90 (52.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (46) 
    B30 B43 B31 B96 B40
 French Defense (16) 
    C01 C11 C12 C10 C19
 Ruy Lopez (12) 
    C77 C86 C92 C95 C60
 French (7) 
    C11 C12 C10
 Sicilian Kan (7) 
    B43 B42
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (5) 
    C86 C92 C95
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (44) 
    B90 B22 B45 B92 B97
 Grunfeld (17) 
    D85 D97 D72 D91 D70
 Sicilian Najdorf (17) 
    B90 B92 B97 B96
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C72 C88 C95 C86 C75
 Queen's Indian (9) 
    E15 E12 E13 E16
 Nimzo Indian (8) 
    E32 E54 E44 E20
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W So vs E Safarli, 2009 0-1
   E Safarli vs S Sjugirov, 2006 1-0
   F Caruana vs E Safarli, 2008 0-1

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ELTAJ SAFARLI
(born 1992) (citizen of Azerbaijan)

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He is a GM.

 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 222  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. G Kanakaris vs E Safarli  0-157 2001 EYCC B10D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
2. A Sismanis vs E Safarli  0-127 2001 EYCC B10D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. E Safarli vs S Guliyev  1-039 2001 EYCC B10B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
4. E Safarli vs P Lichman  0-135 2001 EYCC B10B01 Scandinavian
5. E Safarli vs E Diktapanidis  1-031 2001 EYCC B10B07 Pirc
6. M Matlakov vs E Safarli  1-057 2001 EYCC B10A00 Uncommon Opening
7. E Safarli vs D Benidze  ½-½71 2001 EYCC B10B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
8. E Safarli vs Vuk Savanovic  0-131 2001 EYCC B10C26 Vienna
9. C Hanley vs E Safarli  ½-½25 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsB22 Sicilian, Alapin
10. E Safarli vs L Pantsulaia  0-151 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsB54 Sicilian
11. J Jirka vs E Safarli  1-048 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsE00 Queen's Pawn Game
12. C Esplana vs E Safarli  ½-½41 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsB86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
13. E Safarli vs P Mahesh Chandran  ½-½35 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsC47 Four Knights
14. M Dziuba vs E Safarli  1-029 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsE12 Queen's Indian
15. E Safarli vs G Rohit  0-150 2003 World Junior ChampionshipsB56 Sicilian
16. Jobava vs E Safarli  1-032 2003 Dubai op 5thB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
17. E Safarli vs S Kayumov  ½-½23 2004 6th Dubai OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
18. Harikrishna vs E Safarli  1-036 2004 6th Dubai OpenE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
19. E Moradiabadi vs E Safarli  ½-½36 2004 6th Dubai OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. R Mamedov vs E Safarli  1-030 2004 6th Dubai OpenB83 Sicilian
21. E Safarli vs A Gupta  1-053 2004 6th Dubai OpenB30 Sicilian
22. E Safarli vs T Vakhidov 0-127 2004 6th Dubai OpenA43 Old Benoni
23. Y Kuzubov vs E Safarli  ½-½27 2005 7th Dubai Open Chess ChampionshipE20 Nimzo-Indian
24. E Safarli vs G Papp  ½-½18 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU18A43 Old Benoni
25. D Arngrimsson vs E Safarli  0-140 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU18B22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 222  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Sep-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: <thats strage, i was sure that cheating at 5 min blitz its impossible because of too litle time to give the moves to the chess software and then to post the move the soft replies etc.>

It's rather simple for cheaters to pull off 5 minute games especially with increments. All they do is get two computers, preferably one a desktop and the other a laptop then sign in with two accounts. One account will follow the account you are playing so whoever you play the other computer will have the game loaded on the screen. Then all the cheater has to do is press add kibitzer and then Rybka or whatever evaluates each position in real time without you moving any of the pieces. It does this all automatically so there is no time wasted given a high speed connection.

I'm assuming Avtosh blitzed out his opening so there's nothing suspicious and maybe even could have made bad moves on purpose. If he only consulted an engine on critical positions its hard to see how they would catch him.

There are other ways of course such as the actual hacking of the system like what happened to chess21 a while ago. I'm sure bullet isn't even safe with enough creativity.

Sep-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  virginmind: <jointhearmy> oops. then, with the system you've described, what possible arguments do playchess.com admins have to catch a cheater? i mean, like you've said, i would only cheat on some 5-6-7 critical moves/moments, and it should be enough for me to win most of the games. anybody of a certain level in chess can make very good moves and even guess at times the best available move on a given position, and so if this happens only 5-6-7 times in a game, what grounds has a playchess admin to say i'm cheating?

ok, lets say one method is to spot the counter intuitive, non-natural (but excellent) moves, which supposedly only a computer (or top gm, which i'm not) would spot, but even those are rather rarely seen in games, don't you think so?

Sep-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: <virginmind> Really I don't know the grounds of their accusations, but I'd assume its intuitive. Also they have a few years of experience catching cheaters such as I remember someone talking about a guy pretending to be Korchnoi (of all people) years ago. I wasn't around then, but Korchnoi would be the last person I would pick as he seems like one of those "I don't play on the internet because everyone cheats" kinda people.

I'd guess another way they could have caught him is track all the IP's of the observers to see if any are in the same city as him. If there is always one observer that always follows his games and is from the same area then that's a signal as well. Then again if avtosh got creative, he could have used proxies and then this wouldn't have worked.

Sep-04-07   square dance: <I wasn't around then, but Korchnoi would be the last person I would pick as he seems like one of those "I don't play on the internet because everyone cheats" kinda people.> lol! sounds like you know your korchnoi. ;-)
Oct-13-07   Teimour: Player AVTOSH-GAGASH (=ELTAJ SAFARLI) used chess software assistance. HIS RATING GOT DELETED!

CHEATER

Oct-20-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: Eltaj Safarli has won L'Ami in the last round of Essent Open tournament. I hope the other leaders will not be able to win their final games to let him win the tournament...
Oct-21-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <ahmadov: Eltaj Safarli has won L'Ami in the last round of Essent Open tournament. I hope the other leaders will not be able to win their final games to let him win the tournament...>

Yes, Safarli won the Essent Open. :-)

Apr-02-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: last night naka set the record of 3000 elo at 1 minute game at icc, its a 67 straight win, the last 6 game was against eltaj safarli, he was crushed 6 in a row, had he drawn one game naka for sure would sleep so disgusted
Apr-02-08   you vs yourself: <naka for sure would sleep so disgusted> over a drawn bullet game@icc? I doubt it.
May-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: < over a drawn bullet game@icc? I doubt it.>

Nakamura seems to live at ICC. One drawn bullet game could mean more time Naka needs to spend getting his rating up. So that could in fact = loss of sleep.

Aug-05-08   actinia: My quality of life has improved dramatically since quitting bullet. I peaked at 2470 playchess. God, what a nightmare the bullet-addicted lifestyle is.
Aug-05-08   dumbgai: Eltaj Safarli is leading the World Junior Championship right now with 4/4.
Aug-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <actinia: My quality of life has improved dramatically since quitting bullet. I peaked at 2470 playchess. God, what a nightmare the bullet-addicted lifestyle is.>

Well said.

Aug-06-08   BIDMONFA: Eltaj Safarli

SAFARLI, Eltaj
http://www.bidmonfa.com/safarli_elt...
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Aug-06-08   DarthStapler: Surfin' Safarli!
Aug-08-08   VinnyRoo2002: I love the way this kid plays. I have no idea how good he'll become (I know he's pretty damn good already), but there's something really beautiful and original about the way he plays chess. I get a feeling he will climb up the rankings pretty rapidly.
Nov-01-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: http://www.chessvibes.com/tournamen...:

<A Corus of Online Approval

31 October 2008 15:50 PM | Last modified: 15:52>

Safarli playing in an ICC qualifier to earn the right to play in <2009 Corus C>!

Mar-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: Strongest Azeri player whose last name does not end in the letter "v."
May-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: Safarli is playing at dubai open 2009.

Wesley So preferred to play in biejing chess league rather than to defend his crown here.Maybe chinese chess league offer better pay and accomodation.

Safarli Eltaj (2599) - Priyadharshan K (2411) [B00]
11Dubai Dubai (9), 04.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Qe2 Nxb3 12.axb3 Be6 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rac8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rac1 Be7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.c4 Rcf8 21.Rf1 Qb6 22.Nd2 Rf4 23.g3 Rd4 24.Rxd4 Qxd4 25.Ne4 d5 26.Nc3 dxc4 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.bxc4 h6 29.Rd7 Bg5 30.Ne4 Qc6 31.Rd5 Bf6 32.Rd6 Qc8 33.Qd3 Bd8 34.Rd7 Bb6 35.c5 Bc7 36.Qd5+ Kh8 37.b4 a5 38.bxa5 Bxa5 39.Qxb7 Qxb7 40.Rxb7 Rc8 41.Kf1 1-0

May-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: http://previews.chessdom.com/dubai-...

Dubai Open participants.

May-17-09   ILikeFruits: i see him...
on playchess...
like every...
day...
Jun-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: Safarli equal Nakas playing time when it come to playing blitz/bullet online.

ICC/Playchess.com

its either Safarli or Nakamura who top the bullet pool at playchess.com

Jun-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: Naka now kicking ass at playchess.com eltaj safarli simply transfer playing at ICC and land in blitz top spot.

http://www.cs.utu.fi/~juhkivij/ches...

Jun-09-09   Udit Narayan: nice link!
Jun-27-09   Whitehat1963: How many young players can boast about defeating both Caruana and So while playing black? Here's one.
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