FIDE announced the August ranking of chess players.
As Idman.biz reports, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has the best performance among the members of the Azerbaijan national team.
The 39-year-old grandmaster advanced 2 places. Mamedyarov, who has 2703 points in his assets, ranked 17th.
Teimour Radjabov beat 1 opponent. He is 33rd with 2700 points. Rauf Mammadov, who was 76th in the previous rating, left the Top 100.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen (2832) heads the rating table. He is followed by USA honors Hikaru Nakamura (2802) and Fabiano Caruana (2793).
Gunay Mammadzada has the best score among Azerbaijan’s female chess players. Mammadzada, who advanced 2 places, is 31st with 2441 points.
Govhar Beydullayeva (2412) is 43rd. Khanim Balajayeva, who dropped 13 places, is 60th with 2384 points. Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2369) is in the 72nd place, falling 21 places.
The list is headed by Yifan Hou (2633) from China. Wenjun Ju (China, 2563) took the second place, and Lei Tingjie (China, 2549) took the third place.
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