Eltaj Safarli
Eltaj Safarli is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. As of December 2018, he is ranked as No. 5 in Azerbaijan and No. 72 in the world rankings.
He entered tournaments from the age of 6, with modest success. Safarli won the Azerbaijan Championships in 2010 and 2016. He won the under 10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002.Team competitions
Safarli played in the silver medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras in 2011, alongside Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov and Qadir Huseynov.
