Rashad Babaev

{{Short description|Azerbaijani chess grandmaster and trainer (born 1981)}}

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| name = Rashad Babaev

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| country = Azerbaijan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|09|03}}

| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan

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| title = Grandmaster (2007)

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| peakrating = 2535 (April 2009)

| FideID = 13400681

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Rashad Babaev (born September 3, 1981, Baku, Azerbaijan){{Cite web |title=GM Rashad Babaev (Rabachess) - Chess Profile |url=https://www.chess.com/member/rabachess |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}} is an Azerbaijani FIDE grandmaster and trainer as of 2019. He is a full-time chess coach/arbiter.{{Cite web |title=Rashad Babaev chess games - 365Chess.com |url=https://www.365chess.com/players/Rashad_Babaev |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=www.365chess.com}} He was the Grandmaster (GM) in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Babaev, Rashad |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/13400681/calculations |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=ratings.fide.com}} As a Grandmaster, he focused his profession on developing Young Talent.