Rufat Bagirov

Rufat Bagirov (born October 10, 1979) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was the Chess Champion of Azerbaijan in 1998 and Sub Champion of Azerbaijan in 2011. He got International Master (IM) title in 1998 and Grandmaster (GM) title in 2002. He was a member of the Azerbaijan Chess Olympiad team in 2000.

He was awarded the title FIDE Trainer (2014).