Chess clubs of Baku and Absheron 16

Baku clubs are known mostly by the tournaments they enter on the server. Bahruz Chess Club runs classical rated tournaments, Chessbattle plays at the Heydər Əliyev Sports and Concert Complex on Abbas Səhhət, and Şah Klub has moved its events from the Baku Youth Centre to Bakıxanov, where Alina Chess Club and Aqarunov Chess also play. Another club has moved its rapid and rated events from Fətəli Xan Xoyski to Təbriz küçəsi in Nərimanov, and ŞAH&mat klubu plays rated rapid and classical games on Şövkət Məmmədova near the Azadlıq metro station.

Bəyaz Şahmat Klubu holds amateur rapid and blitz events at the Mida residential complex in Yasamal, and the Respublika Şahmat Mərkəzi on Azərbaycan prospekti hosts national rapid and blitz championships of the federation. Outside the city, Ocaq Sport Klub plays at AAAF Park in Xırdalan; the Grand Rook Chess Club and the Baku Engineering University club are listed in Xırdalan too, and Sumqayıt has a sports club named after Şəhriyar Qasımov. The university clubs are for students and are also gathered with school chess.