[1] In October 2016, he reached his all-time-highest rating of, 2694 and was ranked as No.

[2] He entered tournaments from the age of 6, with modest success.

[4] He won the under 10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002.

[5] 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.

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