Nijat Azad oglu Abasov is an Azerbaijani chess player who was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2011. Hailing from Baku, Azerbaijan, Abasov was born on May 14, 1995.
Nijat's International Master (IM) title was earned in 2008. He went on to win the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 category in 2011, and the Azerbaijani Chess Championship in 2015. In 2016, Abasov claimed victory in the European Individual Chess Championship.