Khayala Abdulla (Azerbaijani: Xəyalə Abdulla; born 13 July 1993) is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2015).

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Khayala Abdulla
Abdulla in 2012
Full name	Khayala Mardan qizi Abdulla
Country	Azerbaijan
Born	(1993-07-13) 13 July 1993 (age 30)
Title	Woman Grandmaster (2015)
Peak rating	2320 (September 2015)

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In 2010, Khayala Abdulla won a bronze medal in the European Youth Chess Championship in Batumi, in the age category U18. In 2011, she won the Azerbaijani Youth Chess Championship in the age category U18,^[1] and second place in the age category U20.^[2] In 2012, Abdulla repeatedly won the silver medal in the Azerbaijani Youth Chess Championship in age category U20.^[3]

Twice winner of the Azerbaijani Women's Chess Championships (2013, 2014).^[4][5]

Abdulla played for Azerbaijan in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[6]

• In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+3, =3, -2),
• In 2016, at second board (Azerbaijan 2) in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+1, =0, -4).

Abdulla played for Azerbaijan in the European Team Chess Championship:^[7]

• In 2013, at third board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Warsaw (+2, =2, -2),
• In 2015, at fourth board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavik (+1, =3, -2).

In 2010, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title,^[8] and in 2015, the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title.^[9]