Career
This victory qualified him for the Tata Steel Group A of 2014 (later renamed "Tata Steel Masters"). In December of the same year, he finished first in the 38th Zurich Christmas Open. In January 2015 he tied for 1st–5th with Alexander Donchenko, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Matthias Dann and Miloš Pavlović in the Masters section of the Basel Chess Festival, winning the tournament on best tiebreak score.
Naiditsch tied for first with Magnus Carlsen in the 3rd Grenke Chess Classic in February 2015, finishing second after a five-game blitz playoff, which ended with an armageddon game.
In July 2015 he switched to the Azerbaijani Chess Federation. In October 2014, Naiditsch married Israeli chess player WIM Yuliya Shvayger.