Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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| Full name | Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
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| Born | April 12, 1985 Sumgayit, Azerbaijan |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2752 (No. 7 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2760 (January 2008) | |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijani: Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov) (born April 12, 1985 in Sumgayit, Azerbaijan) is a chess Grandmaster. On the January 2008 FIDE rating list he is ranked number six in the world with an Elo rating of 2760.
In 2003 he won World Junior Chess Championship, and did the same in 2005 achieving an incredible 2953 performance rating after eight rounds.[1]
In 2005 Mamedyarov competed at European Club Cup and had the second highest performance rating (2913) among all of the participants (Vassily Ivanchuk had the highest).
IM Goran Antunac has commented that Mamedyarov is a true virtuoso at handling the pieces, always finding the best squares for them.[1]
Mamedyarov attained joint first place in Aeroflot Open in Moscow in February 2006, with a score of 6.5/9. In October 2006, Mamedyarov won closed Essent Chess Tournament with 4.5 of six games, beating Judit Polgar on Sonneborn-Berger.
In the Chess World Cup 2007 Mamedyarov advanced to the third round where he was knocked by Ivan Cheparinov.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Borg, Geoffrey (2005-18-11). Shakhriyar Mamedyarov leads with 2953 performance. ChessBase. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at ChessGames.com
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
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