Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (born April 12, 1985 in Sumgait, Azerbaijan) is an international chess Grandmaster. On the October 2006 FIDE rating list he is ranked number twelve in the world with an Elo rating of 2728.
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).
About Mamedyarov's play, IM Goran Antunac from Croatia has commented that Mamedyarov is a true virtuoso at handling his pieces, always finding the best squares for them.
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, he beat Judit Polgar on Sonneborn-Berger.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
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