Elmar Magerramov
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Elmar Magerramov (Azeri: Elmar Məhərrəmov; Russian: Эльмар Магеррамов; born April 10, 1958 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is an international chess Grandmaster.
In 1990 Elmar became the first chess Grandmaster in the history of Azerbaijan. The next year he tied Artashes Minasian for the first place in USSR Chess Championship, losing on the tiebreaker.
Along with his playing career, Elmar had an extensive coaching career as well. He coached Gary Kasparov during 1984 World Chess Championship and Maia Chiburdanidze during 1991 Women's Chess World Championship.
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