Vugar Gashimov

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Vugar Gashimov
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Full name Vüqar Həşimov
Country Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Born July 24, 1986 (1986-07-24) (age 21)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2679
(No. 42 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 2679 (April 2008)

Vugar Gashimov (born July 24, 1986 in Baku) is a chess player from Azerbaijan. He is a noted player of Bullet chess. In addition he has suffered from epileptic seizures.[1] He won at Athens 2005 (Acropolis International).[2]

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  1. ^ Chess Cafe interview
  2. ^ Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007”, ChessBase News, 26 August 2007, <http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4073>. Retrieved on 10 April 2008 
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