Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (12.04.1985)

Mamedyarov sml Azerbaijani Grandmaster (2002). World Junior Champion in 2003 and 2005, World Rapid Chess Champion in 2013. Several times he was a participant in the Candidate’s Tournament.

Best results: winner or shared first at Dubai Open 2004, Aeroflot Open 2006, Essent Chess Hoogeveen 2006, Reykjavik Open 2006, Corsica rapid 2008, Chess Classic, Mainz 2009, President’s Cup (AZE) in 2006 and 2010, Tal Memorial (RUS) in 2010 and 2014, 2013 Beijing FIDE Grand Prix 2012–2013, Gashimov Memorial (AZE) 2016 and 2017, 3rd Shamkir Chess Tournament 2016, Sharjah FIDE Grand Prix 2017 and Biel Masters in 2018.

Mamedyarov is the brother of the WGMs Zeinab Mamedyarova and Turkan Mamedyarova

Peak rating: 2800 in 2017.

[Event “FIDE Grand Prix Beijing”]
[Site “Beijing CHN”]
[Date “2013.07.14”]
[EventDate “2013.07.04”]
[Round “9”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Shakhriyar Mamedyarov”]
[Black “Anish Giri”]
[ECO “D90”]
[WhiteElo “2761”]
[BlackElo “2734”]
[PlyCount “56”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qb3 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5
12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Nxb4 Nd4 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Nc6 Qxc5 20. Nxd8 Ne5 21. Nxe6
Qd6 22. Nxd4+ Nxc4 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 24. Ne6 Rc8 25. Bd5 Bxb2
26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Bc3+ Kg8 1-0
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