Naiditsch Arkadij (25.10.1985)

Azebaijani Grandmaster (2001) born in Latvia and moved to Germany in 1996 then to Azerbaijan in 2015.

German Champion in 2007. Bronze at the European U10 Championship in 1995, silver at the World U12 in 1997, fourth at the European Individual Championship in 2006 and first equal at the European Rapid Championship in 2010.

Best results: won or shared first at Münster 1999, Griesheim 2002, Bad Zwesten Open 2002, Julian Borowski B 2002, Super GM in Dortmund 2005, Vlaardingen Rapid 2005, Baku Open 2007, Villarrobledo Rapid 2009, Montreal 2009, Neckar Open 2011, Zurich Open 2014 and 2015, Basle Open 2014 and 2015, Grenke Chess Classic 2015, Gideon Japhet Memorial Jerusalem 2016, New Delhi Open 2017.
A member of the team which won the European Team Championship in 2017.

In a match, he drew with Jan Timman 2-2 in 2002 and beat Zahar Efimenko 3,5-2,5 in 2010.

Co-author of Chess Evolution Publication with Csaba Balogh.
Naiditsch married Israeli chess player WGM Yuliya Shvayger.

Peak rating: 2737 in 2013.