Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a Chess Grandmaster and one of the best Azerbaijani Chess players from Azerbaijan. He holds Elo ratings above 2700 from FIDE, making him one of the few players on the list of Chess Super Grandmasters.
Last Updated: July 17, 2022
Full Name: Shakhriyar Hamid Oghlu Mamedyarov
Nick Name: Shakh
Title: Chess Grandmaster
Born: April 12, 1985
Place of birth: Sumgait, Azerbaijan
Ratings
World ranking: 12
Rapid: 2699
Blitz: 2778
Classical: 2759
Profiles
Biography
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a famous chess player born on April 12, 1985, in the Sumqayit city of Azerbaijan. His parents, who were from the district of Zangilan, moved to the more industrial and flourishing city of Sumqayit in 1980. When he started playing chess games, he was coached by his father, who also loved playing chess games. Apart from chess, his father was a former player. He also trained Shakhriyar boxing for some time alongside the chess games. However, Shahriyar is not the only child; they are three siblings, of which the other two are his sisters, Turkan Mamedyarova and Zeinab Mamedyarova.
The two sisters are also top-ranked chess players, with both of them holding women’s grandmaster titles. Shakhriyar married in 2012. However, the marriage did not work out, and they later divorced. In July 2017, Shakhriyar remarried and is still in the marriage.
The Beginning
Shakhriyar started becoming popular in chess games in 2003 when he won the junior world championships at 18. Shakhriyar later became a two-time chess champion in 2005 when he reached a performance rating of 2953 in a total of eight rounds in the world chess championship junior category. This made him qualify to play in the Essent chess tournament in Hoogeveen in 2006. Shakhriyar became victorious by winning this tournament with the following edition of the same tournament in 2007, making him world fame.
Shakhriyar secured a chance to compete in the European chess club cup, where he finished with the second-highest result in his performance. This was after he achieved a rating of 2913. In 2006, Shakhriyar competed in the Aeroflot open championships held in Moscow. He managed to share first place after scoring 6.5 points in the tournament. In the 2007 world cup chess tournament, Shakhriyar was out in the third round by Ivan Cheparinov.
He then participated in the president’s cup tournament in Baku in 2010. In the tournament, he reached first place in a tiebreak with Gata Kamsky and Vladimir Kramnik. He also reached first place in a tie break in Tal memorial chess games held in the same year. Shakhriyar won the World Rapid championships in 2013 after scoring 11.5/15 points in the tournament. He confirmed his second lead in the Tal memorial chess tournament in 2014, winning the competition for the second time.
In 2016, Shakhriyar was named the winner of the 3rd Shamkir chess game in the memorial of Vugar Gashimov. This was after he recorded a clear defeat on Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana, who featured most in the top seeds in the tournament. He competed in the fifth edition of the same tournament in 2018 and finished fourth after scoring 4.5 /9 in the tournament. In the same year, he secured a chance to compete in the Norway Chess tournament, sixth edition, and reached the seventh place after scoring 3.5/8. He won the Sharjah online tournament in 2020 after securing 7.5 points in the games from ten rounds. This was the first online tournament Shakhriyar won in his chess career.
Achievements
Shakhriyar has great achievements in the chess industry due to the self-motivation he has in his career. He started his chess career early and then made positive progress to become one of Azerbaijan’s highly profiled chess players. He is a chess grandmaster, a title he won in 2002 from the FIDE organization. He reached a peak rating of 2820, making him the sixth player with the highest rating in the history of chess games.
He recorded a two-time lead in the world chess championship junior category, becoming a two-time champion of the tournament in 2003 and also in 2005. He also became the champion in the world rapid chess championships in 2013. He also won a gold medal in the 2012 tournament of the Chess Olympiads. Shakhriyar is also a champion of the European chess championships three times in 2009, 2013 1st in 2017, representing the Azerbaijan national chess team. He also won the Tal memorial tournament twice, in 2010 and 2018.
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