Rauf Mamedov
| Rauf Mamedov | |
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Rauf Mamedov, World Junior Chess Championship (Gaziantep 2008)
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| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Born |
26 April 1988 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2688 (February 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2688 (December 2016) |
Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijani: Rauf Məmmədov; born 26 April 1988) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster.
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Mamedov started playing chess at the age of seven. In 2004, he became a Grandmaster (GM), following his victory during international tournament in Dubai.
In 2009, he tied for 1st-3rd with Yuriy Kuzubov and Dmitry Andreikin in the category 16 SPICE Cup tournament at Lubbock, Texas.
Mamedov won the Corsica Masters blitz tournament in 2011.
In 2015 Mamedov won the European Blitz Chess Championship in Minsk.
He won the Azerbaijani championship three times (2006, 2008, 2015).
He played in the gold medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad in 2009, alongside Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov and Gadir Guseinov, previously winning bronze medal in 2007.
Mamedov with Azerbaijani Chess team, winners of European Team Chess Championship in 2007.
Mamedov at EuroChess 2007.
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