Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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Mamedyarov at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Shamkir Chess tournament
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| Full name | Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
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12 April 1985 Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2002) |
| FIDE rating | 2762 (September 2016) |
| Peak rating | 2775 (August 2013) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (January 2007) |
Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mammadyarov (Azerbaijani: Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), also known as Shah and Shak, is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster.
Mamedyarov is a two-time World Junior Champion, and gold-medallist at the 2012 Chess Olympiad and European Team Championships in 2009 and 2013.
He also competed in the FIDE Candidates Matches in 2011, won Tal Memorial on two occasions and won the World Rapid Championship in 2013.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was born on April 12, 1985 in Sumgait, Azerbaijan.
In 2003 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He repeated his victory in 2005 (thus becoming the only two-time champion), achieving a 2953 performance rating after eight rounds. This gained him an invitation to the Essent Tournament 2006 in Hoogeveen, and by winning this one and the 2007 edition, Mamedyarov achieved world fame.
In 2005 Mamedyarov competed at the European Club Cup and had the second highest performance rating (2913) among all of the participants (Vassily Ivanchuk had the highest).
Mamedyarov attained joint first place at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow in February 2006, with a score of 6½/9. In October 2006, he won the closed Essent Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen with 4½/6, beating Judit Polgár on Sonneborn-Berger.
At the Chess World Cup 2007 Mamedyarov reached the third round where he was knocked out by Ivan Cheparinov.
He was the best player at the World Team Chess Championships 2009.
In 2010, he tied for first place with Vladimir Kramnik and Gata Kamsky at the President's Cup in Baku, followed by joint first in the Tal Memorial.
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