Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Şəhriyar Hamid oglu Məmmədyarov ( alternative spelling Azerbaijani: Şähriyar Mämmädyarov ), ( born April 12, 1985 in Sumqayıt ), is an Azerbaijani world-class player in chess.

The transcription Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, based on the Russified form of the name, has established itself internationally and is used in most languages ​​- even from the World Chess Federation FIDE, in chess databases and usually also in the German press, where he is but can also be found as Schakrijar Mamedyarov.

Məmmədyarov next Teymur Rəcəbov an Azerbaijani child prodigy in chess, learned to play the age of eight and took back in 1999 at the national championships in his country part. He finished the same tournament a year later shared second place. In the same year he won, 15 - year, the national championship U18 8.5 from 9 Already this year was Məmmədyarov member of the national team at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul ( 3, -0 = 2).

In 2001, he proved his skills again with a victory at the state championship. In 2002, he played for his country at the Chess Olympiad in Bled. In 2003, he won the Junior World Championship U20, held in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan City, with 10 out of 13 In the same year he played in a competition with the Iranian Ehsan Ghaem Maghami grandmaster draw in Baku 3:3 ( 1, -1, = 4). Məmmədyarov in the same year took part in the World Youth Championships U18 in Kallithea (Chalkidiki ) and was also in this age category world champion. In 2004 he won the strong Dubai Open. In the first tournament of the FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013 in London he shared the first place with Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand.

For the national team of Azerbaijan he took after the Chess Olympiads in 2000 in Istanbul and in Bled also participates in the Chess Olympiads in Calvia 2004 and 2008 in Dresden 2002. 2005, he again succeeded in Istanbul winning the Youth World Championship U20, a performance that so far no one yielded before him.

In June 2013 he won in Khanty- Mansiysk World Cup in rapid chess. With five victories in the last five laps, he took another long time the leading Nepomnjaschtschi January and won the tournament with 11.5 points from 15 games. Just three weeks later, he also won the rapid chess tournament in Geneva, in which he prevailed in the final against Vladimir Kramnik.

By the 2nd place in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013 is Məmmədyarov qualified for the Candidates Tournament of 2014.