Teimour Radjabov, born March 12, 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijan is a leading chess player from Azerbaijan. On the January 2008 FIDE list, Radjabov had an Elo 2735, ranking 12th in the World and second in his native Azerbaijan. Radjabov earned the title of International Grandmaster in March 2001 at the age of 14, making him the second youngest grandmaster in history. Hi is winner of the World Rapid Cup in Odessa 2008.
Radjabov is the youngest player ever to make the FIDE Top 100 Players list. His rating of 2599 in January 2002 ranked 93rd in the World while he was still 14 years old.
Radjabov reached the semi-finals (earning a bronze medal) at the World Championship 2004.
On February 22, 2006, Teimour defeated FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov with the black pieces and subsequently won the second prize at the Linares Super GM Tournament in Morelia, Mexico.
Radjabov represented his native Azerbaijan at the 37th Chess Olympiad in May and June 2006, playing board one for the Azeri team.
In an interview given on October 2006, Radjabov said that he will challenge the winner of Topalov-Kramnik unification match to a World Championship match under the rules of FIDE.
In November 2006, Radjabov won strong Cap d'Agde tournament, advancing from second place of round robin to the elimination phase. He then went on to win the final against Sergey Karjakin
In January 2007, Radjabov finished in joint first place at the Category 19 Corus Chess Tournament along with Veselin Topalov and Levon Aronian.
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Name
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Total
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Win
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Loss
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Draw
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Topalov
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2
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0
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0
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2
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Ivanchuk
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10
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2
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1
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7
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Aronian
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7
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0
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2
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5
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Cheparinov
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3
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2
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0
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1
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Bu Xiangzhi
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1
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0
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0
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1
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| Place |
Category
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Score
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Rank
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| Eu-ch U10 1997 | 8/9 | 1 | |
| Moscow Kasparov Cup 1998 | 7,5/9 | 1 | |
| Budapest HUN 2000 | 8 | 9/11 | 1 |
| Dos Hermanas ESP 2005 | 16 | 5.5/9 | 1 |
| Cap d’Agd FRA | 14 | 4,5/7 | 2 |
| Wijk aan Zee NED 2007 | 19 | 8,5/11 | 1-3 |
| Odessa UKR 2007 | 17 | 5,5/9 | 3 |
| Odessa UKR 2008 | 1 | ||
| Wijk aan Zee NED 2007 | 20 | 7,5/13 | 3-4 |
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