(1987-03-12) 12 March 1987 (age 37) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Title
Grandmaster (2001)
FIDE rating
2723 (April 2024)
Peak rating
2793 (November 2012)
Ranking
No. 28 (April 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 4 (July 2012)
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; Azerbaijani: Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov, pronounced[tejˈmuɾboˈɾisoɣˈluɾæˈdʒæbof]; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.
A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster in March 2001 at age 14, the second-youngest grandmaster in history at the time.[1] In 2003, Radjabov gained international attention after beating the then-world No. 1 Garry Kasparov in the Linares tournament, followed by victories over former world champions Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov the same year. Radjabov continued his progress over the years to become an elite chess player. In November 2012, he achieved his peak rating of 2793 and was ranked as number 4 in the world. This made Radjabov the 15th-highest rated player in chess history.
He has thrice competed at the Candidates Tournament, in 2011, 2013, and 2022 (where he obtained third place); he also qualified for the 2020 edition but withdrew due to the coronavirus pandemic. He won the European Team Chess Championship with Azerbaijan in 2009, 2013, and 2017. His major individual achievements include joint first place in the 2007 Corus tournament, winning the 2008 Elista Grand Prix, 2017 Geneva Grand Prix, 2019 FIDE World Cup, and 2021 Airthings Masters.
^"Chess prodigies and mini-grandmasters". ChessBase. 2006-01-10. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; Azerbaijani: Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov, pronounced [tejˈmuɾ boˈɾis oɣˈlu ɾæˈdʒæbof]; born 12...
September to 4 October 2019. It was won by Azerbaijani grandmaster TeimourRadjabov. He and the runner-up, Ding Liren, both qualified for the Candidates...
Nakamura finished with 21½/38 for fifth place behind Gelfand, Carlsen, TeimourRadjabov and champion Aronian. In December 2010, Nakamura finished fourth in...
Ponomariov, TeimourRadjabov, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. He finished with 7½/10 and a 2918 PR, winning the tournament by two points ahead of Radjabov and Gelfand...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave eventually got a place in the Candidates after TeimourRadjabov withdrew from the tournament as he was the first reserve (by average...
In the penultimate round Carlsen pulled level with Kramnik by defeating Radjabov, while Kramnik drew against Gelfand. Before the last round only Carlsen...
In the penultimate round Carlsen pulled level with Kramnik by defeating Radjabov, while Kramnik drew against Gelfand. Before the last round only Carlsen...
Chess), he finished on place second together with Magnus Carlsen and TeimourRadjabov, behind the winner Levon Aronian. In March at the 27th Reykjavik Open...
Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, TeimourRadjabov and Wesley So participated. Through February and March 2022, Mamedyarov...
the next highest average ratings would qualify. On March 6, 2020, TeimourRadjabov withdrew because of concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, and this...
in 10th place with a score of 7/15 (+4-5=6), including wins against TeimourRadjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sergey Karjakin, and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen...
Aronian was able to clinch the title with 24½/38, half a point ahead of TeimourRadjabov. In November 2010, a nine-round Swiss tournament was scheduled for...
vs. Magnus Carlsen (2013)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "TeimourRadjabov vs. Magnus Carlsen (2008)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2019-06-10. "Joan...
Participants included Aronian, Topalov, Karjakin, Carlsen, Nakamura, Svidler, TeimourRadjabov, Jon Ludvig Hammer, and Wang Hao. Anand scored +1 in the tournament...
January 2007 and was won jointly by Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, and TeimourRadjabov. Staff writer(s) (29 January 2007). "Standings grandmaster group A...
lowest seeded player in the tournament, but after upset wins over TeimourRadjabov and Peter Svidler, he was in the semifinals facing Jan-Krzysztof Duda...
reserve player was the next highest placed player in the Grand Prix, TeimourRadjabov, and further reserves were the next highest players by their average...
finished in joint first place at Corus along with Levon Aronian and TeimourRadjabov. In May 2007, Topalov won the M-Tel Masters tournament for a third...
Aronian won the annual Linares chess tournament, half a point ahead of TeimourRadjabov and then-World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. In November 2006 he...
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