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Teimour Radjabov
Number of games in database: 1,029
Years covered: 1996 to 2010
Current FIDE rating: 2733
Highest rating achieved in database: 2760
Overall record: +335 -153 =491 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      50 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Reti System (54)      A04 A06  Sicilian (48)      B96 B46 B97 B85 B43  Slav (43)      D15 D10 D17 D11 D12  Queen's Indian (36)      E12 E15 E17 E14  Semi-Slav (36)      D45 D47 D44 D43  Queen's Pawn Game (32)      A45 A46 E10 A50 E00	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (147)      B33 B30 B32 B22 B31  King's Indian (140)      E97 E92 E60 E61 E81  French Defense (96)      C11 C02 C03 C00 C06  French (56)      C11 C00 C10 C12  Dutch Defense (30)      A90 A84 A93  French Tarrasch (24)      C03 C06 C05 C07

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 0-1
   Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007 0-1
   Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 0-1
   Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2008 0-1
   Radjabov vs Anand, 2008 1-0
   Radjabov vs Anand, 2006 1-0
   Radjabov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008 1-0
   Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2008 1-0
   Radjabov vs Karjakin, 2006 1-0
   Ponomariov vs Radjabov, 2003 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Teimour Radjabov`s Selected Games by Jafar219
   Match Radjabov! by amadeus
   Radjabov's best games by percyblakeney
   King's Indian by KingG
   2005 to 2008: Guess the Move Chess Training by Anatoly21
   zumakal blunders archivadas6 by zumakal
   Radjabov! by larrewl
   Radjabov vs. Ivanchuk by percyblakeney
   Azeri players' masterpieces by ahmadov
   Teimour Radjabov: azeri Jewel by randzo
   Radjabov vs. Topalov by percyblakeney
   the kids whip the cream by ughaibu
   Radjabov vs. Anand by percyblakeney
   Radjabov Wins with Black (Classical, vs GMs) by coffee monster

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TEIMOUR RADJABOV (born Mar-12-1987) Azerbaijan [what is this?] Teimour Radjabov was born March 12, 1987 in Baku. He started playing chess when he was four years old and won the European Under-18 Championship in 1999. In 2001, at the age of 14 years and 14 days, he became the youngest International Grandmaster in history, and less than a year later he entered FIDE's World Top 100 rating list. He has remained on this list ever since. He became the youngest player ever to defeat longtime World Champion Garry Kasparov in 2003. That same year he tallied wins against FIDE World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov. In 2004, he made it to the semifinals of the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament, but lost to the British player Michael Adams. In 2005 he was 2nd in the 6th European Individual Championship and 1st at Dos Hermanas and in 2006 he was 1st at Cap D'Agde (2006) and joint second at the prestigious Linares supertournament. However, his greatest success yet came at the start of 2007, when he shared first place at Corus (2007) with Veselin Topalov and Levon Aronian. In January 2008, Radjabov won the ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa, and in December 2008, he scored 8/13 (+4 -1 =8) to share first place in the Elista Grand Prix (2008) with Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Jakovenko .

page 1 of 42; games 1-25 of 1,029  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Manescu vs Radjabov   0-1 90 1996 EU-ch U10 C06 French, Tarrasch 2. Radjabov vs J Catalino Sadorra   1-0 46 1996 Wch U10 A04 Reti Opening 3. Radjabov vs P Anisimov   1-0 65 1996 EU-ch U10 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Radjabov vs A Hilario Ta Fier 1-0 27 1996 Wch U10 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Radjabov vs G Guseinov   1-0 52 1996 EU-ch U10 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Radjabov vs A Nakamura 1-0 22 1996 Wch U10 A04 Reti Opening 7. Radjabov vs R Wojtaszek   ½-½ 22 1996 EU-ch U10 A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 8. Radjabov vs I Hera   1-0 56 1996 Wch U10 B40 Sicilian 9. A Murariu vs Radjabov   0-1 48 1996 EU-ch U10 C00 French Defense 10. Harikrishna vs Radjabov 1-0 30 1996 Wch U10 A10 English 11. M Szablewski vs Radjabov ½-½ 115 1996 EU-ch U10 A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 12. Radjabov vs I Cheparinov 1-0 37 1996 Wch U10 A04 Reti Opening 13. Radjabov vs A Avetisian   1-0 23 1996 EU-ch U10 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 14. Radjabov vs M Goguadze   1-0 28 1996 Wch U10 A06 Reti Opening 15. Radjabov vs V Gashimov   ½-½ 21 1996 EU-ch U10 C45 Scotch Game 16. V Gashimov vs Radjabov   ½-½ 27 1996 Wch U10 B40 Sicilian 17. P Berta vs Radjabov 0-1 28 1996 EU-ch U10 C02 French, Advance 18. M Erwich vs Radjabov   1-0 32 1996 Wch U10 C02 French, Advance 19. R Mamedov vs Radjabov ½-½ 80 1997 Wch U10 C06 French, Tarrasch 20. V Eryomenko vs Radjabov 0-1 17 1997 EU-ch U10 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 21. Radjabov vs K Gratka 0-1 44 1997 Kasparov Cup A04 Reti Opening 22. S Megaranto vs Radjabov 0-1 28 1997 Wch U10 C01 French, Exchange 23. Radjabov vs D Mutapcic 1-0 17 1997 EU-ch U10 A04 Reti Opening 24. V Gashimov vs Radjabov   ½-½ 26 1997 Kasparov Cup A15 English 25. Radjabov vs K Labeckas   1-0 32 1997 Wch U10 A06 Reti Opening  page 1 of 42; games 1-25 of 1,029    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Radjabov wins | Radjabov loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 77 OF 77 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jun-20-09    keypusher: Nice to see you, Percyblakeney! Jun-21-09    percyblakeney: <keypusher> Tack detsamma! Jun-25-09    hedgeh0g: <<1: Radjabov 2: lessons 250 euro an hour> holy moly that's expensive> He has to find some way to pay for that ego. Jun-26-09    acirce: <I've been trying to make a little sense of Radjabov's tournament. I've been critical of him in the past for being lackadaisical with the white pieces and occasionally coasting for long periods. Here he was pushing but just didn't get anywhere. He got in most of his sharp black repertoire, the Sveshnikov, Dragon, and King's Indian, but only for draws. He tried some interesting things with white and had his chances, other than a complete whiff against Nisipeanu's Scandinavian. (Nisipeanu lost a remarkable game with it earlier this year in Budva to Stevic.) In the final round Radjabov may have been taken aback by Ivanchuk's 6..Nbd7 in the Najdorf, a rarely-seen bird at these altitudes, and got little to show. Radjabov even added a few rating points.> http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... Jun-26-09    percyblakeney: Bazna was maybe a slightly disappointing tournament for Radjabov but Mig is right that it wasn't too bad. He played some very sharp stuff and would usually have found that win against Shirov. Another day he might have gotten a win out of that black game against Kamsky as well. Performing 2750+ is never bad and many of the drawn games were quite interesting, for example Gelfand vs Radjabov, 2009 Jun-26-09    Blunderdome: Anyone know anything about his schedule for the next few months? Jun-27-09    percyblakeney: <Blunderdome> I haven't heard anything except for Nanjing in September and the final Grand Prix event that is supposed to be played somewhere in December. Jun-27-09    percyblakeney: If I got it right that final Grand Prix event will collide with the World Cup. If so interesting planning from FIDE since several players with the World Cup as the only chance to qualify for the Candidates will be forced to play the final Grand Prix event instead. And if they will be allowed to skip the final GP tournament things will get even more messy than they already are. Jul-31-09    Blunderdome: Pity no one ever kibitzes about this guy. Is there really nothing controversial about him at all? Aug-14-09    dumbgai: <Blunderdome: Pity no one ever kibitzes about this guy. Is there really nothing controversial about him at all?> Well, there was the "enemy is the enemy" thing, but that was a long time ago. Aug-16-09    kamalakanta: <Blunderdome: Pity no one ever kibitzes about this guy. Is there really nothing controversial about him at all?> He has a tendency to stare right at the camera....:-) Sep-07-09    Jafar219: Teimour Radjabov is the best chess player.We are proud of him. Sep-21-09    percyblakeney: <we decided to move the last Grand Prix for the next year> http://interviews.chessdom.com/geor... Sep-30-09    Jafar219: I bet Radjabov will win Pearl Spring Chess Tournament. Sep-30-09    kurtrichards: Believe. Oct-01-09    Jafar219: Tomorrow will be black day for Carlsen.You can be sure that Radjabov will crush him. Oct-02-09    ycbaywtb: Tomorrow will be black day for Carlsen.You can be sure that Radjabov will crush him.<Jafar219> That's really pretty funny! Seriously! Oct-02-09    ontocaustic: who gets crushed in 24 moves? its rajavow, he should think about giving up chess now and go to the movie Oct-02-09    rogge: <Jafar219: I bet Radjabov will win Pearl Spring Chess Tournament.> 50$ ? Oct-24-09    Blunderdome: Teimour's been playing 1. Nf3 2. c4 at the European Team Championships. He has 54 games in the Reti (with 2. b3 usually) in this database, but none since 2004. Is he getting back into it, or just hiding his prep for the final GP? Nov-05-09    kamalakanta: See? He's still staring at the camera! Man, this guy has an attitude problem! :-) Dec-03-09    Blunderdome: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv... Interview from the World Cup website. He's not too happy about his play. It'll turn around... Dec-03-09    HeMateMe: How is it that tiny Azerbaijan has so many world class chess players (in addition to that OTHER player who was born in Baku)? Do they have really strong youth program, lots of trainers and junior tournaments, subsidized programs? Dec-21-09    Blunderdome: Speaking of AZE as a great chess country, here is the team they're sending to the World Team Championships: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/... They've switched Gashimov to first board and Radja to second. Jan-13-10    bharatiy: why did he sit out of the last game Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 77) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 77 OF 77 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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