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Teimour Radjabov
Number of games in database: 1,052
Years covered: 1996 to 2010
Current FIDE rating: 2740
Highest rating achieved in database: 2760
Overall record: +340 -156 =506 (59.2%)*
   * 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 (49) 
    B96 B46 B97 B85 B43
 Slav (43) 
    D15 D10 D17 D11 D12
 Semi-Slav (37) 
    D45 D44 D47 D43
 Queen's Indian (36) 
    E12 E15 E17 E14
 Queen's Pawn Game (33) 
    A45 E10 A46 A50 E00
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (151) 
    B33 B30 B32 B22 B31
 King's Indian (143) 
    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
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 0-1
   Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007 0-1
   Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 0-1
   Radjabov vs Anand, 2006 1-0
   Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2008 0-1
   Radjabov vs Anand, 2008 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
   Radjabov's best games by percyblakeney
   Match Radjabov! by amadeus
   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
   Radjabov vs. Topalov by percyblakeney
   Teimour Radjabov: azeri Jewel by randzo
   Kings Indian Defence, Main Line with Be2 by DHW
   Radjabov vs. Anand by percyblakeney
   the kids whip the cream by ughaibu

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TEIMOUR RADJABOV
(born Mar-12-1987) Azerbaijan

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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 43; games 1-25 of 1,052  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Radjabov vs V Gashimov  ½-½21 1996 EU-ch U10C45 Scotch Game
2. V Gashimov vs Radjabov  ½-½27 1996 Wch U10B40 Sicilian
3. P Berta vs Radjabov 0-128 1996 EU-ch U10C02 French, Advance
4. M Erwich vs Radjabov  1-032 1996 Wch U10C02 French, Advance
5. T Manescu vs Radjabov  0-190 1996 EU-ch U10C06 French, Tarrasch
6. Radjabov vs J Catalino Sadorra  1-046 1996 Wch U10A04 Reti Opening
7. Radjabov vs P Anisimov  1-065 1996 EU-ch U10A45 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Radjabov vs A Hilario Ta Fier 1-027 1996 Wch U10A45 Queen's Pawn Game
9. Radjabov vs G Guseinov  1-052 1996 EU-ch U10D02 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Radjabov vs A Nakamura 1-022 1996 Wch U10A04 Reti Opening
11. Radjabov vs R Wojtaszek  ½-½22 1996 EU-ch U10A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
12. Radjabov vs I Hera  1-056 1996 Wch U10B40 Sicilian
13. A Murariu vs Radjabov  0-148 1996 EU-ch U10C00 French Defense
14. Harikrishna vs Radjabov 1-030 1996 Wch U10A10 English
15. M Szablewski vs Radjabov ½-½115 1996 EU-ch U10A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation
16. Radjabov vs I Cheparinov 1-037 1996 Wch U10A04 Reti Opening
17. Radjabov vs A Avetisian  1-023 1996 EU-ch U10D00 Queen's Pawn Game
18. Radjabov vs M Goguadze  1-028 1996 Wch U10A06 Reti Opening
19. A Mista vs Radjabov  1-036 1997 Kasparov CupA40 Queen's Pawn Game
20. M Lepan vs Radjabov  0-130 1997 Wch U10A40 Queen's Pawn Game
21. Radjabov vs M Askarov 1-017 1997 EU-ch U10A43 Old Benoni
22. Radjabov vs Danil Kuzuev  0-160 1997 Kasparov CupA04 Reti Opening
23. Radjabov vs E Tomashevsky 1-045 1997 Wch U10A16 English
24. A Garban vs Radjabov  0-117 1997 EU-ch U10C11 French
25. G Guseinov vs Radjabov  ½-½49 1997 Kasparov CupC10 French
 page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,052  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Mar-12-10   TheScroobiousPip: That's a pretty serious expression he's got in that picture.
Mar-12-10   Blunderdome: Happy Birthday!
Mar-26-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: "It is very interesting to analyze with Karpov. The only thing you have to be aware of is that he will claim a decisive advantage in any position." GM Teimour Radjabov
Apr-01-10   ArmeniaNL: Radjabov does not seem to be comfortabel among fellow Armenians, look here http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

To be honest I am bit surprised to see him in that table

Apr-01-10   ArmeniaNL: By the way, in the above link you can find out that Teimur Radjabov is a relative to a formaer world champion Boris 'Radjabov' :)))))))))) nice photo, indeed with comments
Apr-04-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  smurph: Has he delivered on early promise
May-10-10   hellopolgar: the difference between Radjabov and Carlson:

1, Radjaboy is steady and stable, he doesn't have that "i am not afraid of anything" attitude that Carlson has. it probably has to do with the fact that Carlson comes from a first world country while Radjaboy comes from a third world country.

2, Skill/talent/intuition wise, i'd say these two are about equal. However, Carlson had help from Kasparov and plays like Kasparov, sharp. on the other hand, Radjaboy is a positional player like Karpov/Kramnik, to be a great positional player, you need to play tons of games and mature, which is exactly what Radjaboy is doing now.

3, Radjaboy is a master in KID, thus he often performs better with black than white, on the other hand, Carlson doesn't seem to have any specialties (in other words, is good with everything).

4, Radjaboy is way more handsome than Carlson. (just teasing, but I am a Radjaboy fan not a Carlson fan)

5, I have a feeling that Radjaboy will grow into a better player than Carlson. Carlson's success seems to have a lot to do with the modern technology (chess engines-aided) chess training and Kasparov's help. I just feel that his success will be short-lived.

May-10-10   miguelito: pontus carlson ?
May-13-10   Blunderdome: Everyone who's played White against Teimour in Astrakhan has gone with the English. Guess they're scared of the KID...
May-24-10   bharatiy: Congratulations to Radjabov, there will be few more high profile KIDs, I love that.
May-24-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Radjabov finished second in the Grand Prix series 2008-10, not a bad achievement to end up far ahead of players like Ivanchuk, Svidler, Leko, Karjakin and Gelfand. He was shared first, sole second and shared second in the three events that counted, and in the final table that gave him a margin of 56 points down to Grischuk in third. Radjabov will need to play better in the Candidates though, but in minimatches anything can happen.
May-24-10   muradov: Congrats to Teymur!

He has established himself as a top player and fully deserves a shot for the WC.

I have two hopes. That he works very hard on his white openings and someone dares to play KID vs. him in the Candidates :)

Jun-03-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: My hope was that Van Wely would miraculously make it to the candidates to fight Radja's KID. Alas...
Jun-21-10   Everett: Has Radja left d4 because he is protecting his KID? Since many seem to be avoiding his KID nowadays perhaps this is not a good strategy.

Why not a straight up KIA repetoire?

Jun-26-10   Mr. Bojangles: This guy's King's Indian is most impenetrable fortess in chess right now.

His expertise and creativity are quite remarkable.

Jun-26-10   Jafar219: Please, who can calculate the winning percentage of Radjabov`s KID?
Jun-26-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: <..5, I have a feeling that Radjaboy will grow into a better player than Carlson. Carlson's success seems to have a lot to do with the modern technology (chess engines-aided) chess training and Kasparov's help. I just feel that his success will be short-lived.>

Kasparov didn't help Carlsen that much. Carlsen was already a top player before he saw Kasparov. Time will tell how long it last. As for Radjabov he had a hard time staying ahead of fellow countrymen. Entering top ten again is also a fine achievement . He will meet Carlsen quite a lot in the years to come,and we'll see

Jun-26-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eric Schiller: Radjabov's time has come and gone. Magnus is still ascending.
Jun-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: <Eric Schiller> <Radjabov's time has come and gone.> I have 2 of your books but this is an incorrect statement.
Jun-27-10   Blunderdome: What an absurd thing to say about a 23-year-old.
Jun-27-10   Mr. Bojangles: Absurd and stupid statement really. The guy is still improving, and seems to be over his bad spell.
Jun-27-10   Jim Bartle: Depends on what is meant by his "time." If it means he's no longer a top player who's going to continue improving, it's wrong.

If it means his time as the #1 up-and-coming star is over, it's true.

Something similar has happened with sprinters. American Tyson Gay has improved greatly in the 100 meters, is an outstanding runner, but he's been overshadowed by Usain Bolt, who's been destroying records wherever he goes.

Jun-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: I think his mindset is still that of a counter-attacker, as shown by his White openings at the Kings Tournament.

The only guy who had this style and made it work was Korchnoi, and he had to reinvent himself in his forties to surpass Spassky and Petrosian.

He is a bright star, but unless the supernovas fade, or he changes his approach, he is destined to one among many rather than The One.

Jun-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: i have always liked this guy because he reminds me of the young fischer who was set in his ways early on in his openings.even shares some of the same openings.
Jun-28-10   Everett: Perhaps <Eric Schiller's> time never came and thus never left, relegating him to kibitz with us amateurs.
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