Teimour Radjabov
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Teimour Radjabov (b. March 12, 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a leading chess player from Azerbaijan. In the October 2006 FIDE list, Radjabov had an Elo rating of 2729, making him number eleven in the world and Azerbaijan's number one.
From their first encounter to the end of 2004 Linares, Radjabov and Garry Kasparov have 1 loss, 1 win, and 5 draws each.
In the 2003 Linares tournament, at age 15, Radjabov beat Kasparov with the black pieces (moves given in Algebraic chess notation):
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 c4 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 exf5 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c3 Be7 19. Ng5 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be2 Ngxe5 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Qxe6 Bh4 24. Qg4 g5 25. Bd2 Rde8 26. O-O-O Na5 27. Rdf1 Nb3+ 28. Kd1 Bxg3 29. Rf7 Rd8 30. Bxg5 Qg6 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Rdf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Bf3 Bh4 35. Be3 Nd7 36. Bxd5 Re8 37. Bh6 Ndc5 38. Bf7 Re7 39. Bh5 Nd3 0-1.
In so doing, he became the first player born since Kasparov first became World Chess Champion in 1985 to defeat him. It is also believed that Radjabov became the youngest player in history to defeat a reigning world #1 in a game at tournament time controls.
In 2003, he also defeated Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov with the black pieces. He is probably the first player ever to beat three former and reigning FIDE World Chess Champions with the black pieces in one year.
And to the end of 2003, Radjabov and Judit Polgar, the best female chess player in history, have 1 loss, 1 win, and 2 draws each.
On February 22, 2006, Teimour defeated FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov (rated 2801) with the black pieces [1] and subsequently won the second prize at the Linares Super GM Tournament in Morelia, Mexico. [2]
On May 11, 2006 he was appointed as the UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for Azerbaijan. Teimour said he would advocate for the cause of the universal salt iodization in the country. Hanaa Singer stated that they were very pleased to have Teimour in the work to improve the lives of children and young people in Azerbaijan. They were confident that Teimour would become an outspoken and active advocate, using his talent and time to serve as an example and inspiration to young people. [3]
In November 2006, Radjabov won strong Cap d'Agde tournament, advancing from second place from round robin to the elimination phase, he went on to win the final against Sergey Karjakin.
