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GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov

AZE Born 1985 (Age ≈41) Male
FIDE ID
13401319

About Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov grew up in Sumgait in a family deeply involved in chess. His father, a former boxer, taught him the game in 1993, after which he joined a local chess school with coach Valida Bairamova. His sisters Zeinab and Turkan also became woman grandmasters.

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His breakthrough year was 2003, when he won both the World under-18 Championship and the World Junior Championship. He won the junior title again in 2005, becoming its first two-time winner. In 2013 he became World Rapid Champion. Mamedyarov also helped Azerbaijan win European team titles in 2009, 2013 and 2017. His major individual victories include consecutive Shamkir titles in 2016 and 2017 and the 2018 Biel tournament, where he defeated Magnus Carlsen. His closest approach to a world-title match came with second place in the 2018 Candidates Tournament.

FIDE ratings

2709.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2663

Rapid

Published FIDE

2612

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#27
National rank · AZE
#1

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2820 Sep 2018
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
2672

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-1741st European Chess Club Cup - OPENClassical5½

All tournament results

Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-08 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
901 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 18.9 Tigran L. Petrosian Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 57 Open
902 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 17.11 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Kacper Piorun 1-0 27 Open
903 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 16.9 Mahammad Muradli Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 34 Open
904 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 15.7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Martyn Kravtsiv 0-1 54 Open
905 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 14.8 Sergey Karjakin Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 64 Open
906 2021-12-30 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 13.12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Alexandr Predke 1-0 43 Open
907 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 9.1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Magnus Carlsen 1-0 36 Open
908 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 8.3 Javokhir Sindarov Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 32 Open
909 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 7.2 Vladimir Fedoseev Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 7 Open
910 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 6.2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Bartosz Socko 1-0 61 Open
911 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 5.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 57 Open
912 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 4.1 Jaime Santos Latasa Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 34 Open
913 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 3.19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Oleg Vastrukhin 1-0 47 Open
914 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 2.5 Grigoriy Oparin Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 33 Open
915 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 12.9 Haik M. Martirosyan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 75 Open
916 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 11.1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Velimir Ivic 1/2-1/2 53 Open
917 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 10.4 Daniil Dubov Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 69 Open
918 2021-12-29 World Blitz 2021 Warsaw POL 1.12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Shant Sargsyan 1-0 47 Open
919 2021-12-28 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 13.1 Volodymyr Onyshchuk Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 39 Open
920 2021-12-28 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 12.8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Ivan Cheparinov 1-0 50 Open
921 2021-12-28 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 11.12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Jorden Van Foreest 1/2-1/2 46 Open
922 2021-12-28 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 10.2 Matthias Bluebaum Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 95 Open
923 2021-12-27 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 9.26 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Kacper Piorun 1-0 46 Open
924 2021-12-27 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 8.14 Maksim Chigaev Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 57 Open
925 2021-12-27 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 7.2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Harsha Bharathakoti 1-0 50 Open
926 2021-12-27 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 6.14 Robert Hovhannisyan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 69 Open
927 2021-12-26 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 5.18 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Aleksandar Indjic 1-0 40 Open
928 2021-12-26 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 4.8 Boris Gelfand Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 58 Open
929 2021-12-26 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 3.17 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1-0 38 Open
930 2021-12-26 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 2.9 Evgeniy Najer Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 69 Open
931 2021-12-26 World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL 1.15 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Pawel Czarnota 1-0 27 Open
932 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 9.2 Vugar Asadli Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 45 Open
933 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 8.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov David Navara 0-1 36 Open
934 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 14.2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Fabiano Caruana 0-1 39 Open
935 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 13.2 Richard Rapport Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 5 Open
936 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 12.2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Viswanathan Anand 1/2-1/2 19 Open
937 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 11.2 Rauf Mamedov Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 51 Open
938 2021-12-23 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 10.2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Sergey Karjakin 1-0 35 Open
939 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 7.3 Fabiano Caruana Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 57 Open
940 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 6.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Richard Rapport 1-0 26 Open
941 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 5.3 Viswanathan Anand Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 24 Open
942 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 4.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Rauf Mamedov 1-0 26 Open
943 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 3.3 Sergey Karjakin Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 46 Open
944 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 2.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Vugar Asadli 1-0 33 Open
945 2021-12-22 7th Gashimov Mem Blitz Baku AZE 1.1 David Navara Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 48 Open
946 2021-12-21 7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE 7.2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Fabiano Caruana 1/2-1/2 74 Open
947 2021-12-21 7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE 7.1 Fabiano Caruana Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 50 Open
948 2021-12-21 7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE 6.2 Richard Rapport Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 63 Open
949 2021-12-21 7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE 6.1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Richard Rapport 1-0 45 Open
950 2021-12-20 7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE 5.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Viswanathan Anand 0-1 31 Open

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