Full name Rauf Mamedov Role Chess Player Country Azerbaijan | Title Grandmaster Name Rauf Mamedov | |
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Born April 26, 1988 (age 36)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR ( 1988-04-26 ) Similar People Qadir Huseynov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vugar Gashimov | ||
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Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijani: Rauf Məmmədov; born 26 April 1988) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster.
Contents
- Magnus carlsen rauf mamedov chess blitz
- Wesley so vs rauf mamedov 2015 gashimov memorial chess tournament
- Career
- Team competitions
- References
Wesley so vs rauf mamedov 2015 gashimov memorial chess tournament
Career
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Mamedov started playing chess at the age of seven. In 2004, he became a Grandmaster (GM), following his victory during international tournament in Dubai.
In 2009, he tied for 1st-3rd with Yuriy Kuzubov and Dmitry Andreikin in the category 16 SPICE Cup tournament at Lubbock, Texas.
Mamedov won the Corsica Masters blitz tournament in 2011.
In 2015 Mamedov won the European Blitz Chess Championship in Minsk.
He won the Azerbaijani championship three times (2006, 2008, 2015).
Team competitions
He played in the gold medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad in 2009, alongside Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov and Gadir Guseinov, previously winning bronze medal in 2007.