Teimour Radjabov

About Teimour Radjabov

Teymur Boris oglu Rajabov (born 12 March 1987), known internationally as Teimour Radjabov, is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster in March 2001 at age 14, the second-youngest grandmaster in history at the time. In 2003, Radjabov gained international attention after beating the then-world No. 1 Garry Kasparov in the Linares tournament, followed by victories over former world champions Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov the same year. Radjabov continued his progress over the years to become an elite chess player.

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