Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

World rank: No. 28 (October 2026)
Rating: 2710 (−10 this month)
Peak rating: 2820 (September 2018)
Title: Grandmaster (2002)
Federation: Azerbaijan
Born: April 12, 1985, Baku, Azerbaijan (age 41)
FIDE ID: 13401319

Azerbaijan’s highest-rated player. Mamedyarov’s peak of 2820 in 2018 is the sixth-highest rating in history.

He won the World Junior Championship twice, in 2003 and 2005, and the World Rapid Championship in 2013. He has played three Candidates Tournaments, finishing fourth in 2014 and second in 2018.

With Azerbaijan he has won the European Team Championship three times, and he won individual gold on board three at the 2012 Olympiad. His tournament wins include Shamkir Chess twice and the 2018 Biel festival, where he beat reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Career highlights

Peak rating 2820, sixth-highest ever
Second at the 2018 Candidates
2013 World Rapid Champion
Two-time World Junior Champion (2003, 2005)
Three-time European Team Champion with Azerbaijan

Titles

Biel Chess Festival: 2018
World Rapid and Blitz Championships: 2013

From the winners lists on our event pages.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in The Chess Herald

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.