Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Radjabov (born March 12, 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess player.
In the 2003 Linares tournament, Radjabov beat Gary Kasparov with the black pieces, although this was due to a big blunder from Kasparov. In so doing, he became the first player born since Kasparov first became World Chess Champion in 1985 to defeat him. To the end of 2003, Kasparov and Radjabov had 1 loss, 1 win, and 3 draws each.
In 2003, he also defeated Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov with the black pieces. He's probably the first player ever to beat three former and reigning FIDE World Chess Champions with the black pieces in one year.
In the January 2004 FIDE list, Radjabov had an Elo rating of 2656, making him number 34 in the world, and Azerbaijan's number one.
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