🛄 #about_Mamedyarov
🔸 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
🔸 Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
🔰 Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He is the No. 1 ranked Azerbaijani player and No. 3 ranked player in the world as of May 2018. Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011, in 2014 and in 2018.
🔘 Full name: Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov
🔘 Country: Azerbaijan
🔘 Born: 12 April 1985 (age 33)
🔘 Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2002)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2808 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2814 (February 2018)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (February 2018)
🔰 Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011 (eliminated in quarterfinals), in 2014 (becoming fourth) and in 2018 (becoming second). He is a two-time World Junior Champion and was World Rapid Champion in 2013.
🔰 A gold medalist at the 2012 Chess Olympiad on the third board, he is a three-time European Team Champion (2009, 2013, 2017). He is also a two-time winner of Tal Memorial (2010 and 2014) and Shamkir Chess (2016 and 2017) tournaments.
🔰 In 2011, Mamedyarov was the tournament organisers' nominee, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012, where he lost to Boris Gelfand in the first round.
In the 2014 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates tournament by coming second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13. He finished fourth in the Candidates, with a score of 7/14.
He failed to qualify for the 2016 Candidates. He came sixth in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, and was knocked out in the quarter finals of the Chess World Cup 2015 by eventual winner Sergey Karjakin.
In the 2018 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 by winning the FIDE Grand Prix 2017. He finished as a runner-up in Candidates one point behind Caruana, with a score of 8/14.
♦️ A memorable game by Memedyarov against Kramnik names "When the Shak Bites" in chessgames.com site!👇
🔸 Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
🔸 Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008), Nice FRA, rd 3, Mar-17
🔸 Budapest Defense: General (A52)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
🔸 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
🔸 Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
🔰 Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He is the No. 1 ranked Azerbaijani player and No. 3 ranked player in the world as of May 2018. Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011, in 2014 and in 2018.
🔘 Full name: Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov
🔘 Country: Azerbaijan
🔘 Born: 12 April 1985 (age 33)
🔘 Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2002)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2808 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2814 (February 2018)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (February 2018)
🔰 Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011 (eliminated in quarterfinals), in 2014 (becoming fourth) and in 2018 (becoming second). He is a two-time World Junior Champion and was World Rapid Champion in 2013.
🔰 A gold medalist at the 2012 Chess Olympiad on the third board, he is a three-time European Team Champion (2009, 2013, 2017). He is also a two-time winner of Tal Memorial (2010 and 2014) and Shamkir Chess (2016 and 2017) tournaments.
🔰 In 2011, Mamedyarov was the tournament organisers' nominee, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012, where he lost to Boris Gelfand in the first round.
In the 2014 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates tournament by coming second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13. He finished fourth in the Candidates, with a score of 7/14.
He failed to qualify for the 2016 Candidates. He came sixth in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, and was knocked out in the quarter finals of the Chess World Cup 2015 by eventual winner Sergey Karjakin.
In the 2018 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 by winning the FIDE Grand Prix 2017. He finished as a runner-up in Candidates one point behind Caruana, with a score of 8/14.
♦️ A memorable game by Memedyarov against Kramnik names "When the Shak Bites" in chessgames.com site!👇
🔸 Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
🔸 Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008), Nice FRA, rd 3, Mar-17
🔸 Budapest Defense: General (A52)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
34...Rf6??
Missing a golden opportunity.
35...Q×g2+! 35.Q×g2 R×g2+ 36.K×g2 f×e3 -+ would leave White helpless.
35.Re4 Qg3+ 36.Q×g3 f×g3+ 37.Kg1 R×f1+ 38.B×f1 B×h3 =
Missing a golden opportunity.
35...Q×g2+! 35.Q×g2 R×g2+ 36.K×g2 f×e3 -+ would leave White helpless.
35.Re4 Qg3+ 36.Q×g3 f×g3+ 37.Kg1 R×f1+ 38.B×f1 B×h3 =
34.b3?
Caruana could have won the game with 34.Qg5!!
34.Qg5!! R×c4 35.Ne7+
A) 35...Kf8 36.Rf1+ Ke8 37.Q×g6+ Kd7 38.Nf5 +- with three threats:
1-Q×g7
2-Qf7--->Q×c4
3.Q×d6+--->Ne7+
B) 35...Kh8 36.Q×h4+ Bh6 37.Q×h6#
34...R×c4 35.b×c4 Qb3 36.Ne3 Rf8 37.Qe2 Rf4 =
Caruana could have won the game with 34.Qg5!!
34.Qg5!! R×c4 35.Ne7+
A) 35...Kf8 36.Rf1+ Ke8 37.Q×g6+ Kd7 38.Nf5 +- with three threats:
1-Q×g7
2-Qf7--->Q×c4
3.Q×d6+--->Ne7+
B) 35...Kh8 36.Q×h4+ Bh6 37.Q×h6#
34...R×c4 35.b×c4 Qb3 36.Ne3 Rf8 37.Qe2 Rf4 =
The game ended up by repeated moves: 25.Rc5 Nb7 26.Rcc1 Nd6 27.Rc5 Nb7 28.Rcc1 Nd6. 1/2-1/2
Although Mamedyarov could have finished the game with a beautiful shot:
29.R×h7!! K×h7 30.Rh1+ Kg8
30...Kg7 31.Ngh5+ +-
31.Rh6 Qe7
31...Kf7 32.R×g6
A)32...Qh8 33.R×d6 +-
B)32...Qe7 33.Nf5 +-
32.Q×g6+ Qg7 33.Qh5 +-
Although Mamedyarov could have finished the game with a beautiful shot:
29.R×h7!! K×h7 30.Rh1+ Kg8
30...Kg7 31.Ngh5+ +-
31.Rh6 Qe7
31...Kf7 32.R×g6
A)32...Qh8 33.R×d6 +-
B)32...Qe7 33.Nf5 +-
32.Q×g6+ Qg7 33.Qh5 +-
61.Ke5?
Mamedyarov has missed an easy win.
61.Rg7+ Kd6 62.R×c7 K×c7 63.Ke5 Bd1 64.e7 Ba4 65.Bg6 1-0
61...Rc5+ 62.Kf4 Bg4 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rf7+ Ke8 65.Bg6 Rc4+ 66.Ke5 B×e6 67.K×e6 Kd8 68.Bf5 R×h4
Now, White has difficult task to win the game.
Mamedyarov has missed an easy win.
61.Rg7+ Kd6 62.R×c7 K×c7 63.Ke5 Bd1 64.e7 Ba4 65.Bg6 1-0
61...Rc5+ 62.Kf4 Bg4 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rf7+ Ke8 65.Bg6 Rc4+ 66.Ke5 B×e6 67.K×e6 Kd8 68.Bf5 R×h4
Now, White has difficult task to win the game.
39.Qc6!
By exchanging the second pair of rooks and incidentally forcing Black's knight to retreat again to b8, this very strong move completely eliminates any possibility of counterplay and wins at least a pawn.
39...Rxa8 40.Qxa8+ Nb8
Retaining queens on the board loses quickly. Black's distant knight and queen cannot hope to resist against an attack on Black's king by White's powerful queen and bishop.
Black had to play a pawn down in the difficult endgame arising after 40...Qb8 41.Qxb8+ Nxb8 42.Kg4, followed by Kf5, and winning Black's e-pawn.
41.Qd5!
Black suffers from fatal back-rank and light-square weaknesses. White threatens 42 Qf7 with dual threats of mate on e8 or f8 or, via g6 or f5, on h7.
41...Qc7 42.Bf5!+/-
Now White threatens 43 Qe6, followed either by 44.Qe8+ or Qg6.
By exchanging the second pair of rooks and incidentally forcing Black's knight to retreat again to b8, this very strong move completely eliminates any possibility of counterplay and wins at least a pawn.
39...Rxa8 40.Qxa8+ Nb8
Retaining queens on the board loses quickly. Black's distant knight and queen cannot hope to resist against an attack on Black's king by White's powerful queen and bishop.
Black had to play a pawn down in the difficult endgame arising after 40...Qb8 41.Qxb8+ Nxb8 42.Kg4, followed by Kf5, and winning Black's e-pawn.
41.Qd5!
Black suffers from fatal back-rank and light-square weaknesses. White threatens 42 Qf7 with dual threats of mate on e8 or f8 or, via g6 or f5, on h7.
41...Qc7 42.Bf5!+/-
Now White threatens 43 Qe6, followed either by 44.Qe8+ or Qg6.
16...a5!
Black still has development problems. With this move, he battles to open the a-file to get his rook on a8 into play quickly.
17.Ba3
Black's previous move was also aimed at dissuading 17.Nd4, since after Qa4 he maintains an active pin against b5.
17...axb4
Not now 17...Qa4? because of 18.Ng5! Be8 19.Rab1, and the attack has switched clearly to White.
18.Bxb4 Qf5-/+.
Black still has development problems. With this move, he battles to open the a-file to get his rook on a8 into play quickly.
17.Ba3
Black's previous move was also aimed at dissuading 17.Nd4, since after Qa4 he maintains an active pin against b5.
17...axb4
Not now 17...Qa4? because of 18.Ng5! Be8 19.Rab1, and the attack has switched clearly to White.
18.Bxb4 Qf5-/+.