Teymur Rəcəbov

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Surname Teymur Rəcəbov
Association AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
Born March 12, 1987
Baku , AsSSR
title International Master (1999)
Grand Master (2001)
Current  Elo rating 2765 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating 2793 (Nov 2012 - Apr 2013)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Teymur Rəcəbov (born March 12, 1987 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR ) is a world-class Azerbaijani chess player . He achieved his greatest success by winning the 2019 World Chess Cup .

Spelling of the name and origin of the name

The Azerbaijani alphabet is based on the Latin one, so the correct spelling is Rəcəbov . The alternative Azerbaijani spelling of his name is Teymur Räcäbov . The name is pronounced something like Rädschäbow . The English-French mixed transcription Teimour Radjabov (from Russian Теймур Раджабов) has established itself internationally and is used in most languages ​​- also by the world chess federation FIDE , in chess databases and mostly also in the German press. Sometimes Teimur Radschabow is written in the German-speaking area . Like Garry Kasparov , Teimour Rəcəbov uses the maiden name of his mother Leyla Rəcəbova. His father Boris Şeynin is of Jewish descent.

Life and Achievements

Teymur Rəcəbov learned to play chess at the age of four. The great talent of Rəcəbov, known as a “ child prodigy ”, came into its own very quickly. His first appearance in Germany showed him as the winner of the U9 tournament at the International Youth Festival in Dresden in July 1994 with 13 wins in 13 games. At the age of eleven, he was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE . At the age of twelve he was the youngest participant to win the title of European Youth Champion U18. Another year later Rəcəbov became a grandmaster , at the time the second youngest in the history of chess. His early fame in the chess scene allowed him to be invited to world-class tournaments at a very young age : since 2001, he has been taking part in top-class tournaments at irregular intervals . Rəcəbov was able to win a total of seven medals at youth world and youth European championships, including becoming youth world champion in the U12 age group in Oropesa del Mar in 1998 and four times European youth champion (1996 and 1997 in the age group U10, 1998 in the age group U12 and 1999 in the age group U18) ).

The year 2003 was very successful for him in terms of sport. At the tournament in Linares he defeated Garri Kasparow with the black pieces, in Dortmund he defeated Viswanathan Anand in a much discussed brilliant game, also with black . At the FIDE knockout world championships 2004 in Tripoli Rəcəbov was third, he was only eliminated in the semifinals against the Englishman Michael Adams . In 2005 Rəcəbov continued his success: He won a very strong tournament in Dos Hermanas, Spain and came second behind Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu at the European Championships in Warsaw .

In 2006 he finished second at the tournament in Linares together with FIDE world champion Wesselin Topalow behind the tournament winner Levon Aronjan . At the Mainz Chess Days he lost the rapid chess match for the unofficial Rapid World Championship against Anand 3: 5. In October he won a strong rapid chess tournament in Cap d'Agde , in which he prevailed in the final with 1.5: 0.5 against Sergei Karjakin .

In 2007 Rəcəbov was able to win together with Levon Aronjan and Wesselin Topalow the strong Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee , which is regarded as one of the most important of the chess year alongside the tournaments in Linares / Morelia , Dortmund and Sofia . He was particularly noticeable through black victories with new ideas in the King's Indian defense .

In 2010 he was able to his second place in the FIDE Grand Prix for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012 qualifying. There he was eliminated in the first round against Wladimir Kramnik .

He also took part in the candidates' tournament in London for the 2013 World Chess Championship , where he failed with 8th place.

In 2015 he won the bronze medal at the rapid chess world championship in Berlin behind defending champion Magnus Carlsen and the Russian Jan Nepomnjaschtschi .

Rəcəbov was established in June 2017 well ahead of the Azeri judokas selected Hidayat Heydarov the best sportsman Aserbaijans among other things, he previously held the Grand Prix of Geneva had won.

In autumn 2019 Rəcəbov won the 2019 World Chess Cup . He started the tournament with seed number 10 and prevailed in the final against Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren (seed number 1) with 6: 4 points after four regular and six tie-break games. By reaching the final, Rəcəbov qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament , in which the challenger for the 2020 World Chess Championship will be determined. On the way to the title Rəcəbov prevailed against the grandmasters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov, among others . On March 6, 2020, he announced that he would not participate in the candidates tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic ; Vachier-Lagrave took his place.

Elo development

Elo development

National team

Rəcəbov has been playing on the first or second board of the Azerbaijani national team since 2001 and participated in the chess Olympiads in 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 and 2014 , the team world championships in 2010 and 2011 and the team European championships in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. With the team he won the European Championships in 2009 and 2013, came second at the 2011 European Championships and third at the 2007 European Championships, in the individual ranking he achieved the second-best individual result at the 2010 World Team and the third-best at the 2012 Chess Olympiad Result on the first board. In November 2017, Radjabov won the European Team Championship as part of the Azerbaijan team. He always competed on the second board and reached 5.5 / 8 points, with which he achieved the fourth-best result on the second board.

societies

In Azerbaijan, Rəcəbov plays for SOCAR Baku , with whom he won the European Club Cup in 2012 and 2014 . In the Russian team championship he played in 2006 for Ladya Kazan and in 2007 and 2008 for the team from Ural Yekaterinburg , with which he won both the Russian team championship and the European Club Cup in 2008. In France he played for NAO Paris from 2003 to 2005 , with whom he became French team champion in 2004 and 2005 and won the European Club Cup in 2004, in Bosnia he played for ŠK Bosna Sarajevo , with which he won the European Club Cup in 2002. In the Spanish team championship he played in 2005 for CA Eborajedrez Talavera and in 2016 for the master Sestao Fundacion EDP .

Game example

Teymur Rəcəbov achieved some spectacular victories against leading world-class players in 2003, beating Garry Kasparov in Linares and Viswanathan Anand in Dortmund. The tournament in Dortmund won in a superior manner, but surprisingly, the Moldovan Viktor Bologan . In the second round, on August 1st, Rəcəbov ( Black ), the tournament favorite and second in the world rankings, defeated Viswanathan Anand ( White ) in a brilliant game :

1. e2-e4 c7-c5

The Sicilian Defense , one of Rəcəbov's favorite openings.

2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. d2-d4 c5xd4 4. Nf3xd4 e7-e5

Rəcəbov chooses the double-edged Kalashnikov variant , B32.

5. Nd4 – b5 d7 – d6 6. c2 – c4 Bf8 – e7 7. b2 – b3 f7 – f5 8. e4xf5 Bc8xf5 9. Bf1 – d3 e5 – e4 10. Bd3 – e2 a7 – a6 11. Nb5 – c3 Be7 -F6 12. 0-0 Ng8-e7 13. a2-a3 0-0 14. Ra1-a2 Qd8-a5 15. b3-b4 Qa5-e5 16. Rf1-e1 b7-b5 17. c4xb5 a6xb5 18. Be2xb5 Nc6 –D4?

Rəcəbov criticized this move in his analyzes and gives 18.… Qe5 – e6 !? the privilege.

19. Bb5 – f1?

Anand leaves out the possibility of taking an advantage: 19. Bb5 – c4 +! d6 – d5 20. Nc3xd5 !! Ne7xd5 21. Bc1 – b2! Kg8 – h8 22. Bb2xd4 Qe5xd4 23. Qd1xd4 Bf6xd4 24. Bc4xd5 with a better position for White according to Rəcəbov.

19.… d6 – d5 20. Ra2 – d2! Bf5 – e6! 21. f2 – f4 Qe5xf4 22. Rd2 – f2!

But not 22. Rd2xd4 ??, because of Qf4 – f2 + and Black wins.

Anand – Rəcəbov
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Position after 22. Rd2 – f2!
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22.… Qf4xf2 + !!

A brilliant lady sacrifice that the young Azerbaijani had planned well in advance. Anand was now under a lot of pressure.

23. Kg1xf2 Nd4 – b5 !!

The punch line of the previous victim is this humble knight retreat.

24. Kf2 – g1 Nb5xc3 25. Nb1xc3 Bf6xc3 26. Bf1 – b5 Bc3xe1 27. Qd1xe1 Ne7 – f5 28. Bc1 – b2 Ra8 – c8 !? 29. Bb5 – a4! Rf8 – f7 30. h2 – h3 ?!

Anand is making an inaccuracy here. According to Rəcəbov, White should be 30. Ba4 – b3! play. The position would then remain in equilibrium.

30.… h7 – h5!

With the intention of h5 – h4 and the transfer of the knight to g3. Black is now overweight and is gradually expanding his advantage.

31. b4 – b5 h5 – h4 32. Bb2 – e5 d5 – d4 !! 33. b5-b6

33. De1xe4 is followed by 33.… Nf5 – e3! 34. Qe4xh4 Rf7 – f1 + 35. Kg1 – h2 Ne3 – f5 together with Rc8 – c1 and Black wins.

33.… e4 – e3! 34. Kg1 – h2 d4 – d3 35. De1 – b4 e3 – e2 36. Be5 – c3 Rc8xc3! 37. Qb4xc3 Nf5 – g3 38. b6 – b7 Rf7xb7 39. Qc3 – a5 Rb7 – b8!

White gave up.

Web links

Commons : Teymur Rəcəbov  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FAZ, Sport in Brief, November 18, 2010
  2. ↑ , Teimour Radjabov, May 25, 2015 ( Memento of May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ AM: Magnus Carlsen wins 2015 FIDE World Rapid Championship. Retrieved November 10, 2017 (UK English).
  4. ^ Teimour Radjabov named best Azerbaijani sportsman [PHOTO] . In: AzerNews.az . August 4, 2017 ( azernews.az [accessed November 10, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Johannes Fischer: Teimour Radjabov wins the World Cup 2019 In: de.chessbase.com. October 4, 2019, accessed October 8, 2019.
  6. ↑ Teimour Radjabov to be replaced by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Candidates Tournament , fide.com, March 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
  8. ↑ a b Teymur Rəcəbov's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  9. ↑ Results of the Azerbaijani team at the 2014 Chess Olympiad on chess-results.com
  10. ↑ a b Teymur Rəcəbov's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  11. ↑ a b Teymur Rəcəbov's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  12. ↑ Heinz Herzog - http://chess-results.com/ : Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Team Chess Championship 2017. Accessed on November 10, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Heinz Herzog - http://chess-results.com/ : Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Team Chess Championship 2017. Accessed on November 10, 2017 .
  14. ↑ a b c d Teymur Rəcəbov's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  15. ↑ Teymur Rəcəbov's results at Spanish team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  16. ↑ Schachinformator 88, Partie Nr. 112, Belgrade , 2003.
personal data
SURNAME Rəcəbov, Teymur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Räcäbov, Teymur (alternative Azerbaijani spelling); Radjabov, Teimour (FIDE); Раджабов, Теймур (Russian); Radschabow, Teimur; Radjabov, Teimur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Azerbaijani chess grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Baku