2. Teimour Radjabov
was born on 12 March in
1987 in Baki, Azerbaijan.
He is an Azerbaijani chess
Grandmaster, the 1st in
Azerbaijan and the 4th in
the world.
3. Being the youngest
among the
participants Radjabov
won the European
Under 18
Championship in
1999.
4. • Radjabov earned the
title of Grandmaster in
March 2001 at the age of
14, making him the
second-youngest
grandmaster in history .
5. • In 2003 Radjabov
defeated Garry
Kasparov, Viswanat
han Anand,
and Ruslan
Ponomariov with the
black pieces, making
him the first player
to have beaten three
former and reigning
FIDE World Chess
Champions with
black in one year.
