Azerbaijan’s Mammadyarov 2nd in FIDE Rating
World Chess Federation, FIDE, has announced its latest rating list, placing Azerbaijan`s Shahriyar Mammadyarov 2nd.
Another Azeri grandmaster Teymur Rajabov is 16th in the list.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen tops the FIDE rankings.
Earlier Mammadyarov celebrated victory in the Geneva Chess Masters and the World Rapid Chess Championship.
Mammadyarov represented Azerbaijan at the Chess Olympiads in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010. In 2009, he won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the European Team Chess Championship, having won a bronze medal in 2007 and silver in 2011.