Azerbaijan’s Mammadyarov ranks 6th in FIDE Blitz Top 100
By Nazrin Gadimova
Azerbaijan's grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov ranked 6th in the FIDE Blitz Top 100 Players, the World Chess Federation reports.
As of July 1, 2014, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen topped this list and the U.S. Hikaru Nakamura and Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi ranked the second and the third accordingly. Another Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mammadov ranked 10th in this rating, while his compatriot Teymur Rajabov ranked 34th, according to the federation.
Moreover, Rajabov ranked 10th in the Rapid Top 100 Players, while Caruana, Carlsen, and Russian Alexander Grischuk took the first three places respectively. Mammadyarov ranked 22nd in this list.
According to the FIDE Standard Top 100 Players list, Shahriyar Mammadyarov took the 18th place. Magnus Carlsen remains the world leader as of July 1. Teymur Rajabov, in turn, ranked 28th, leaving behind some 72 chess players.
Shahriyar 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. He also won a bronze medal in 2007 and a silver medal in 2011.
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