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Shakriyar Mamedyarov has had a phenomenal rise to the top of chess. In the chess world, people have had an eye on him for many years as he showed amazing skill even from a young age. The past few years, however, he has risen up the ranks to catch even more attention.
In January 2017, Mamedyarov was 13th in the ratings. By the beginning of 2018, he had risen to 2nd place with a rating of over 2800+ Elo. Such a change in rating, especially among the top 10 players in the world, is extremely impressive. As of the time of writing, Mamedyarov sits as the third best player in the world, behind only Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, the 2018 World Chess Championship match participants.
And Mamedyarov came very close to being in that World Championship match himself, having a very strong Candidates tournament at the beginning of the year. Any other day, his performance would have been enough to snatch victory – if it wasn’t for the fact that Fabiano Caruana took it to a whole other level.
In this video, GM Eugene Perelshteyn takes a look at the magnificent progress of Mamedyarov by analysing some of his games, starting with a game from 2002.
What, in GM Perelshteyn’s view, has Mamedyarov done that allowed him to climb the ranks so quickly? What are his strengths, and how has he managed to improve so much in the past few years?
He has always been very strong at tactics, it is where his strength lies, but previously you never knew which player you’d get – one tournament he would blow the opposition away and win outright, and the next he’d struggle. But now Mamedyarov has matured and added a level of consistency to his performance, making him a force to be reckoned with.
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