What is Shakhriyar Mamedyarov?
{{Infobox chess player |playername = Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |image = Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 3 cropped.jpg |caption= Mammadyarov at the 2006 Corus chess tournament |birthname = Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov |country = {{AZE}} |datebirth = {{birth date and age|1985|4|12|df=y}} |placebirth = [[Sumgayit]], [[Azerbaijan]] |datedeath = |placedeath = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2800<br /><small>(#5 on the June 2017 [[FIDE]] ratings list)</small> |peakrating = 2800 <small>(June 2017)</small> }}'''Shakhriyar Mamadyarov''' <ref>{{lang-az|Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov}}</ref> (born 12 April 1985 in Sumgayit, [[Azerbaijan]]), is a [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. On the January 2008 [[FIDE]] rating list he reached number six in the world with a rating of 2760. He is known for being an excellent chess strategist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rovingplayers.org/top-notch-azerbaijani-chess-grandmaster.html |title=The Top-Notch Azerbaijani Chess Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |access-date=2010-03-13 |archive-date=2010-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307020753/http://www.rovingplayers.org/top-notch-azerbaijani-chess-grandmaster.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Chessgames.com [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=50065]</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Azerbaijani chess grandmasters}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Azerbaijani chess players]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]]