Elmar Magerramov ( az, Elmar Məhərrəmov; russian: Эльмар Магеррамов; born April 10, 1958 in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

) is an international

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

Grandmaster. In 1991, he shared first place in the last

USSR Chess Championship The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners. ...

held, with

Artashes Minasian Artashes Minasian (sometimes transliterated as Minasyan; hy, Արտաշես Մինասյան; born 21 January 1967) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. He won the USSR Chess Championship in 1991 and is a six-time Armenian Chess Champion. Chess ...

, losing the title on tiebreaks. In 1992, Magerramov became the first

Grandmaster in the history of Azerbaijan. He has played with

Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak Elo rating system, rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until ...

several training matches and tournament games with an overall score of + 4 - 8 = 7. Along with his playing career, Elmar had an extensive coaching career as well. He has been National Team Coach of Tunis, coached Garry Kasparov during 1984 World Chess Championship and Maia Chiburdanidze during 1991 Women's Chess World Championship. Magerramov is currently living in

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. He is married and has two sons. His main hobbies apart from chess are

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and

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. He plays on the Internet Chess Club (ICC) under the pseudonym "El-Marmalade". The ninth chapter of Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book ''Genius in the Background'' is devoted to him.

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* * 1958 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess coaches National team coaches Soviet chess players Azerbaijani chess players Azerbaijani expatriates in the United Arab Emirates {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub

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