Zeinab Hamid qizi Mamedyarova (also spelled Mamedjarova; az, Zeynəb Həmid qızı Məmmədyarova; born 3 October 1983) is an Azerbaijani

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player holding the

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of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Career

In 2000, Mamedyarova won the Girls U18 section of the World Youth Championships in

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and took a silver medal at the 34th Chess Olympiad, held in

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. In 2002, she won the European junior girls championship in

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and a bronze medal at the 35th Chess Olympiad in

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. Mamedyarova won the Azerbaijani women's championship in 2001, 2008, 2015. She took part in the Istanbul leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series in 2009.

Personal life

She is the elder sister of

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( az, Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 13 in the world. ...

and

Turkan Mamedyarova Turkan Hamid qizi Mamedyarova ( az, Türkan Həmid qızı Məmmədyarova, ; born 7 August 1989) is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2007). Chess career Turkan's first chess trainer was her father. Her b ...

, both also chess players. Zeinab is married and has a son.

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* * * * 1983 births Living people Chess woman grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions Azerbaijani female chess players People from Sumgait Chess Olympiad competitors {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub