Elmar Magerramov (; ; born April 10, 1958, in

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) is an Azerbaijani

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grandmaster.

Career

In 1991, he shared first place in the last

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, with

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

Grandmaster in the history of Azerbaijan. He has played with Kasparov several training matches and tournament games, with an overall score of + 4–8 = 7. Along with his playing career, Elmar had an extensive

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career as well. He has been National Team Coach of Tunis, coached

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during

1984 World Chess Championship Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

and

Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze ( ka, მაია ჩიბურდანიძე; born 17 January 1961) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. She is the sixth Women's World Chess Champion, a title she held from 1978 to 1991, and was the youngest one until ...

during 1991 Women's Chess World Championship. Magerramov is currently living in

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

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and

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

. He plays on the

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(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 Chess players from Baku {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub

Career

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