Elmar Magerramov
Encyclopedia
Elmar Magerramov is an international chess
Grandmaster
.
In 1991, he shared first place in the last USSR Chess Championship
held, with Artashes Minasian
, losing the title on tiebreaks. In 1992, Magerramov became the first chess
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 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. He is married and has two sons. His main hobbies apart from chess are mathematics
and music
. 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.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
.
In 1991, he shared first place in the last USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. 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
Artashes Minasian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.-Chess career:He participated in eight Chess Olympiads with a record of +23,=28,-12. In 2006 the Armenian team took the first place at the 37th Chess Olympiad...
, losing the title on tiebreaks. In 1992, Magerramov became the first chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
in the history of Azerbaijan.
He has played with Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
several training matches and tournament games with an overall score of + 4 - 8 = 7.
Along with his playing career, Elmar had an extensive coaching
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
career as well. He has been National Team Coach of Tunis, coached Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
during 1984 World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship 1984
The World Chess Championship 1984 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov for the World Chess Championship title...
and Maia Chiburdanidze
Maia Chiburdanidze
Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh Women's World Chess Champion. She is the only chess player in history who has won nine Chess Olympiads....
during 1991 Women's Chess World Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
.
Magerramov is currently living in UAE. He is married and has two sons. His main hobbies apart from chess are mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
. He plays on the Internet Chess Club
Internet Chess Club
The Internet Chess Club is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC currently has over 30,000 subscribing members...
(ICC) under the pseudonym "El-Marmalade".
The ninth chapter of Tibor Karolyi
Tibor Karolyi
Tibor Károlyi is a Hungarian chess International Master, International Arbiter , coach, theoretician, and author. He was Hungarian Champion in 1984.In 1989 he started his coaching career...
's 2009 book Genius in the Background is devoted to him.