Teimour Radjabov, also spelled Teymur Rajabov, (Azerbaijani: Teymur Rəcəbov; born March 12, 1987 in
Baku, Azerbaijan) is a leading chess player from Azerbaijan. He started playing chess when he was four years old. On the July 2007 FIDE list, Radjabov had an Elo rating of 2746, ranking ninth in the world and
second in his native Azerbaijan. Radjabov earned the title of International
Grandmaster in March 2001 at the age of 14, making him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time.
Radjabov''s name is often mentioned in conjunction with that of former world champion Garry Kasparov. Both are from Baku, Azerbaijan and both men have Jewish fathers<4> (Kasparov''s mother is Armenian) Radjabov, who was 15 at the time, won Kasparov.