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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: "Rajabov and Mammadyarov can be world champions"

27 October 2006 [14:24] - TODAY.AZ
Chess is improving rapidly and getting young. At the moment there are famous and talented young people in chess, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov FIDE President stated.

He referred to three potential grandmasters: Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Teymur Rajabov and Magnus Carlsson.

19 year old Rajabov is the eleventh and Mammadyarov is the twelfth in FIDE list, APA reports.

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