Vugar Hashimov
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Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (1986–2014)
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Vinony files it under 1986 births, 2014 deaths and 20th-century chess players.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov , ( 1986-07-24 ) 24 July 1986, Baku , Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 11 January 2014 (2014-01-11) (aged 27), Heidelberg , Germany
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Title
- Grandmaster (2002)
- Peak rating
- 2761 (January 2012)
- Peak ranking
- No. 6 (November 2009)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Azerbaijan
- Place of birth
- Baku
- Place of death
- Heidelberg
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Azerbaijani
- Notable work
- chess
- Participant in
- 38th Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Azerbaijan
- Image
- VugarGashimov11.jpg
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- Elo rating
- 2407
- date of death
- 2014-01-11
- Commons category
- Vugar Gashimov
- date of birth
- 1986-07-24
- medical condition
- epilepsy
- title of chess person
- International Master
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- II Alley of Honor
- name in native language
- Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov
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Encyclopedic overview
Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov (Azerbaijani: Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov, was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He was a noted player of blitz chess. At his peak ranking, he was No. 6 in the world, achieved in November 2009.
He won the Athens 2005 (Acropolis International), and tied for first at the Cappelle-la-Grande open in 2007, he again tied for first and was winning it on tie-break in 2008. He won the strong and traditional invitation tournament at Reggio Emilia in 2010–11 on tie-break above Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vugar Hashimov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.