Azerbaijan's Mammadyarov ups in FIDE ranking
By Nazrin Gadimova
World Chess Federation, FIDE, has announced its latest ranking list for April 1, 2014, placing Azerbaijan`s grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov 10th with 2,760 points.
Mammadyarov was ranked 13th in March rating of the federation,AzerTag state news agency reported.
Other Azerbaijani grandmasters Teymur Rajabov (2,731), Rauf Mammadov (2,660), and Eltaj Safarli (2,656) were listed 33rd, 85th, and 91st respectively.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen remains the highest-rated human on the planet with 2,881.
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