Which former world champions did Radjabov defeat in 2003?
Anatoly Karpov
Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov
Magnus Carlsen
Answer
Radjabov defeated Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov in 2003. Anand was the reigning world champion at the time, while Ponomariov had won the world championship in 2002. Radjabov's victories over these two former world champions helped to establish him as a rising star in the world of chess.
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