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Which former world number one player did Radjabov beat in 2003?

  • Magnus Carlsen

  • Vladimir Kramnik

  • Garry Kasparov

  • Viswanathan Anand

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In 2003, Teimour Radjabov, a young Iranian chess player, defeated former world number one Garry Kasparov in a tournament in Linares, Spain. This was a major upset, as Kasparov was considered to be one of the best chess players in the world at the time.
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