Javokhir Sindarov

Javokhir Sindarov (born 8 December 2005)[2][3] is an Uzbek chess prodigy.[4] He earned the title of grandmaster in October 2018, at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 5 days.

Javokhir Sindarov
Sindarov in 2022
CountryUzbekistan
Born (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005
Tashkent, Uzbekistan[1]
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2658 (October 2023)
Peak rating2661 (February 2023)
RankingNo. 77 (October 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 77 (September 2023)
Medal record
Men's chess
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's individual
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouMen's team

Chess career

Sindarov was awarded the title of International Master in October 2017.[5] He achieved his first grandmaster (GM) norm at the Alekhine Memorial in June 2018.[2] He achieved the second at the World Junior Chess Championship in September, improving his rating to 2500 in the process. In October 2018, he scored his third GM norm at the First Saturday tournament, becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in history at the time.[2][3] The title was awarded by FIDE in March 2019.

He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021. Ranked 121st, he caused a major upset by defeating 8th-ranked Alireza Firouzja in tiebreaks in the second round, and made it to the final 32 before being knocked out in the fourth round by Kacper Piorun.[6][7]

In the Chess World Cup 2023, Sindarov again caused a major upset, defeating the tournament's 10th seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the third round.[8]

References
  1. "Certificate of Title Result: Grandmaster" (PDF). 21 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2018.
  2. Sindarov Likely Becomes 'New' 2nd-Youngest GM In History Chess.com
  3. Sindarov: second youngest GM ever
  4. "Prodigy Watch". chessnumbers.wordpress.com. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  5. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey FIDE
  6. "FIDE World Cup 2.3: Sindarov knocks out Firouzja". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  8. "FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced".


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