Nodirbek Abdusattorov

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Nodirbek Abdusattorov
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Abdusattorov
CountryUzbekistan
Born (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 17)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2651 (February 2022)
Peak rating2651 (February 2022)
RankingNo. 94 (February 2022)
Peak rankingNo. 94 (February 2022)

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (born 18 September 2004) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and the reigning World Rapid Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he qualified for the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 1 month, and 11 days.[1] FIDE awarded him the title in April 2018.[2]

Abdusattorov won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021, becoming the youngest ever Rapid World Champion at 17 years, 3 months, and breaking the youngest World Blitz Champion record of Magnus Carlsen who was 18 years old when he won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2009.[3] Abdusattorov defeated Carlsen en route to the 2021 Championship.[3]

Early chess career[]

In 2011 Abdusattorov won the Under 8 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. In 2014, at nine years old, he beat two grandmasters, Andrey Zhigalko and Rustam Khusnutdinov, in the 8th Georgy Agzamov Memorial tournament, held in his home city of Tashkent.[4][5] On 27 June 2020, Abdusattorov placed 2nd-6th in the 1st Mukhtar Ismagambetov Memorial along with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dmitriy Bocharov, , and , with a score of 8.5/11.[6] In the FIDE rating list of May 2015, he set a new record for the youngest player to enter the top 100 juniors, at eleven years old.[7]

In 2021, Abdusattorov won in the first group of the PNWCC Super G60.[8]

He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 69th, after receiving a walkover in the first round, he defeated Aravindh Chithambaram 1.5–0.5 in the second round and beat fourth seed Anish Giri 3–1 in tiebreaks of the third round before losing to Vasif Durarbayli 4–2 in the 4th round.[9]

In September 2021, Abdusattorov took second place (behind Anish Giri) at Tolstoy Cup tournament organized by the State Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate "Yasnaya Polyana" and the Chess Federation of Russia.[10]

In December 2021, Abdusettorov won the El Llobregat Open held in Spain with a score of 7.0/9. [11]

He followed that up with another open tournament victory in Spain, winning the Sitges Open, held from 13th December to 23rd December, with a score of 8.0/10 and edging out Ivan Cheparinov and Dmitrij Kollars in blitz tiebreaks. [12]

2021 World Rapid Championship[]

In December 2021, Abdusattorov took part in the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Championship, achieving a preliminary score of 9.5/13 in a four-way tie for first place, while defeating among others the reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen.[13] With a subsequent win of 1.5/2 over Ian Nepomniachtchi in the tie-breaks, Abdusattorov won the Rapid Championship and became the youngest Rapid World Champion in history and the youngest World Champion overall in any of the three recognized time control formats.[citation needed][14][15][16][17]

References[]

  1. ^ Friedel, Frederic (29 October 2017). "Abdusattorov second youngest GM ever". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. ^ "List of titles approved by the 2018 1st quarter PB in Minsk, Belarus". FIDE. 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ a b Leonard Barden. "Chess: 17-year-old shocks Carlsen and becomes youngest world rapid winner". The Guardian, December 30, 2021. Accessed January 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Martínez, David (22 May 2014). "9-year-old prodigy beats two grandmasters". chess24. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  5. ^ Chandra, Akshat (2 July 2014). "Nine-year-old rips through GMs!". ChessBase. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. ^ "The Week in Chess 1338". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. ^ Top Juniors list statistics. FIDE.
  8. ^ "this week in chess".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Anish Giri wins Tolstoy Cup". FIDE.
  11. ^ "Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins El Llobregat Open in Barcelona". ChessBase. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Sitges: Abdusattorov clinches first place in thrilling playoff". ChessBase. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ Abdusattorov–Carlsen, FIDE World Rapid Championship, Round 10, 28 Dec 2021, chess24.com
  14. ^ "Nodirbek Abdusattorov is Rapid World Chess Champion". worldchess.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  15. ^ "17-year-old Abdusattorov dethrons Carlsen as world rapid rapid champion". CVBJ. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  16. ^ Holan, George. "Chess: The amazing and icy 17-year-old Abdusattorov wins the gold in the fast games world after knocking down Carlsen | Chess News - Plainsmen Post". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  17. ^ Levin (AnthonyLevin), Anthony. "World Rapid Chess Championship Day 3: Abdusattorov and Kosteniuk Crowned World Rapid Champions". Chess.com. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

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