Temur Kuybokarov

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Temur Kuybokarov
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Kuybokarov (2019)
CountryUzbekistan
Australia
Born (2000-07-22) July 22, 2000 (age 21)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2549 (August 2021)
Peak rating2530 (December 2020)

Temur Kuybokarov (uzbek: Temur Qo’yboqarov; previously Temur Igonin; born July 22, 2000) is an Uzbekistani-Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019.[1] He qualified as a grandmaster at age 18 - the first from Western Australia - and then in 2020 became Australian chess champion. Born in Tashkent,[2] he represented Uzbekistan until transferring to Australia in 2018.

Chess career[]

Kuybokarov was taught chess at the age of five by his mother and first coach, Tatyana Igonina.[citation needed]

At the 2010 Asian Youth Championships, held in Beijing, China, he finished in a tie for first place in the U10 section, taking the bronze medal on tiebreak score.[3] At the age of 11, Kyubokarov (then Igonin) defeated World Champion Viswanathan Anand in a simultaneous exhibition, a feat which received worldwide attention.[4][5]

In 2016, he moved with his family to Australia,[6] where he lives in Perth, Western Australia. In December of the same year, Kuybokarov won the 8th Penang Open.[7][8] He transferred his national federation from Uzbekistan to Australia in 2018.[9] He won the 2017 and 2019 Australian Open Championship.[10][11][12] Kuybokarov achieved the norms required for the title of grandmaster in the following events: Australian Open 2017; Aeroflot Open 2017; and Gold Coast Open 2018. He also scored the fourth norm at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Masters.[13]

In January 2019 Kuybokarov was named one of Western Australia's 50 Rising Stars.[6] In December Kuybokarov won the 2019 Australasian Masters GM norm tournament in Melbourne with a score of 8½/9 points.[14] The next month Kuybokarov won the Australian Championship in Sydney,[15] the first Western Australian player in the 135-year history of the event to win the title.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "List of titles approved by the 2019 1st quarter PB in Astana, Kazakhstan". FIDE. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  2. ^ GM title application (PDF). FIDE.
  3. ^ "ASIAN YOUTH INVITATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS U10 2010". chess-results.com.
  4. ^ Begmatov, Jamshid (2011-04-07). "Clash of the Titans: Kasimdzhanov-Anand rapid chess match". ChessBase. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  5. ^ Dylan Loeb McClain (2011-04-16). "For World Champion, Two Uncommon Losses". The New York Times
  6. ^ a b Rhianna Mitchell; Simon Collins (2019-01-18). "Rising stars: Meet the young West Australians lighting up our future". The West Australian.
  7. ^ "8th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2016". chess-results.com.
  8. ^ Crowther, Mark (2016-12-12). "TWIC 1153: 8th Penang Open 2016". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  9. ^ Player transfers in 2018. FIDE.
  10. ^ "Temur Kuybokarov of Uzbekistan wins 2017 Australian Open Chess Championship". The Tashkent Times. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  11. ^ "2017 Australian Open Championship". www.newzealandchess.co.nz.
  12. ^ "2019 Australian Open". www.boxhillchess.org.au.
  13. ^ Title Applications. 1st quarter PB 2019, 4-6 March, Astana, KAZ. FIDE. Retrieved 2019-06-07
  14. ^ "2019 Australasian Masters GM Norm Tournament". newzealandchess.nz.
  15. ^ Fischer, Johannes (2020-01-17). "19-year-old wins 2020 Australian Championship". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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