Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (born 18 September 2004) is an Uzbek chess player. A chess prodigy, he qualified for the title Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 1 month, and 11 days.[1] FIDE awarded him the title in April 2018.[2]
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | |
|---|---|
 Abdusattorov in 2020 | |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Born | 18 September 2004 Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2633 (December 2021) |
| Peak rating | 2648 (September 2021) |
| Peak ranking | No. 100 (September 2021) |
Chess career
In 2012 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.[3][4] On 26 June 2020, Abdusattorov placed 2nd-6th in the 1st Mukhtar Ismagambetov Memorial along with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dmitriy Bocharov, Kazybek Nogerbek, and Davit Maghalashvili, with a score of 8.5/11.[5] In the FIDE rating list of April 2015, he set a new record for the youngest player to enter the top 100 juniors, at eleven years old.[6]
2021
- In 2021, Abdusattorov won in the first group of the PNWCC Super G60.[7]
- He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 68th, 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.[8]
- 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.[9]
References
- Friedel, Frederic (29 October 2017). "Abdusattorov second youngest GM ever". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- "List of titles approved by the 2018 1st quarter PB in Minsk, Belarus". FIDE. 2018-04-09.
- Martínez, David (22 May 2014). "9-year-old prodigy beats two grandmasters". chess24. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- Chandra, Akshat (2 July 2014). "Nine-year-old rips through GMs!". ChessBase. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- "The Week in Chess 1338". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- Top Juniors list statistics. FIDE.
- "this week in chess".
- "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- "Anish Giri wins Tolstoy Cup". FIDE.
External links
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov rating card at FIDE
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov player profile at Chess.com