Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbek: Nodirbek Fazliddin oʻgʻli Abdusattorov; born 18 September 2004) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster. 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] He is Uzbekistan's highest-rated grandmaster and currently one of the best chess players in the world.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov | |
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Country | Uzbekistan |
Born | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 18 September 2004
Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
FIDE rating | 2777 (November 2024) |
Peak rating | 2783 (October 2024) |
Ranking | No. 6 (November 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 4 (April 2024) |
Abdusattorov won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021, becoming the youngest ever World Rapid Champion at 17 years and 3 months, and the youngest ever open world chess champion in any time format, breaking the record held by Magnus Carlsen, who was 18 years old when he won the World Blitz Chess Championship 2009.[3] Abdusattorov defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in a tiebreaker match to win the 2021 Championship.[4] In 2022, Abdusattorov played board 1 for Uzbekistan at the 44th Chess Olympiad, where his team won gold and he won an individual silver medal for his board 1 performance. Abdusattorov also holds the record for the youngest player to attain a rating of over 2400. In April 2024, he ranked No. 4 in the world.[5]
Chess career
editEarly chess career
editIn 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.[6][7] On 27 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 8½/11.[8] 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.[9]
2021
editIn 2021, Abdusattorov won the first group of the PNWCC Super G60.[10]
He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 69th, after receiving a walkover in the first round, he defeated Aravindh Chithambaram 1½–½ 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.[11]
In September 2021, Abdusattorov took second place (behind Anish Giri) at the Tolstoy Cup tournament organized by the State Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate "Yasnaya Polyana" and the Chess Federation of Russia.[12]
In December 2021, Abdusattorov won the El Llobregat Open held in Spain with a score of 7/9.[13]
He followed that up with another open tournament victory in Spain, winning the Sitges Open, held from 13 to 23 December, with a score of 8/10 and edging out Ivan Cheparinov and Dmitrij Kollars in blitz tiebreaks for first place.[14]
In December 2021, Abdusattorov took part in the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Championship, achieving a preliminary score of 9½/13 in a four-way tie for first place, while defeating among others the reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.[15] With a subsequent win of 1½/2 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.[3][16][17][18][19]
2022
editIn May 2022, he won Sharjah Masters [20] with a 2834 performance rating.
In August, he played board 1 for Uzbekistan at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, where his team won gold on tiebreaks after winning 8 matches and drawing 3 for a score of 19 (tied with Armenia).[21] He won an individual silver medal for his board 1 performance (+7-1=3)[a] behind Gukesh D and had a tournament performance rating of 2803.[22]
2023
editIn January 2023, Abdusattorov participated in the Tata Steel tournament, in which he tied for second with Magnus Carlsen with a score of 8/13 (+4-1=8).[23] Going into the last round he topped the table, but was overtaken by Anish Giri.[24]
In the Chess World Cup 2023, Abdusattorov was defeated by Vahap Şanal in the second round. After drawing the first game of the round with the black pieces, he lost the second game with white. He had a bye in the first round.[25]
In May 2023, Abdusattorov took part in Norway Chess 2023, in which he won the blitz event with a score of 6/10, a half point above Alireza Firouzja and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.[26] In the classical event, he scored poorly with a score of 9/27, finishing in ninth place.[27] The classical event was won by Hikaru Nakamura.[27]
In October, he took part in the Qatar Masters Open 2023 where he achieved a score of 7/9 (+5-0=4), tying for first with countryman Nodirbek Yakubboev. He lost the blitz tiebreaks 2–0 to finish in second place.[28]
2024
editIn January, he took part in the Tata Steel tournament where he tied 1st with 8½/13 alongside Anish Giri, Gukesh D and Wei Yi, before being eliminated in the tiebreak semifinals by the latter. In February & March 2024, Abdusattorov played in the Prague International Chess Festival. He finished with a score of 6½/9, winning the event with a round to spare and a TPR of 2873.[29] This result propelled him to World No.4, with a rating of 2765.
In April–May, Abdusattorov took part in and won the TePe Sigeman Tournament, in which he tied first with 4½/7 (+3-1=3) with Arjun Erigaisi and Peter Svidler, before winning the tournament in blitz tiebreaks.[30]
In May, he participated in the GCT Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz. In Rapid, he finished in 7th with 8/18 (Rapid wins counted as 2, draws 1). In Blitz, he finished in 5th with 9½/18, for an overall 6th place placement with 17½/36.[31]
In June, Abdusattorov participated in the UzChess Cup Masters, finishing second behind Nodirbek Yakubboev on tiebreaks. He scored 5½/9 (+3-1=5).[32]
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- ^ "Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins El Llobregat Open in Barcelona". ChessBase. 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Sitges: Abdusattorov clinches first place in thrilling playoff". ChessBase. 25 December 2021. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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- ^ "44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai - Open section results". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Uzbekistan round results at the 44th Chess Olympiad". Chess-results.com. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "TataSteel final results". TataSteel Chess. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Nederlandse schaker Giri wint Tata Steel-toernooi, mede dankzij Van Foreest". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (in Dutch). 29 January 2023.
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- ^ McGourty (Colin_McGourty), Colin (20 October 2023). "Qatar Masters 2023: Yakubboev Wins Title After Arjun Heartbreak". Chess.com. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Prague Chess Festival Masters Results". Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins the 2024 Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament – Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament" (in Swedish). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Results & Standings - Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024". Chess.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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Notes
edit- ^ 7 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws. This includes: 7 wins against Purushottam Chaulagain (1975), GM Helgi Dam Ziska (2549), GM Matej Sebenik (2512), GM Fabiano Caruana (2783), GM Jergus Pechac (2594), GM Emilio Cordova (2549), and GM Gukesh D (2684); 1 loss against GM Pentala Harikrishna (2720) in round 6; 3 draws against GM Vincent Keymer (2686), GM Gabriel Sargissian (2698) and GM Anish Giri (2760). The numbers in brackets represent the opponent's elo rating.
External links
edit- Nodirbek Abdusattorov rating card at FIDE
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov player profile at Chess.com