Javokhir Sindarov

Javokhir Sindarov (born 8 December 2005)[1][2] is an Uzbek chess prodigy. He earned the title of grandmaster in October 2018, at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 5 days.

Javokhir Sindarov
Sindarov (2022)
CountryUzbekistan
Born8 December 2005 (2005-12-08) (age 17)
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2661 (May 2023)
Peak rating2661 (February 2023)
RankingNo. 82 (May 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 81 (April 2023)

Chess career

Sindarov was awarded the International Master title in October 2017.[3] He achieved his first grandmaster (GM) norm at the Alekhine Memorial in June 2018.[1] 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.[1][2] 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.[4][5]

References
  1. Sindarov Likely Becomes 'New' 2nd-Youngest GM In History Chess.com
  2. Sindarov: second youngest GM ever
  3. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey FIDE
  4. "FIDE World Cup 2.3: Sindarov knocks out Firouzja". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.


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