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Uzbekistani chess grandmaster (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbek: Нодирбек Ёқуббоев/Nodirbek Yoqubboyev; born 23 January 2002) is an Uzbekistani chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2019.
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Yakubboev in 2024, during 45th Chess Olympiad | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 2002 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Grandmaster (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| FIDE rating | 2668 (November 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Peak rating | 2668 (November 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Ranking | No. 62 (November 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Peak ranking | No. 61 (September 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He has won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship three times; in 2016,[1] 2018 and 2020.[2] He came second in the Zone 3.4 Zonal Open Championship in 2021, qualifying for the Chess World Cup 2021.[3][4]
In 2022, he won the gold medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai with the Uzbekistan team, playing in 2nd board, where he won the individual bronze medal, scoring eight points out of eleven and having a performance rating of 2,759.[5]
In 2023 he won the Qatar Masters tournament in a tie-break playoff against fellow Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov.[6]
In June 2024, Yakubboev participated in the UzChess Cup Masters, finishing first ahead of Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tiebreaks. He scored 5½/9 (+2-0=7), winning the tournament as the bottom-seeded player.[7]
He has an older sister, Nilufar Yakubbaeva, who has won the Women's section of the Uzbekistani Chess Championship multiple times.[2]
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