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Rustam Kasimdzhanov
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1979-12-05 ) 5 December 1979 (age 46) , Tashkent , Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Title
- Grandmaster (1997)
- World champion
- 2004–2005 (FIDE)
- Fide rating
- 2665 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2715 (May 2015)
- Ranking
- No. 50 (June 2026)
- Peak ranking
- No. 11 (October 2001)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uzbekistan
- Place of birth
- Tashkent
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- Uzbek
- Participant in
- 43rd Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Uzbekistan
- Image
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov 08 19 2007.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov
- date of birth
- 1979-12-05
- name in native language
- Rustam Qosimjonov
- Elo rating
- 2675
- title of chess person
- Grandmaster
- ranking
- 52
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Encyclopedic overview
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and a former FIDE World Chess Champion (2004–2005). He was Asian champion in 1998.
In addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhanov was a longtime second to Viswanathan Anand, including during the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Championship matches. He has also trained World Championship candidates Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana.
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