Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Nodirbek Abdusattorov
CountryUzbekistan
Born (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 20)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2777 (November 2024)
Peak rating2783 (October 2024)
RankingNo. 6 (November 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 4 (April 2024)
Medal record
Men's chess
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's individual
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team

2777 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.

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]

  1. ^ Friedel, Frederic (29 October 2017). "Abdusattorov second youngest GM ever". Chess News. ChessBase. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. ^ "List of titles approved by the 2018 1st quarter PB in Minsk, Belarus" Archived 14 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. FIDE. 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ Barden, Leonard (30 December 2021). "Chess: 17-year-old shocks Carlsen and becomes youngest world rapid winner". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ^ "World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ^ "OP 100 PLAYERS APRIL 2024". fide.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.