Jahongir Vakhidov (born 1995) is an Uzbekistani
chess player who holds the title of
Grandmaster, which he was awarded in 2014.
Vakhidov was joint winner of the
Hastings International Chess Congress in 2013/14 and 2015/16. He also qualified for the
Chess World Cup 2017
The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian. This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup, 12 ye ...
, where he was defeated in the first round by
Peter Svidler.
He qualified again for the
Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 137th, he defeated
Levan Pantsulaia 1.5/0.5 in the first round, and ninth seed
Leinier Domínguez Pérez 3-1 in the second round, before being defeated by
Pavel Ponkratov in the third round.
In the
2022 Chess Olympiad
The 44th Chess Olympiad (also known as the Indian Chess Olympiad), was organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022. It consisted of open and wo ...
, Vakhidov defeated
Max Warmerdam on Board 4 in the decisive game of the final round, tipping the outcome of the match in favour of
Uzbekistan and allowing them to emerge victorious in the Olympiad.
References
External links
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Jahongir Vakhidovchess games at 365Chess.com
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Living people
Chess grandmasters
Uzbekistani chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
1995 births
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