Jakhongir Tokhirovich 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 1½–½ 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. He scored 6½/8 with a performance rating of 2813, making him the best overall player on Board 4 in the open section. In June 2023, Ding Liren revealed in an interview with New In Chess that apart from Richard Rapport, Vakhidov was his other

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during the World Chess Championship 2023, in which Ding won against Ian Nepomniachtchi.

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