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Rustam Kasimdzhanov
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbek: Rustam Qosimjonov;

Russian: ; born December 5,

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

1979)[1] is an Uzbek chess Grandmaster, best known for

winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004.[2] He
was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist
Republic. He is an ethnic Uzbek.[1]

Contents
1 Early career
2 FIDE World Chess Champion 2004
3 Other world championship results
4 Career since championship

Rustam Kasimdzhanov at the Turin 2006 Olympiad

Full name Rustam Qosimjonov

5 Notable games

Country

Uzbekistan

6 References

Born

December 5, 1979
Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist
Republic, Soviet Union

Title

Grandmaster

7 External links

Early career

200405 (FIDE)
World
Champion

2712
FIDE
His best results include first in the
(http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?
1998 Asian Championship, second
rating
in the World Junior Chess
event=14200244) (March 2015)
Championship in 1999, first at Essen
(No. 45 in the December 2014 FIDE World
2001, first at Pamplona 2002
Rankings)
(winning a blitz playoff against Victor
2712 (March 2015)
Peak
Bologan after both had finished the
rating
main tournament on 3/6), first with
8/9 at the Vlissingen Open 2003,
Kasimdzhanov
joint first with Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu with 6/9 at Pune 2005, a bronze-medal winning
1999 at Porz
9/12 performance on board one for his country at the 2000 Chess Olympiad and runnerup in the FIDE Chess World Cup in 2002 (losing to Viswanathan Anand in the final). He
has played in the prestigious Wijk aan Zee tournament twice, but did not perform well either time: in 1999 he
finished 11th of 14 with 5/13, in 2002 he finished 13th of 14 with 4/13.

FIDE World Chess Champion 2004

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In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 in Tripoli, Libya, Kasimdzhanov unexpectedly made his way
through to the final, winning mini-matches against Alejandro Ramrez, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Vasily Ivanchuk,
Zoltn Almsi, Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov to meet Michael Adams to play for the title and the right
to face world number one Garry Kasparov in a match.
In the final six-game match of the Championship, both players won two games, making a tie-break of rapid games
necessary. Kasimdzhanov won the first game with black, after having been in a difficult position. By drawing the
second game he became the new FIDE champion.

Other world championship results

Kasimdzhanov's 2004 championship earned him an invitation to the eight player
FIDE World Chess Championship 2005, where he tied with Michael Adams for
67 place.
The 2004 championship also earned him one of sixteen places in the Candidates
Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. His first round
opponent was Boris Gelfand. In their match, all six regular games were drawn.
Then Gelfand won the rapid tie-break 2, eliminating Kasimdzhanov from the
tournament.

GM Kasimdzhanov

Career since championship

On the May 2014 FIDE list Kasimdzhanov had an Elo rating of 2700, making
him number 46 in the world and Uzbekistan's number one. He has been rated as high as 2709 (in the January 2013
list).
On June 23, 2005, in the ABC Times Square studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar driven by a Fritz 9 prototype
engine, drew against him.[3]
He made his first appearance at Linares in 2005, finishing tied last with 4/12. In 2006, Kasimdzhanov won the
knockout Corsica Masters tournament.[4]
He was a second for ex-World Champion Viswanathan Anand, having worked with Anand in preparation for and
during his successful World Chess Championship title defences in October 2008 against Vladimir Kramnik, April
May 2010 against Veselin Topalov[5] and in May 2012 against Boris Gelfand.[6]
Kasimdzhanov won gold in the individual men's rapid event at the 2010 Asian Games.

Notable games
Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Julian Borowski-A 4th 2002, French Defense: Classical, Burn
Variation (C11), 10 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1311179,)
Michael Adams vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov, FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament 2004,
Sicilian Defense: NyezhmetdinovRossolimo Attack (B30), 01
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(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1293584,)
Veselin Topalov vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov, FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament 2004,
Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System (E17), 01
(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1292973,)
Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Viswanathan Anand, FIDE World Championship Tournament 2005, Sicilian
Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack Anti-English (B90), 10
(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1361600,)

References
1. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=38799) player profile and games at
Chessgames.com
2. Rustam Kasimdzhanov wins FIDE title (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1787) from Chessbase
News.
3. Kasim vs the Accoona Toolbar draw in New York (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2466)
4. "Rustam Kasimdzhanov wins Corsica Masters" (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3479).
ChessBase.com. 2006-11-09. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
5. "Chess News Anand in Playchess the helpers in Sofia" (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?
newsid=6346). Chessbase. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
6. "WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH" (http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/). FIDE. 2012-05-31. Retrieved
2012-06-03.

External links
OlimpBase (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/v5z53bbk.html)
Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs. the AI Accoona Toolbar (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?
gid=1341356) from chessgames.com
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ruslan Ponomariov

FIDE World Chess Champion

20042005

Succeeded by
Veselin Topalov

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Categories: 1979 births Ethnic Uzbek people Living people World chess champions Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors Uzbekistani chess players People from Tashkent
Asian Games medalists in chess Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games
Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games

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