Alisher Suleymenov (born 5 August 2000) is a Kazakh

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player who received the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2023. He had an upset victory over Magnus Carlsen in the second round game of the 2023

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Chess career

Suleymenov shared first place in the 2019 Suetin Memorial. He won the 2020 Moscow Team Champion and the 2020 Almaty Online Chess Festival. He shared first place in both the RTU Open 2019-H Closing blitz tournament and the Kazakhstan U-20 Championship. He finished third in the 2022 Paracin Open 'A' chess tournament behind

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. Suleymenov played in the 2023 Chess World Cup, where he was defeated by

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in the first round. In October 2023, Suleymenov (then rated 2512) defeated the current #1 rated player and former

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in the 2nd round of the Qatar Masters 2023 tournament. Carlsen's previous loss to a player rated below 2520 under classical time controls was to

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in the 2006 Norwegian Championship; Carlsen responded saying, “I was completely crushed in my game today.”
Qatar Tribune. October 13, 2023

Personal life

Suleymenov is also a chess coach. He speaks Russian and English.

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