Jakhongir Tokhirovich Vakhidov (; born 1995) is an Uzbek

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player who holds the title of Grandmaster, which he was awarded in 2014. Vakhidov was joint winner of the

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in 2013/14 and 2015/16. He also qualified for the

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, where he was defeated in the first round by

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. He qualified again for the

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where, ranked 137th, he defeated

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1½–½ in the first round, and ninth seed Leinier Domínguez Pérez 3–1 in the second round, before being defeated by

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in the third round. In the 2022 Chess Olympiad, Vakhidov defeated

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on Board 4 in the decisive game of the final round, tipping the outcome of the match in favour of

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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,

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revealed in an interview with New In Chess that apart from

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, Vakhidov was his other

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during the

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, in which Ding won against

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