Javokhir Sindarov (; born 8 December 2005)Sindarov Likely Becomes 'New' 2nd-Youngest GM In History
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. He earned the title of grandmaster in October 2018, at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 5 days.

Chess career

Sindarov was awarded the title of

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in October 2017. He achieved his first grandmaster (GM) norm at the

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in June 2018. He achieved the second at the

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in September, improving his rating to 2500 in the process. In October 2018, he scored his third GM norm at the

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tournament, becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in history at the time. The title was awarded by

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in March 2019. He qualified for the

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. Ranked 121st, he caused a major upset by defeating 8th-ranked

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in tiebreaks in the second round, and made it to the final 32 before being knocked out in the fourth round by

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. In the

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, Sindarov again caused a major upset, defeating the tournament's 10th seed

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in the third round, before being eliminated from the tournament by

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. In October 2023, Sindarov played on board 2 for Uzbekistan in the Asian Games, scoring 6/8 while his team earned a bronze medal behind India and Iran; after that, he took part in the strong Qatar Masters Open tournament, in which he scored 6,5/9 while not losing any game, thus gaining 22 rating points between the two tournaments. In November, Sindarov entered the FIDE Grand Swiss and performed very well, finishing eighth overall with 7/11. He was among the leaders until round 7, in which he was defeated (his only loss in the tournament) by

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, the eventual winner. Nonetheless, he managed to win four games, including one against former world #2

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. After the Grand Swiss, Sindarov crossed the 2700 Elo barrier for the first time in his career. In June 2024, he took part in the first ever UzChess Cup Masters, a ten-player round robin super tournament in Uzbekistan, and finished fifth overall, obtaining a notable win against fellow Uzbek and world #5

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