Javokhir Sindarov (born 8 December 2005)Sindarov Likely Becomes 'New' 2nd-Youngest GM In History
Chess.comSindarov: second youngest GM ever
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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

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title 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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