Nodirbek_Yakubboev Knowpia

Nodirbek Yakubboev
Nodirbek Yakubboev
	Yakubboev in 2022
Country	Uzbekistan
Born	23 January 2002 (age 22)
Title	Grandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating	2665 (April 2024)
Peak rating	2667 (November 2022)
Ranking	No. 69 (April 2024)
Peak ranking	No. 69 (April 2024)
Medal record
Men's chess
Representing Uzbekistan
Asian Games

Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbek: Нодирбек Ёқуббоев/Nodirbek Yoqubboyev; born 23 January 2002) is an Uzbek chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2019.

Career edit

He has won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship three times; in 2016,^[1] 2018 and 2020.^[2] He came second in the Zone 3.4 Zonal Open Championship in 2021, qualifying for the Chess World Cup 2021.^[3]^[4]

In 2022, he won the gold medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai with the Uzbekistan team, playing in 2nd board, where he won the individual bronze medal, scoring eight points out of eleven and having a performance rating of 2,759.^[5]

In 2023 he won the Qatar Masters tournament in a tie-break playoff against fellow Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov.^[6]

Family edit

He has an older sister, Nilufar Yakubbaeva, who has won the Women's section of the Uzbekistani Chess Championship multiple times.^[2]

References edit

^ "The Week in Chess 1115". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Nodirbek and Nilufar Yakubboev are new champions of Uzbekistan". www.fide.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ nikita (15 May 2021). "GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GM Nodirbek Yakubboev qualify for the World Chess Cup 2021 – Chessdom". Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins Zone 3.4 Open Championship 2021". www.fide.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Uzbekistan round results at the 44th Chess Olympiad". Chess-results.com. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ "Yakubboev Wins Qatar Masters After Heartbreaking Blunder By Arjun". 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.