Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakh: Ринат Жұмабаев (Rinat Jūmabaev), also spelled Rinat Dzhumabaev;[1] born 23 July 1989) is a Kazakhstani chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009.

Rinat Jumabayev
Jumabayev in 2008
CountryKazakhstan
Born (1989-07-23) 23 July 1989 (age 35)
Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2571 (November 2024)
Peak rating2658 (October 2021)
Peak rankingNo. 79 (October 2021)

Biography

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Many times Jumabayev represented Kazakhstan at the Asian Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age categories. He won the Kazakhstani Chess Championship in 2014, and has also won two silver (2010, 2011), and two bronze (2007, 2013) medals.[2]

Jumabayev has played for Kazakhstan in four Chess Olympiads (2012, 2016, 2018, and 2022)[1] and the Asian Team Chess Championship in 2012.[3]

In 2005, Jumabayev won the international chess tournament in Mezhdurechensk. He completed the norms required for the Grandmaster title in Zvenigorod (2008), Moscow (2009) and Gyumri (2009).[4] In 2009, he took 3rd place in the Asian zonal tournament for Chess World Cup in Tashkent. In 2010, Jumabayev shared 1st place in Georgy Agzamov memorial in Tashkent.[5] In 2011, he took 4th place in Asian Chess Championship in Mashhad. In 2011, Jumabayev lost in the first round to Laurent Fressinet in Chess World Cup.[6] In 2012, he shared 3rd place in the Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Saint Petersburg. In 2013 he shared 1st place in Pavlodar.[7] In 2015, Jumabayev won 3rd prize in Riga Technical University Open.[8]

Jumabayev caused a major upset by eliminating Fabiano Caruana, then ranked #2 in the world, in the third round of the Chess World Cup 2021.[9] Jumabayev was eliminated in the following round by Sam Shankland.

In 2024, Jumabaev won the Open Master Tournament at the Biel International Chess Festival.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Rinat Dzhumabaev
  2. ^ Rinat Jumabayev is champion of Kazakhstan
  3. ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Rinat Dzhumabaev
  4. ^ Title Applications. 2nd quarter Presidential Board 2009, 15-18 June 2009, Krakow, POL. FIDE.
  5. ^ IV International Georgy Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent
  6. ^ 2011 World Cup
  7. ^ "GM Rinat Jumabayev wins Pavlodar Open on tie-break". Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. ^ "History of the festival". RTU OPEN. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ Colodro, Carlos Alberto (20 July 2021). "World Cup: Jumabayev stuns Caruana". ChessBase. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ "57th edition of the Biel Chess Festival successfully concluded". Biel Chess Festival. Biel International Chess Festival. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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