Temur Kuybokarov (Uzbek: Temur Qo’yboqarov; previously Temur Igonin; born July 22, 2000) is an Uzbekistani-Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019.[1] He qualified as a grandmaster at age 18 - the first from Western Australia - and then in 2020 became Australian chess champion. Born in Tashkent,[2] he represented Uzbekistan until transferring to Australia in 2018.
| Temur Kuybokarov | |
|---|---|
 Kuybokarov (2019) | |
| Country | Uzbekistan (until 2018) Australia (since 2018) |
| Born | July 22, 2000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2019) |
| FIDE rating | 2550 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2600 (December 2023) |
Chess career
editKuybokarov was taught chess at the age of five by his mother and first coach, Tatyana Igonina.[citation needed]
At the 2010 Asian Youth Championships, held in Beijing, China, he finished in a tie for first place in the U10 section, taking the bronze medal on tiebreak score.[3] At the age of 11, Kyubokarov (then Igonin) defeated World Champion Viswanathan Anand in a simultaneous exhibition, a feat which received worldwide attention.[4][5]
In 2016, he moved with his family to Australia,[6] where he lives in Perth, Western Australia. In December of the same year, Kuybokarov won the 8th Penang Open.[7][8] He transferred his national federation from Uzbekistan to Australia in 2018.[9] He won the 2017 and 2019 Australian Open Championship.[10][11][12] Kuybokarov achieved the norms required for the title of grandmaster in the following events: Australian Open 2017; Aeroflot Open 2017; and Gold Coast Open 2018. He also scored the fourth norm at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Masters.[13]
In January 2019 Kuybokarov was named one of Western Australia's 50 Rising Stars.[6] In December Kuybokarov won the 2019 Australasian Masters GM norm tournament in Melbourne with a score of 8½/9 points.[14] The next month Kuybokarov won the Australian Championship in Sydney,[15] the first West Australian player in the 135-year history of the event to win the title.[16] In November 2021 Kuybokarov scored 5.5/11 in the FIDE Grand Swiss in Riga, Latvia and won the Mersin Open in Turkey with 7.5/9. In February 2022 Kuybokarov won the Perth Open for the first time.
References
edit- ^ "List of titles approved by the 2019 1st quarter PB in Astana, Kazakhstan". FIDE. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ GM title application (PDF). FIDE.
- ^ "ASIAN YOUTH INVITATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS U10 2010". chess-results.com.
- ^ Begmatov, Jamshid (7 April 2011). "Clash of the Titans: Kasimdzhanov-Anand rapid chess match". ChessBase. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Dylan Loeb McClain (2011-04-16). "For World Champion, Two Uncommon Losses". The New York Times
- ^ a b Rhianna Mitchell; Simon Collins (18 January 2019). "Rising stars: Meet the young West Australians lighting up our future". The West Australian.
- ^ "8th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2016". chess-results.com.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (12 December 2016). "TWIC 1153: 8th Penang Open 2016". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Player transfers in 2018. FIDE.
- ^ "Temur Kuybokarov of Uzbekistan wins 2017 Australian Open Chess Championship". The Tashkent Times. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "2017 Australian Open Championship". www.newzealandchess.co.nz.
- ^ "2019 Australian Open". www.boxhillchess.org.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Title Applications. 1st quarter PB 2019, 4-6 March, Astana, KAZ. FIDE. Retrieved 2019-06-07
- ^ "2019 Australasian Masters GM Norm Tournament". newzealandchess.nz.
- ^ Fischer, Johannes (17 January 2020). "19-year-old wins 2020 Australian Championship". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Honour Boards | Australian Chess Federation Inc".