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Mukhiddin Madaminov

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Mukhiddin Madaminov
Madaminov in 2023
CountryUzbekistan
Born (2006-11-02) November 2, 2006 (age 18)
TitleGrandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating2501 (November 2024)
Peak rating2533 (August 2024)

Mukhiddin Madaminov is an Uzbekistani chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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During the eighth round of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023, Madaminov as black checkmated Surya Shekhar Ganguly as white in 8 moves in a Scotch Game that ended in a scholar's mate. This was a rare instance of such a checkmate occurring in a master-level game.[2][3]

Scotch Game (ECO C45)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Bc5 7.Bd3 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Qxf2# 0–1
Ganguly vs. Madaminov, World Rapid Chess Championship 2023
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1
h1 white rook
e1 white king
d1 white queen
c1 white bishop
b1 white knight
a1 white rook
h2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
f2 black queen
b2 white pawn
a2 white pawn
d3 white bishop
c3 white pawn
e4 white pawn
e5 white knight
c5 black bishop
h7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
f7 black pawn
d7 black pawn
c7 black pawn
b7 black pawn
a7 black pawn
h8 black rook
g8 black knight
e8 black king
c8 black bishop
a8 black rook
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33
44
55
66
77
88
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Ending position

In February 2024, he started a Titled Tuesday tournament with a perfect score of 9/9, though failed to maintain the success through to the end of the tournament.[4]

In July 2024, he tied for first place with Rinat Jumabayev, Leon Luke Mendonca, and Ayush Sharma in the Master Tournament MTO section of the Biel Chess Festival.[5] He was ultimately ranked in 4th place.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Surya Shekhar Ganguly vs Mukhiddin Madaminov". December 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Madaminov, Mukhiddin". December 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Green, Nathaniel (February 14, 2024). "Candidates Win On Tuesday".
  5. ^ "Lê Quang Liêm wins Biel Grandmaster Triathlon for third straight year". July 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Biel: Rinat Jumabayev emerges victorious in the Masters Open". July 26, 2024.