(1979-12-05) 5 December 1979 (age 44) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Title
Grandmaster (1997)
World Champion
2004–05 (FIDE)
FIDE rating
2685 (May 2024)
Peak rating
2715 (May 2015)
Ranking
No. 48 (May 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 11 (October 2001)
Medal record
Representing Uzbekistan
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
Men's Individual
Rustam Kasimdzhanov[a] (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.
In addition to his tournament play, Kasimdzhanov was a longtime second to Viswanathan Anand, including during the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Championship matches. He has also trained with World Championship candidates Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana.
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