Rustam Qosimjonov Kasimdzhanov

This article is an extract from the chess website bestofchess.com.... you can read the full article by clicking on the link below.He is from Uzbekistan born in Tashkent on December 5th 1979. He is currently married to Firuza Kasimdzhanov and with two children, and they currently reside in Germany. They are Russians in their origin. Raised by his Parents who were from Uzbek Ethnic introduced him to playing chess. He spent all his early life in Soviet Union. The first time noticed as world chess player was in 1999 after winning the world junior championship. At an early age he had participated in playing local game showing grate skills and talent. He is a Uzbekistani chess grand master. He has won many challenges his best championships include Asian championship which was in 1998, world junior championship in 1999 and the FIDE world chess championship in 2004. He has faced many grandmasters including: Garry Kasparov, Veselin Topalov, Alexanda Grischuk, vassily Ivan chuk and Michael Adams. The number of games that he has played in the FIDE data base is 1,175 from the year 1991 to 2014 with a rating of 2690 (last FIDE rating). His highest rating in the database which he achieved was 2709.

The FIDE world championship title marked the pick of his carrier. It was held in Tripoli Libya, he faced strong competitors to the finale where he played with Garr Kasparov. In the game they had both won two games; he became the champ after winning with black and drawing the next game. In other championships that Rustam has participated and won are many since he started playing chess. In this year2014 he has had few matches which was in the month of January. The year 2013 he played in the Bundesliga (2012). Kasimdzhanov played 7 games against great players.  In 2012 he played in the 28th European club cup where he played against, Dizdarevic, Riazantsev, morozevich, A Kocheev, V malakhov, Z stojcevski, and J kytoniemi. He won all the games except against morozevich and Malakhov which he tied. In the same year he participated in the Bundesliga. There were 4 matches, he won 2 games and tied the rest. In the year 2011 he also participated in the Bundesliga (2011) games. He had 10 matches winning 5 games and tied 5 games. . The year 2010 he participated in men rapid event and won gold in Asian games which was held in Guangzhou, China. The year 2009 was a major year in group b in the Corus tournament. He participated in the game which was with tough competitors. 2008 Olympiad he played 9 games but he tied more games than the won. In the same he had played the Ordix open (2008). He played 10 matches and only had 3 ties. The previous year, 2007 it was the Corsica Masters (2007). Rustam participated and played 10 matches losing two to Karpov and Nakamura. He only won 5 games. In the same year he played in the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament. He had also played Corsica masters in 2006 and he won with a knockout. He won against Anand in the defense on the FIDE world championship tournament. In the 2004 he had two challenges that he participated, Pune SuperGM and 36th Olympiad. The Pune Super GM tournament had 9 matches and he won 6 of them. Bled Olympiad of year2002 he also participated. he won the classical, against Victor korchnoia and Julian Borowski-A in  the same year. His previous success included the Asian championship which was in 1998 and world junior championship which he came second place in 1999.  These were the tournaments that he participated and noted. The world championship that he challenged are in the year 2001,2004 and 2005. In the year 2001 in Moscow he participated in the FIDE world championship tournament knockout. Making 69 moves he had a tie with N Vlassov in the first and won the second game making 51 moves. The second Fide world championship knockout tournament that he participated was in 2004. It was held in Tripoli, Libya. Rustam Kasimdzhanov was 24 years of age and he won against Ramirez, Ivanchuk, Almasi, Grischuk, Topalov, Ghaem-Maghamia and final Adams there by becoming new FIDE world chess champion. In Argentina the 2005 he was to defend the title in the FIDE world championship tournament. He lost the championship to Veselin Topalov.

Apart from just competing he is also a good teacher, his ideas and explanations are easy to understand. People have expressed their opinion in Rustam Qosimjonov Kasimdzhanov reporting that he is humble, kind and nice. Besides being a superb player is also a prolific writer about the strategies, techniques and how to make the best moves to win over your match. He is not outspoken person and has not appeared in the media with very few interviews. He has two children who he spent a lot of time when he is at home. His wife Firuza has appeared in some magazine and portrayed as friendly and soft spoken. You can also find him on the social media platforms especially facebook and tweeter where he has many followers. These sites mainly report on match days and the summary of chess games played. Most of the games he participated without a trainer because he thinks it would be easier to concentrate and focus on the chess alone. Petrosian has been his favorite chess player and studying his game helped him. Rustam spent most of his childhood practicing and playing chess on different levels and tournaments thus developed as a career. His income is from both his career as a chess player and as a writer. He also gives lectures on chess and travels alone living his wife to take care of his children. He attends local chess clubs to practice and perfect his skills. In a recent interview conducted he expressed his desire to give up to fighting for higher tournaments, that he has left it for the other younger generation. The next tournament which will be on 14th November 2014 is full of strong competitors and he is making efforts to meet stronger challenges.