Rustam Kasimdzhanov
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov at the Turin 2006 Olympiad
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| Full name | Rustam Qosimjonov |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
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5 December 1979 Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| World Champion | 2004–05 (FIDE) |
| FIDE rating | 2699 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2715 (May 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 11 (October 2001) |
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Representing  Uzbekistan
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2010 Guangzhou | Men's Individual |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbek: Rustam Qosimjonov; Russian: Рустам Касымджанов; born 5 December 1979, Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic) is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05).
He was Asian Individual Champion in 1998.
Long-time second to Viswanathan Anand - helping him in the 2008, 2010 and 2012 World Championship matches - he has also trained with Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana.
His best results include first in the 1998 Asian Chess Championship, second in the World Junior Chess Championship in 1999, first at Essen 2001, first at Pamplona 2002 (winning a blitz playoff against Victor Bologan after both had finished the main tournament on 3½/6), first with 8/9 at the HZ Chess Tournament 2003 in Vlissingen, joint first with Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu with 6/9 at Pune 2005, a bronze-medal winning 9½/12 performance on board one for his country at the 2000 Chess Olympiad and runner-up in the FIDE Chess World Cup in 2002 (losing to Viswanathan Anand in the final). He has played in the prestigious Wijk aan Zee tournament twice, but did not perform well either time: in 1999 he finished 11th of 14 with 5/13, in 2002 he finished 13th of 14 with 4½/13.
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