Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan was 17 when he became world rapid champion, in Warsaw in 2021. Nobody in the open section has done it younger. He also played first board when Uzbekistan won the Chess Olympiad in 2022 and 2026.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Photo: Frans Peeters, 2025. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and toned.
  • BornSeptember 18, 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • CountryUzbekistan
  • TitleGrandmaster
  • Highest rating2783 (October 2024)
    FIDE's official lists (from July 1971)
  • In the rankingsNo. 5 in the world, 2772
    FIDE's list, November 2026

World champion at 17

Abdusattorov became a grandmaster at 13. At the World Rapid Championship in Warsaw in December 2021 he beat both Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Four players finished on 9½ points out of 13, and Abdusattorov won the tiebreak against Ian Nepomniachtchi. He is still the youngest world rapid champion in the open section.

Main results

Abdusattorov's own results. At the Chess Olympiad, medals go both to the teams and to the best player on each board.
YearEventResult
2021World Rapid Championship
Warsaw
Winner
9½ of 13 points
2022Chess Olympiad
Chennai
Team gold, silver on board 1
8½ of 11 points
2024Tata Steel Masters
Wijk aan Zee
Shared 1st place
8½ of 13 points
2024Chess Olympiad
Budapest
Team bronze, silver on board 1
9 of 11 points
2024, 2026Prague Masters
Prague
Winner
2026Tata Steel Masters
Wijk aan Zee
Winner
9 of 13 points
2026Chess Olympiad
Samarkand
Team gold, gold on board 1
8½ of 11 points

On first board

In Chennai in 2022 Abdusattorov played first board when Uzbekistan won the Chess Olympiad, and he took silver on his board with 8½ points out of 11. Budapest in 2024 brought team bronze and another silver on his board, with 9 points out of 11. In Samarkand in 2026 Uzbekistan won again, at home. Abdusattorov lost no game, scored 8½ points out of 11, and won gold on first board.

Wijk aan Zee and Prague

At the 2024 Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Abdusattorov shared first place with Wei Yi, Gukesh Dommaraju, and Anish Giri on 8½ points out of 13. Wei Yi won the tiebreak. Two years later Abdusattorov won it outright, with 9 points out of 13, half a point ahead of Javokhir Sindarov. He has won the Prague Masters twice, in 2024 and 2026.

Sources

  • FIDE: Abdusattorov's rating history (ratings.fide.com, read 2026-11-09)
  • Chess.com: player page on Nodirbek Abdusattorov
  • Wikipedia: Nodirbek Abdusattorov
  • ChessBase India: the report on the 2021 World Rapid Championship
  • Chess.com: the 2024 World Rapid Championship, on who is youngest
  • OlimpBase: the Uzbek team and the medals in 2022 and 2024
  • Chess.com and FIDE: the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand
  • PGN Mentor: the games of Wijk aan Zee 2024
  • ChessBase and tatasteelchess.com: Wijk aan Zee 2026

The facts on this page come from the sources above, checked against each other. Where the sources disagree, only what they agree on is given.

Updated November 9, 2026