Back رستم كاسيمجانوف Arabic رستم كاسيمجانوف ARZ Rüstəm Qasımcanov AZ Ҡасымджанов Рөстәм Машруҡ улы BA Рустам Касимджанов Bulgarian রুস্তম কাসিমঝানভ Bengali/Bangla Roustam Kasimdjanov BR Rustam Kasimdžanov BS Rustam Kassimdjanov Catalan Rustam Kasimdžanov Czech
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | |
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 Kasimdzhanov in 2023 | |
| Full name | Rustam Qosimjonov |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Born | 5 December 1979 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
| World Champion | 2004–05 (FIDE) |
| FIDE rating | 2683 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2715 (May 2015) |
| Ranking | No. 45 (January 2025) |
| Peak ranking | No. 11 (October 2001) |
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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