Javokhir Sindarov


Javokhir Sindarov is an Uzbek chess prodigy. He earned the title of grandmaster in October 2018, at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 5 days.

Chess career

Sindarov was born on 8 December 2005. He was awarded the international master title in October 2017. He achieved his first grandmaster norm at the Alekhine Memorial in June 2018. He achieved the second at the World Junior Chess Championship in September, improving his rating to 2500 in the process. In October, he scored his third GM norm at the First Saturday tournament, becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in history, behind only Sergey Karjakin. The title was awarded by FIDE in March 2019.