Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Kasimdzhanov in 2023
Full name	Rustam Qosimjonov
Country	Uzbekistan
Born	(1979-12-05) 5 December 1979 (age 44) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1997)
World Champion	2004–05 (FIDE)
FIDE rating	2685 (July 2024)
Peak rating	2715 (May 2015)
Ranking	No. 43 (July 2024)
Peak ranking	No. 11 (October 2001)

Medal record
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Men's Individual

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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