GMJakhongir Vakhidov

Jakhongir Vakhidov was born in Uzbekistan in 1995 and became a GM in 2014. He shared first place at Hastings in 2013-14 and 2015-16. In the 2021 World Cup he defeated Levan Pantsulaia and Leinier Domínguez before losing to Pavel Ponkratov in the third round. At the 2022 Olympiad his final-round victory over Max Warmerdam secured Uzbekistan's match win and helped deliver team gold. He also won fourth-board gold with 6½ points from eight games. In 2023 he worked alongside Richard Rapport as a second during Ding Liren's successful world championship match.