Andrey Kvon
Andrey Kvon | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Born | April 16, 1989 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2513 (July 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2527 (December 2021) |
Andrey Kvon is an Uzbekistani chess grandmaster and coach.
Career
In 2009, he tied for first with grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev in the Tashkent Mayor's Cup.[2]
He met all of the requirements to become a Grandmaster in 2017, achieving his norms at the:[1]
- 40th Chess Olympiad in September 2012. This was counted as two norms.[3]
- Xtracon Chess Open in July 2017
He is a chess coach living in Singapore. He has coached Singaporean chess prodigies Ashwath Kaushik and Siddharth Jagadeesh,[4][5] and was the captain of Singapore’s Olympiad team in 2022.[6]
References
- ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ Begmatov, Jamshid (2009-08-03). "Toshkent Xokimi kubogi What we say in Uzbek for 'Tashkent Mayor's Cup'". ChessBase. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ^ Goh, Kevin (September 1, 2017). "First Friday IM Tournament, the first of its kind in Asia".
- ^ Lin, Tianbao (May 27, 2024). "Riskier approach helps Siddharth Jagadeesh become S'pore's youngest chess grandmaster".
- ^ Gupta, Manas (February 21, 2024). "Who Is Ashwath Kaushik? Meet The Youngest Player To Defeat A Chess Grandmaster".
- ^ "44th Chess Olympiad: Participating teams announced". July 2, 2022.