Nodirbek Abdusattorov!
A few weeks ago while surfing some chess results, I stumbled on to a tournament played in Uzbekistan. I went through the results of the first round to see if there were any major upsets, and as I was about to move on, something caught my eye. I noticed that a very high-rated GM (exactly 2600) Andrei Zhigalko lost his first round to a 2057 FIDE rated player. This is of course a huge upset. But what makes it even more incredible is that the 2057 was a nine-year-old!

Abdusattorov previously won the Under-7 Asian Championship | Photo: Uzbekistan Chess Federation / gazeta.uz
That's right, nine-year-old FM Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan took down a 2600 GM. This was no fluke or a flippant move by the opponent turning into a major blunder. This was a gritty, square-by-square grind-down in which the youthful master prevailed.
The youngster then went on to overcome GM Ruslan Khusnutdinov in the same tournament, dispelling any doubts that the win against Zhigalko may have been a chance occurrence. Nodirbek is no stranger to high achievements: he won the gold medal in the U8 age category at World Youth Chess Championship in Maribor, Slovenia in 2012.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the gold medal at the World Youth Championship 2013
Well, grab some popcorn sit back, and marvel at the riveting game as Nordibek takes down the GM:
1.e4 | 1,157,099 | 54% | 2422 | --- |
1.d4 | 940,742 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 279,272 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 180,870 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,622 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,033 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,819 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,708 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,731 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,177 | 53% | 2402 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,054 | 48% | 2407 | --- |
1.d3 | 927 | 50% | 2376 | --- |
1.g4 | 648 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
1.h4 | 438 | 52% | 2371 | --- |
1.c3 | 418 | 51% | 2423 | --- |
1.h3 | 260 | 55% | 2413 | --- |
1.a4 | 101 | 59% | 2476 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 88 | 66% | 2510 | --- |
1.f3 | 82 | 47% | 2435 | --- |
1.Na3 | 38 | 62% | 2477 | --- |
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 3.d4 3...Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2? 5.Nbd2 5.Qe2 5...g6!? 5...dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 b6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c3 Nge7 8.Qc2!? 8.Qe2 8...0-0 9.a4 b6 10.Na3 a6 11.Be3 h6 11...Bb7 12.Rad1 d4 12...Bb7 13.d4 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Bd2 e5 15.Nh4?! 15.b4 15...Be6 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Qd1 Na5! 18.Bxa5 bxa5 19.Nc4 Nc6 19...Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.dxc4 Nc6 20.Nf3 Rb8 21.Nfd2 h5? 21...Nb4 22.Qe2 Qd7 23.f4 22.f4! Bh6 23.f5 Bd7 23...Bxc4 24.Rxc4 Be3+ 25.Kh1 Nb4 26.Qe2 24.Qe2 Kh7 25.Kh1 25.Bh3± 25...h4? 25...Kg8 26.Bh3 hxg3 27.hxg3 g5? 27...Rh8 28.Kg2 Kg7 29.Bg4 Bg5 30.Rh1 Qe7 28.Kg2 f6 29.Bg4 Kg7 30.Rh1 Rh8 31.Rh3 Ne7 32.b3 Be8? 32...Kg8 33.Bh5 Qc7 33.Bh5 Bc6 34.Qf3 34.Nxe5 fxe5 35.f6+! Kxf6 36.Qf3+ Ke6 36...Kg7 37.Qf7# 37.Nc4 Kd7 38.Qf6 34...Qd7 35.Nxe5! Qxf5 35...fxe5 36.f6+ Kg8 37.fxe7 Qxe7 38.Rxc6+- 36.Qxf5 36.exf5 36...Nxf5 37.Nxc6 g4 38.Bxg4 38.Rhh1 Bxd2 39.exf5 Bxc1 40.Nxb8+- 38...Bxd2 39.Bxf5 Bxc1 40.Nxb8 Rxb8 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Rd7 Bb2 43.Be6+ Kh8 44.Kf3 Re8 45.Bc4 Re5 46.Rf7 Bc3 47.Rxf6 Kg7 48.Rxa6 Rg5 49.g4 Bd2 50.Rd6 Bc3 51.Rd7+ Kf6 52.Rf7+ Ke5 53.Re7+ Kf6 54.Re6+ Kf7 55.Re5+ Kf6 56.Rxg5 Kxg5 57.e5 Bb2 58.Be6 Kg6 59.Ke4 Kg7 60.Kd5 Kf8 61.g5 Kg7 62.Bf5 Bc1 63.g6 Be3 64.e6 Kf6 65.Kd6 Bd2 66.Kd7 Bb4 67.g7 Kxg7 68.e7 1–0
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Abdusattorov,N | 2057 | Zhigalko,A | 2600 | 1–0 | 2014 | A08 | 8th Agzamov Memorial 2014 | 1.10 |
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Nodirbek with his compatriot, former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov | Photo: Gazeta.uz
Here is the unannotated second game of Nodirbek against GM Ruslan Khusnutdinov.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c3 e5 8.a3 0-0 9.b4 d6 10.Bb2 h6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.b5 Nb8 13.c4 Nd7 14.Ne1 Qc7 15.Nc2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.f4 Rf7 18.Qe2 Nf8 19.Rae1 Rd8 20.Ne3 Nfg6 21.Kh1 b6 22.a4 Kh7 23.Qh5 Bc8 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Bb7 26.Nf3 Rf6 27.Kg1 Bxd5 28.cxd5 Re8 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Ng5+ Kg8 31.Ne4 Rff8 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Nf8 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.Qxf6 Qf7 36.Qxh6 Qf5 37.Rf1 Qxd3 38.Bxe5 Qh7 39.Qg5+ 1–0
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Abdusattorov,N | 2057 | Khusnutdinov,R | 2495 | 1–0 | 2014 | A04 | 8th Agzamov Memorial 2014 | 3.9 |
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Shamsiddin Vokhidov | Photo: Sports.uz
I must note that in the same tournament another Uzbekistan youngster, Shamsiddin Vokhidov (above, photo Sports.uz), eleven years old, also had a great performance, beating Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan, rated 2613, who had tied first during the 2012 World Junior. Again a long, thoughtful game in which Shamsiddin emerged victorious.
1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Rc1 a5 12.Qc2 Nde7 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Nb5 Qd7 15.Bc3 Nf5 16.e4 Nfd4 17.Nbxd4 exd4 18.Be1 Rac8 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Nh4 Qg5 23.g3 Kh7 24.f4 Qf6 25.Bf3 Nd8 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.dxe4 Ne6 28.e5 Qf7 29.Qe4 c5 30.bxc5 Nxc5 31.Qb1 Bxe5 32.Qxb6 Nd7 33.Qb5 Bf6 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Nf3 Rc5 36.Qd3 Rd5 37.Bb4 Qe6 38.Re1 Qc6 39.Be7 Bg7 40.Bb4 Bf6 41.Bd2 Qd6 42.Kg2 Qc6 43.h4 Kg7 44.g4 h5 45.g5 Bd8 46.Kg3 Nc5 47.Qe2 Qd7 48.Ne5 Qe6 49.Qf3 Qd6 50.Bb4 d3 51.Rd1 Bc7 52.Kg2 d2 53.Qe2 Qa6 54.Nc4 Ne6 55.Qe4 Nxf4+ 56.Kh1 Qc8 57.Qf3 Rd3 58.Bc3+ Kh7 59.Ne3 Rxc3 60.Rxd2 Qe8 61.Rc2 Rxc2 62.Nxc2 Qe2 63.Qxe2 Nxe2 64.Kg2 Be5 65.Nb4 Nd4 66.Nd3 Bd6 67.Nf2 Nf5 68.Kh3 Bg3 69.Ne4 Bxh4 70.Kg2 Kg7 71.Kf3 Nd4+ 72.Ke3 Ne6 73.Nd6 Bxg5+ 0–1
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Hovhannisyan,R | 2613 | Vokhidov,S | 2063 | 0–1 | 2014 | A20 | 8th Agzamov Memorial 2014 | 1.9 |
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These emerging stars are raising the performance bar, and will continue to keep Uzbekistan in the chess news in the times ahead. If there are other youngsters that are doing incredibly well, please mention them in the 'Discuss' section below for our readers to follow. We will also keep an eye on them!