Mukhiddin Madaminov

Mukhiddin Madaminov
Madaminov in 2023
Country	Uzbekistan
Born	(2006-11-02) November 2, 2006 (age 18)
Title	Grandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating	2501 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2533 (August 2024)

Mukhiddin Madaminov is an Uzbekistani chess grandmaster.

During the eighth round of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023, Madaminov as black checkmated Surya Shekhar Ganguly as white in 8 moves in a Scotch Game that ended in a scholar's mate. This was a rare instance of such a checkmate occurring in a master-level game.^[2][3]

Ganguly vs. Madaminov, World Rapid Chess Championship 2023

	h	g	f	e	d	c	b	a
1									1
2									2
3									3
4									4
5									5
6									6
7									7
8									8
	h	g	f	e	d	c	b	a

Ending position

In February 2024, he started a Titled Tuesday tournament with a perfect score of 9/9, though failed to maintain the success through to the end of the tournament.^[4]

In July 2024, he tied for first place with Rinat Jumabayev, Leon Luke Mendonca, and Ayush Sharma in the Master Tournament MTO section of the Biel Chess Festival.^[5] He was ultimately ranked in 4th place.^[6]