Rustam Kasimdzhanov, born December 5, 1979, in Tashkent, is an Uzbek chess grandmaster, a title he earned in 1997. He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2004 to 2005, having won the FIDE World Chess Championship knockout tournament, and he was also Asian Chess Champion in 1998 and won a gold medal in men's rapid chess at the 2010 Asian Games, reaching a peak FIDE rating of 2715 in May 2015. Beyond his own competitive record he has become a prominent chess second and coach, assisting Viswanathan Anand during World Championship matches in 2008, 2010 and 2012, and later training World Championship candidates Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana as well as young Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi.
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How was the FIDE world title decided when Rustam Kasimdzhanov won it in 2004?
He won a rapid tie-break after a six-game final ended level.
The final match of the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship was a six-game match in which both players won two games, so a tie-break of rapid games was needed. Kasimdzhanov won the first tie-break game with black, after being in a difficult position, and by drawing the second game he became the new FIDE champion.
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and a former FIDE World Chess Champion (2004–2005).
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster
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By drawing the second game he became the new FIDE champion.
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 5 December 1979) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and a former FIDE World Chess Champion (2004-2005).
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Kasimdzhanov won gold in the individual men's rapid event at the 2010 Asian Games.
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is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and a former FIDE World Chess Champion (2004-2005).
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