| Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova | |
|---|---|
 Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova in 2024 | |
| Country | United States |
| Born | 16 July 1999 Uzbekistan |
| Title | International Master (2024) Woman Grandmaster (2016) |
| Peak rating | 2446 (January 2019) |
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (born 16 July 1999) is an Uzbek-born American chess player and International Master (2024). [1]
In 2011, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, who goes by Begim, [2] won the bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship in age category U12. [3] In 2015, she won the Asian Girls Championship in age category U20. [4] In 2017, she is second Asian Zone 3.4 after Dinara Saduakassova and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. [5] In 2018, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won the Uzbekistan Women Chess Championship. [6]
In 2015, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title a year later. Tokhirjonova played for Uzbekistan in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
In the fall of 2019, Tokhirjonova began attending the University of Missouri, where she joined the chess team and studies business with an emphasis in marketing. [9]
Tokhirjonova took silver at the virtual 2020 U.S. Online Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships in the women's section; [10] in October 2021, she took the second place at the 2021 U.S. Women's Championship, following Carissa Yip. [11]
In May 2022, she won fourth place at the first American Cup, a double elimination format, after she was eliminated by Irina Krush in the Champion's Bracket, then Tatev Abrahamyan in the Elimination Bracket. [12] Tokhirjonova was a member of the U.S. Women's Olympiad Chess Team for 2022; [13] the U.S. team placed fourth at the 44th Chess Olympiad. [14]
Tokhirjonova's two older sisters are also chess players. Her oldest sister Nafisa Muminova was the first Uzbek player to earn the WGM title and her other sister Hulkar Tohirjonova is a Woman FIDE Master (WFM). [15]
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