Mukhiddin Madaminov

Mukhiddin Madaminov
Madaminov in 2023
Country	Uzbekistan
Born	(2006-11-02) November 2, 2006 (age 18)
Title	Grandmaster (2024) [1]
FIDE   rating	2553 (July 2025)
Peak rating	2560 (August 2025)

Mukhiddin Madaminov is an Uzbekistani chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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]}

Scotch Game (ECO C45)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Bc5 7.Bd3 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Qxf2# 0–1

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]

In February 2025, he won the Al-beruniy Masters with 6½/9. ^[7] In June 2025, he finished at second place in the UzChess Cup challengers with 6/9. ^[8]

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
2. "Surya Shekhar Ganguly vs Mukhiddin Madaminov". December 27, 2023.
3. "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Madaminov, Mukhiddin". December 27, 2023.
4. Green, Nathaniel (February 14, 2024). "Candidates Win On Tuesday".
5. "Lê Quang Liêm wins Biel Grandmaster Triathlon for third straight year". July 25, 2024.
6. "Biel: Rinat Jumabayev emerges victorious in the Masters Open". July 26, 2024.
7. "2nd International Chess Tournament "AL-BERUNIY" (Masters)". February 11, 2025.
8. "2nd Uzchess Cup, Challengers". June 27, 2025.