Roman Shogdzhiev
Roman Shogdzhiev | |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023) |
| Born | February 4, 2015[1] Elista, Russia |
| Title | Candidate Master (2024) |
| Peak rating | 2348 (January 2025) |
Roman Savrovich Shogdzhiev is a Russian chess player and child chess prodigy.
Chess career
[edit]He was born in Elista, and later moved with his family to Moscow.[1]
In November 2022, Shogdzhiev won the U8 section of the European Youth Chess Championship over Marc Llari and Ali Poyraz Uzdemir due to a better Buchholz score.[2]
In October 2023, Shogdzhiev won the U8 section of the World Youth Chess Championship, dominating the section by winning all 11 games.[3]
At the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in December 2023, Shogdzhiev (at the age of 8) defeated five grandmasters: Jakhongir Vakhidov and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen in the Rapid section, and Kirill Shevchenko, Alan Pichot, and Pranav V in the Blitz section.[4]
In December 2024, he became the youngest player to score an IM norm at the RadnickiChess IM tournament in Belgrade, Serbia after drawing in 11 moves against grandmaster Branko Damljanović in the final round. This made him the world's highest-rated under-11 player and one of three players (alongside Ethan Pang and Faustino Oro) to have reached an official rating of 2300 prior to turning 10 years old.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Svensen, Tarjei (January 11, 2025). "9-Year-Old Roman Shogdzhiev Becomes Youngest Ever To Score IM Norm".
- ^ "European Youth Champions 2022 crowned in Antalya, Turkey". November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Winners crowned at World Cadets Chess Championship 2023". October 26, 2023.
- ^ Svensen, Tarjei (January 9, 2024). "8-Year-Old Roman Shogdzhiev Amazes Chess World By Beating 5 Grandmasters".
External links
[edit]- Roman Shogdzhiev rating card at FIDE