Mukhiddin Madaminov

Mukhiddin Madaminov (born 2 November 2006) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster.

Chess career Madaminov was born on 2 November 2006. He became a FIDE master in 2019, an international master in 2022, and a grandmaster in 2024.

During the eighth round of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023, as black, he checkmated Surya Shekhar Ganguly in eight moves in a Scotch Game that ended in a scholar's mate pattern. This was a rare instance of such a checkmate occurring in a master-level game.

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

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, placing fourth on tiebreaks.

In February 2025, he won the Al-beruniy Masters with 6½/9. In June 2025, he finished second in the UzChess Cup challengers with 6/9.

During the 2025 Chess World Cup and Candidates Tournament 2026, he was the of Javokhir Sindarov, who eventually won both the tournaments.

In June 2026, he entered the UzChess Cup Masters as a replacement of Javokhir Sindarov, and was the lowest seed by rating. He tied for first place with Shamsiddin Vokhidov, scoring 5.5/9 points with a 2791 performance rating and defeated supergrandmasters Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Vidit Gujrathi. He subsequently won 2–0 vs Vokhidov in blitz playoffs and won the tournament. This result allowed Madaminov to cross the 2600 rating threshold for the first time.