Volodar Murzin

Volodar Arturovich Murzin (; born 18 July 2006)

Career

2010s In 2017, Murzin achieved his first master title becoming a Fide Master at the age of 11.

Murzin won the U12 title at the European Youth Chess Championship 2018,

In 2019, Murzin achieved his second title and became an International Master in chess. He achieved this in only 2 years after becoming a Fide Master.

2020s On December 8, 2020, Murzin won the 2020 Russian Championship (Juniors). This was his first National Championship title. losing to 23rd-seeded Vladislav Artemiev by one point in a tiebreaker. He later competed in the 2021 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, placing 4th.

In 2022, Murzin achieved the title of Grandmaster, 3 years after becoming an International Master and 5 years after becoming a Fide Master.

2023 On April 19, 2023, Murzin joined the 2023 Russian Championship (Juniors). On April 27, 2023, the event ended and Murzin came out at first place alongside Arseniy Nesterov finishing with a final score of 6.5/9 after 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. This event was Murzin's second National Championship title. At 18 years old, he is the second-youngest rapid world champion in history, after GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov who was 17 during his victory in 2021.

Murzin finished 8th in the Swiss-system tournament of World Blitz Chess Championship 2024, qualifying for the knockout stage, in which he lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi in the quarterfinals.