Abdusattorov, Nodirbek

Nodirbek Abdusattorov burst onto the world stage by winning the 2021 World Rapid Championship at age 17, defeating a tiebreak field that included Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Uzbek prodigy became a grandmaster at just 13 and led his national team to a historic gold medal at the 2022 Chess Olympiad.