{{Short description|Uzbekistani chess grandmaster (born 1989)}} {{Infobox chess player | country = [[Uzbekistan]] | birth_date = {{Bda|1989|4|16}} | birth_place = [[Tashkent]], Uzbek SSR | title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2018)<ref name="FIDE">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221201.PDF|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref> | peakrating = 2527 (December 2021) | FideID = 14201356 }}
'''Andrey Valerievich Kvon''' is an Uzbekistani [[chess]] grandmaster and coach.
==Career== In 2009, he tied for first with grandmaster [[Marat Dzhumaev]] in the Tashkent Mayor's Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5635|title=Toshkent Xokimi kubogi What we say in Uzbek for 'Tashkent Mayor's Cup'|last=Begmatov|first=Jamshid|date=2009-08-03|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref>
He met all of the requirements to become a Grandmaster in 2017, achieving his norms at the:<ref name="FIDE"/> *[[40th Chess Olympiad]] in September 2012. This was counted as two norms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/blog/IM_Kgwm/first-friday-im-tournament-the-first-of-its-kind-in-asia|title=First Friday IM Tournament, the first of its kind in Asia|date=September 1, 2017|first=Kevin|last=Goh}}</ref> *Xtracon Chess Open in July 2017
He is a chess coach living in Singapore. He has coached Singaporean chess prodigies Ashwath Kaushik and [[Siddharth Jagadeesh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/riskier-approach-helps-siddharth-jagadeesh-become-singapore-s-youngest-chess-grandmaster|title=Riskier approach helps Siddharth Jagadeesh become S’pore’s youngest chess grandmaster|date=May 27, 2024|first=Tianbao|last=Lin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.augustman.com/sg/sports/who-is-ashwath-kaushik-chess-grandmaster-singapore-age-parents-fide-rank/|title=Who Is Ashwath Kaushik? Meet The Youngest Player To Defeat A Chess Grandmaster|date=February 21, 2024|first=Manas|last=Gupta}}</ref> and was the captain of Singapore’s Olympiad team in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fide.com/news/1843|title=44th Chess Olympiad: Participating teams announced|date=July 2, 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kvon, Andrey}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:21st-century Uzbekistani chess players]] [[Category:Chess Grandmasters]] [[Category:Chess players from Tashkent]] [[Category:National team coaches]] [[Category:Chess coaches]] [[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]