# Shukhrat Safin

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Uzbekistani chess grandmaster (1970–2009)

Shukhrat Safin Safin at the 2008 Chess Olympiad, Dresden Personal information Born (1970-04-03)April 3, 1970 Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union Died September 20, 2009(2009-09-20) (aged 39) Samarkand, Uzbekistan Chess career Country Uzbekistan Title Grandmaster (1999) Peak rating 2542 (October 2002)

**Shukhrat Safin** (3 April 1970 – 20 September 2009) was an Uzbekistani [chess](/source/Chess) player. He was awarded the title of [Grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) by [FIDE](/source/FIDE) in 1999.[1]

Safin shared first place with [Mikhail Gurevich](/source/Mikhail_Gurevich_(chess_player)) and [Victor Mikhalevski](/source/Victor_Mikhalevski) in the [Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament](/source/Vlissingen_chess_tournament) in [Vlissingen](/source/Vlissingen). He finished third on tiebreak score.[2] In 2001, Safin won the [Uzbekistani Chess Championship](/source/Uzbekistani_Chess_Championship).[3] In late November of the same year, he took part in the [FIDE World Championship](/source/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2002). Here he was knocked out in the first round by [Predrag Nikolić](/source/Predrag_Nikoli%C4%87).[4] In 2002 Safin tied for 1st–3rd with [Mikhail Ulibin](/source/Mikhail_Ulibin) and [Evgeny Gleizerov](/source/Evgeny_Gleizerov) at the Masters tournament of the 12th [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi) Chess Festival.[5] In 2008 he came third in the [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata) Open.[6] In 2009, he tied for 5th-10th with [Chakkravarthy Deepan](/source/Chakkravarthy_Deepan), [Georgy Timoshenko](/source/Georgy_Timoshenko), [Sundar Shyam](/source/Sundar_Shyam), [Saidali Iuldachev](/source/Saidali_Iuldachev) and [Andrei Deviatkin](/source/Andrei_Deviatkin) in the [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai) Mayor Cup.[7]

Safin played for Uzbekistan's national team in the [Chess Olympiads](/source/Chess_Olympiad) of 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2008, in the [World Team Chess Championship](/source/World_Team_Chess_Championship) 2001 and in the [Asian Team Chess Championships](/source/Asian_Team_Chess_Championship) of 1995 and 2003. In the 1995 event he won two medals: team bronze and individual silver on board four.[8]

He died of blood cancer in his native city of [Samarkand](/source/Samarkand).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-chessbase_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-chessbase_1-1) Begmatov, Jamshid (2009-09-24). ["Grandmaster Shukhrat Safin passes away at 39"](http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5781). ChessBase. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Week in Chess 193"](http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic193.html#13). *theweekinchess.com*. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [UZB Championship. Tournament report](https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=20086) FIDE

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["World Chess Championship 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches"](http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a1a2$wix.htm). Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Crowther, Mark (2002-08-26). ["TWIC 407: 12th Abu Dhabi International"](http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic407.html#7). The Week in Chess. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Viktor Laznicka's 'most cherished title'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110606203339/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss3117/stories/20080426504103600.htm). Hinduonnet.com. 2008-04-26. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Zaveri, Praful (2009-05-15). ["Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!"](http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5432). ChessBase. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Shukhrat Safin](http://www.olimpbase.org/players/bd73935f.html) team chess record at Olimpbase.org

## External links

- [Shukhrat Safin](http://www.365chess.com/players/Shukhrat_Safin) chess games at 365Chess.com

- [Shukhrat Safin](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=25647) player profile and games at [Chessgames.com](/source/Chessgames.com)

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