Roman Shogdzhiev | |
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Country |
Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023) |
Born | 2015 (age 8–9) Moscow, Russia |
Title | Candidate Master (2024) |
Peak rating | 2060 (June 2024) |
Roman Savrovich Shogdzhiev is a Russian chess player and child chess prodigy.
In November 2022, Shogdzhiev won the U8 section of the European Youth Chess Championship over Marc Llari and Ali Poyraz Uzdemir due to a better Buchholz score. [1]
In October 2023, Shogdzhiev won the U8 section of the World Youth Chess Championship, dominating the section by winning all 11 games. [2]
At the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in December 2023, Shogdzhiev (at the age of 8) defeated five grandmasters: Jakhongir Vakhidov and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen in the Rapid section, and Kirill Shevchenko, Alan Pichot, and Pranav V in the Blitz section. [3]