Tashkent hosted Central Asian Qualification round of World Chess Championship

Uzbekistan Junior and Youth Chess School hosted the Qualification round of World Chess Championship for Central Asian zone.

Uzbekistan’s three chess players Jahongir Vohidov, Gulruhbegim Tohirjonova, Sevara Boymuratova have been qualified to the final phase of World Chess Championship while their neighbors Kazakhstan’s Dinara Saidvakkasova and Petr Kostenko booked a places in this competition. The last quota was received by Tajikistan’s Mohammed Husankhudjaev.

Here are the medalists in Central Asian Qualifiers for World Chess Championship.

Females
1. Dinara Saidvakkasova
2. Gulruhbegim Tohirjonova
3. Sevara Boymuratova

Males
1. Jahongir Vohidov
2. Mohammed Husankhudjaev
3. Petr Kostenko