Marjona Malikova was born on July 17, 2002, in the Akdarynsky District of the Samarkand Region.[1] She began playing chess at the age of nine.
Starting in 2017, she began participating in major chess tournaments.[2] In that year, Malikova secured the eleventh position at the Asian Championship in Tashkent.[3] In the same year, she took part in the international chess tournament "Qarshi-Open" in Karshi.[4]
In 2018, Malikova competed in the Western Asian Countries Chess Championship held in Tashkent and secured the fifth position.[5] In the same year, she won the national school chess championship.
In 2019, during the Asian Chess Championship in Tashkent, Malikova won a silver medal.[6][7] In the same year, she became the champion of Uzbekistan in chess.
In 2020, she won the bronze medal at the Anarkulov Memorial Chess Competition in Samarkand.[8] However, in 2021, she finished in sixth place at the Uzbekistan Women's Chess Championship, and in 2022, she placed fourth in the same championship.[9][10]
In 2022, the Uzbekistan national chess team, which included Marjona Malikova, participated in the 44th World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India.[11][12][13][14][15] In seven games, she won three and drew one.[16] For her participation in the chess Olympiad, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan awarded Marjona Malikova the "Kelajak bunyodkori" (Creator of the Future) medal.[17][18][19][20][21] In the same year, Malikova won the gold medal at the Western Asia Chess Championship 2022 in Issyk-Kul, Korumdu, Kyrgyzstan.[22][23]
In 2023, she achieved the title of Woman International Master.[1]
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