Saparmyrat Atabayev
Turkmenistani chess grandmaster (born 1999)
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Saparmyrat Atabayev (born 1999) is a Turkmen chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of International Master in 2017 and Grandmaster in 2025.[2]
Country
Turkmenistan
TitleGrandmaster (2025)
Atabayev in 2026 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 30, 1999[1] Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Chess career | |
| Country | |
| Title | Grandmaster (2025) |
| FIDE rating | 2488 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2530 (April 2025) |
Chess career
Atabayev has represented Turkmenistan in a number of Chess Olympiads. He was selected in 2014, but the team did not play any of their games.[3] In 2016 he scored 6/11 on board three,[4] while in 2018 he scored 5½/11 on board two.[5]
He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 where he was drawn against Viktor Erdős in the first round, but was unable to play.[6]