Chess Grandmaster (since 2009), Highest Elo rating 2712 (May 2023)

Sanan Sjugirov was born in 1993 in Elista. He learned to play chess at the age of 5 and already in 2003 won the World Championship among boys under 10 years old. In 2010 he won a classical game against Magnus Carlsen at Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk

GM Yuri Yakovich, GM Andrey Zontakhand David Dzhanoev helped him improve in chess from childhood. He continues to cooperate with Yuri Yakovichto this day.

Currently he is living in Budapest and represents Hungary.

Sanan is the winner and runner-up of numerous major international events. Selected achievements:

• Winner of World Youth Championship U-10 in 2003
• Winner of World Youth Championship U-14 in 2007
• Winner of European Youth Championship U-12 in 2004 and 2005
• Winner of European Youth Championship U-14 in 2007
• Winner of Russian Junior Championship U-20 in 2008
• Winner of Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 2013
• Winner of World University Championship in 2014
• Winner of Russian Higher League in 2022
• Winner of Tashkent Open in 2021
• Winner of Smyslov Memorial in 2021
• Winner of Poikovsky Tournament in 2022
• Winner of Belgrade GM tournament in 2022
• Second place in Junior Championship U-20 in 2010
• Second place in European Rapid Championship in 2011
• Second place in Russian Superfinal in 2022
• Third place in European Championship in 2018
• GM title since 2009
• Won a classical game against Magnus Carlsen in 2010 at Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk
• Highest Elo rating 2712 (May 2023)