GM Rustam Khusnutdinov

Chess Grandmaster (since 2009)

Best ELO 2527 (03/2010), Best ElO-blitz 2684 (top-50 in the world)

3 times winner of Kazakhstan’s youth championships (Under-10, U-12, U-18).

4 times Winner of Kazakhstan blitz championships in 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019.

Took part in 3 World Youth Championships, took 14th, 13th and 9th places.

Winner of International tournaments in Chelyabinsk (Russia, 2008), Almaty (Kazakhstan, 2012), Jakarta (Indonesia, 2013), Melbourne (Australia, 2014), Adelaide (Australia, 2014) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia 2019)

Member of Kazakhstan’s Olympic Team in Asian games in Guangzhou (China, 2010), Asian team championship in Zaozhuang (China, 2012), Asian Club championship in Al-Ain (UAE, 2014) and 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso (Norway, 2014) and Asian Nations Cup (UAE, 2016)

  • Silver medalist of Asian blitz team championship (team and on 3rd board).
  • Gold (on 4th board) and bronze (team) medalist of Asian cities championship.
  • Bronze medal in Asian Nations Cup (team, standard) in Abu-Dhabi 2016.
  • Gold medal on the 3rd board in Asian Nations Cup (blitz) in Abu-Dhabi 2016.
  • Work as coach since 2005. Prepared many winners of Kazakhstan youth championships.
  • In 2011 worked in GrandMaster School (Astana) with GM Darmen Sadvakasov.
  • In 2013 worked in Indonesia as coach of national men's and woman’s teams. Best result: Bronze Medal on Asian Games-2013.
  • In 201-18 was a head coach of Kazakhstan National Women team.

Best results of Kazakhstan women national team in this period:

  • Gold medal in Asian Indoor Games (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)
  • Shared 4-12 places on 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia (2018)

Best students are WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva, the leader of Kazakhstan women team in Chess Olympiads – 2012 and 2014, WGM Dinara Saduakassova, the youngest international master in Kazakhstan, WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (reigning Kazakhstan and world blitz u-20 champion) IM Arystanbek Urazayev, IM Arystan Isanzhulov (reigning Asian blitz champion) and many others.