Tag: Alexander Donchenko
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Yakubboev Draws First Blood, Reaches 2700 Live Rating in World Cup QF
Summary: Yakubboev Takes the Opening Knockout Game In a tightly contested encounter at the 2025 FIDE World Cup, GM Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan delivered the sole decisive game of the quarterfinals against GM Alexander Donchenko of Germany. The win gave Yakubboev a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series, setting the stage for a dramatic chase…
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Yakubboev Breaks Through in World Cup Quarterfinals, Reaches 2700 Live Rating
Yakubboev Delivers Decisive Victory to Open World Cup Quarterfinals The 2025 FIDE World Cup Quarterfinals began with a bang as GM Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan secured the lone decisive game against GM Alexander Donchenko of Germany. The win, earned in game one, put Yakubboev on the cusp of the Semifinals and also marked a milestone…