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Misratdin Iskandarov

Azerbaijani chess player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ27525982 ↗
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Misratdin Iskandarov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In December 2021, Iskandarov won the International Bicapawn Open by defeating Masoud Mosadeghpour in the final round.

In May 2022, he led the Sharjah Masters tournament after the third round.

In May 2023, he was defeated by Hans Niemann in the fourth round of the Dubai Open Chess Tournament.

Iskandarov competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated the higher-seeded Bobby Cheng in the first round, but was defeated by Gukesh D in the second round.

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The public source identifies “Misratdin Iskandarov” as azerbaijani chess player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Misratdin, Iskandarov and Azerbaijani.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 2022, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-01-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Misratdin, Iskandarov and Azerbaijani providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Misratdin Iskandarov” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.