Career Since Championship
On the April 2007 FIDE list Kasimdzhanov had an Elo rating of 2683, making him number 27 in the world and Uzbekistan's number one. He has been rated as high as 2706 (in the October 2001 list).
On June 23, 2005, in the ABC Times Square studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar driven by a Fritz 9 prototype engine, drew against him.
He made his first appearance at Linares in 2005, finishing tied last with 4/12. In 2006, Kasimdzhanov won the knock-out Corsica Masters tournament.
He is currently a second for World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, having worked with Anand in preparation for and during his successful World Chess Championship title defences in October 2008 against Vladimir Kramnik, April-May 2010 against Veselin Topalov and in May 2012 against Boris Gelfand.
Kasimdzhanov won gold in the individual men's rapid event at the 2010 Asian Games.
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