Muradov, Soltan

Soltan Muradov, a 24-year-old Turkmen Candidate Master, is rated 2176 and ranked 18th among Turkmen players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays around 12 rated games per year and had 5 career breaks: 26 months (2012–2014), 19 months (2014–2016), 14 months (2018–2019), 38 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2233 was reached at age 17 (Sep 2019); he also reached Turkmen #8 in Dec 2022 and spent 25 months in Turkmen top 10.

Awarded CM in 2018 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #20 in U10 and #1, #2, #2, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.