Kvon, Andrey

Andrey Kvon, a 37-year-old Uzbekistani Grandmaster, is rated 2513 — just 14 short of his peak of 2527 (Dec 2021, age 32) and ranked 10th among Uzbekistani players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 18 rated games per year and had 3 career breaks: 43 months (2014–2017), 15 months (2017–2019) and 34 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included). Also played 1 blitz event (including Asian Mind Sports Festival Blitz) recently. He reached Uzbekistani #2 in Oct 2017 and spent 51 months in Uzbekistani top 5, with a longest streak of 3 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2018 (age 29) and IM in 2010 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #57 in U20, World #90 in U18 and World #77 in U16.