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Biography
Artem Uskov is a Russian chess player.
Chess career
He is the youngest International Master from Russia, qualifying for the title in December 2022 at the age of 12 years and 9 months. He was officially awarded the title in 2023.
In September 2022, he won the U12 Open category of the FIDE World Cadet Chess Championship 2022.
In December 2022 at the World Rapid Chess Championship, Uskov was involved in a bizarre incident against Vladislav Kovalev;Uskov captured Kovalev's rook without putting his capturing piece on the correct square (due to Uskov having mere seconds remaining on his clock). Kovalev brought this up to arbiters, and they agreed to replay the move, with Uskov getting only one second to perform it. Uskov attempted to use two hands to replay the move, which is not allowed, so the move was replayed again. Uskov then failed to play the move in one second, knocking over some pieces during his attempt and giving the win to Kovalev.