Handszar Odeev (born 27 January 1972) is a Turkmen chess grandmaster (2004).

Handszar Odeev
CountryTurkmenistan
Born (1972-01-27) 27 January 1972 (age 52)
TitleGrandmaster (2004)
Peak rating2502 (January 2006)

He played a record seven times (first time, at the age of 12) in the Soviet Union Junior Chess Championships: in 1984,[1] 1985,[2] 1986,[3] 1987,[4] 1988,[5] 1989[6] and 1990.[7] Played for Turkmenistan in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2010[8] and in the Asian Team Chess Championship of 2003.[9] In October 1999, he tied for 2nd–10th with Eduardas Rozentalis, Ian Rogers, Vereslav Eingorn, Giorgi Giorgadze, Vlastimil Jansa, Christian Bauer, Konstantin Lerner and Alexander Shabalov in the 5th Wichern-Open tournament in Hamburg, with 30 grandmasters participating.[10]

In the March 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2405, making him Turkmenistan's number six.

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  1. ^ "33rd USSR Junior Chess Championship, Kirovabad, January 1984". RusBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. ^ "34th USSR Junior Chess Championship, Yurmala, January 1985". RusBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  3. ^ "35th USSR Junior Chess Championship, Daugavpils, January 1986". RusBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. ^ "36th USSR Junior Chess Championship, Kapsukas, January 1987". RusBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  5. ^ "37th USSR Junior Chess Championship, Ivano-Frankivsk, January 1988". Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  6. ^ "38th USSR Junior Chess Championship, Pinsk, January 1989". Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  7. ^ "39th USSR Junior Chess Championship, Simferopol, January 1990". RusBase. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  8. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Handszar Odeev". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  9. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Asian Team Chess Championship: Handszar Odeev". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  10. ^ Crowther, Mark (1999-10-25). "TWIC 259: 5th Wichern Open". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
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