FM Sirojiddin Zaynidinov is a professional chess player and a chess teacher. He is two-time world champion for the deaf. He played for the Uzbekistan 1 team at the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2026, Samarkand.

After his win in the fourth round, Aditya Sur Roy met him to know his story. In this interview we get to know more about his journey as a player and a coach and also his experience of teaching the world championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov.

You can see the interview with Sirojiddin Zaynidinov here via Youtube