Sadvakasov was awarded the title of
International Master (IM) by
FIDE in 1995. In 1998 he won the
World Junior Championship and as a result he was granted the title of
Grandmaster (GM). The victory also qualified him for the
FIDE World Chess Championship 1999. In this event he lost in the first round to
Peng Xiaomin by ½-1½, thus exiting the tournament. He tied for first at
Bali 2000 and the 2003 Samba Cup. In 2004 he competed in the
FIDE World Championship in
Tripoli. The next month he won the
Politiken Cup in
Copenhagen on tiebreak score over
Leif Johannessen and
Nick de Firmian. The following year Sadvakasov took part in the inaugural
FIDE World Cup. In 2007 he tied for 1st–8th with
Hikaru Nakamura,
Alexander Shabalov,
Varuzhan Akobian,
Zviad Izoria,
Victor Mikhalevski,
Magesh Chandran Panchanathan and
Justin Sarkar in the
Miami Open. Sadvakasov also won matches against
Viktor Korchnoi in 2003 by the score 5–3 and former
World Champion Anatoly Karpov in 2004 by the score 4½–3½. ==Notes==