Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (born 16 July 1999) is an Uzbek-born American chess player and Woman Grandmaster (2016).^[1]

In 2011, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, who goes by Begim,^[2] won the bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship in age category U12.^[3] In 2015, she won the Asian Girls Championship in age category U20.^[4] In 2017, she is second Asian Zone 3.4 after Dinara Saduakassova and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018.^[5] In 2018, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won the Uzbekistan Women Chess Championship.^[6]

In 2015, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title a year later. Tokhirjonova played for Uzbekistan in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+2, =3, -3),^[7]
• In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+7, =3, -1).^[8]

In the fall of 2019, Tokhirjonova began attending the University of Missouri, where she joined the chess team and studies business with an emphasis in marketing.^[9]

Tokhirjonova took silver at the virtual 2020 U.S. Online Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships in the women's section;^[10] in October 2021, she took the second place at the 2021 U.S. Women's Championship, following Carissa Yip.^[11]

In May 2022, she won fourth place at the first American Cup, a double elimination format, after she was eliminated by Irina Krush in the Champion's Bracket, then Tatev Abrahamyan in the Elimination Bracket.^[12] Tokhirjonova was a member of the U.S. Women's Olympiad Chess Team for 2022;^[13] the U.S. team placed fourth at the 44th Chess Olympiad.^[14]

Tokhirjonova's two older sisters are also chess players. Her oldest sister Nafisa Muminova was the first Uzbek player to earn the WGM title and her other sister Hulkar Tohirjonova is a Woman FIDE Master (WFM).^[15]