Mesgen Amanov (born 6 September 1986) is a Turkmenistani chess grandmaster.

He is the highest rated player in his country, and has represented Turkmenistan in 4 Chess Olympiads.

Amanov went to Sport and Tourism University in Turkmenistan, majoring in chess coaching, he graduated at the age of 19-20.

[3] In November 2018, Amanov coached his another pupil, Yuvraj 'Raj' Chennareddy, into Gold in the 2018 World Cadet Championship organised by the International Chess Federation, FIDE.

[4][5][1][6][7] His student Yuavaraj Raj scored 10.5 points out ouf possible 11, which was described as amazing by Chesskid.com author Fide Master Kostya Kavutskiy and as "dazzling" by the US Chess Federation website [6][5] In 2019, the article Amanov authored on uschess.org named "A Perfect Triangle: GM Amanov on Coaching Raj to Gold" was chosen the second best article of the year in the "Best of Chess Life Online 2018" by US Chess Federation.