Medybayev, Daniyar

Daniyar Medybayev, a 38-year-old Kazakhstani player, is rated 2234 and sitting in the top 4% of Kazakhstani players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 2 years. 22 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: February Shatranj classik 1 and February Shatranj experimental classik 1. Also played 2 rapid events (including Shatranj Super rapid november 1) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 29 months (2004–2007), 17 months (2007–2009), 121 months (2009–2019), 48 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2295 was reached at age 31 (Jun 2019, Kazakhstani #38 at the time).

At junior level, he reached #7, #5 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.