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Kozganbay, Erkin
FM🇰🇿FIDE 13703773· Male· Kazakhstan· Born in 1994
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Erkin Kozganbay, a 32-year-old Kazakhstani FIDE Master, is rated 2222 and sitting in the top 4% of Kazakhstani players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 38 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Cherepanova Memorial 2026 - A, Golden Autumn A 2025, and Asian Chess Club Champions League. Also played 13 rapid (including Aliance MTS rapid final 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Cherepanova Memorial 2026 - Blitz) recently. He took a 20-month break between Nov 2017 and Aug 2019. His peak of 2368 was reached at age 20 (Jun 2014, Kazakhstani #17 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 30). Earned a IM norm at International Chess Festival Astana Zhuldyzdary tournament A 2023. At junior level, he reached World #96 in U14 and #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2222
Standard
Rpd2228·Blz2223
All-time high
2368
−146 pts below
Jun 2014 · age 20
Jun 2014 · age 20
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#84 · Kazakhstani players · of 2,223
Career timeline
18 entries2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 30
Apr 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 29
Oct 2023
2017
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2362 → returned at 2308
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2300
at age 23
Mar 2017
2014
Peak Kazakhstani rank: #17
at age 20 · rated 2368
Jun 2014
All-time peak 2368
at age 20 · −146 from today
Jun 2014
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-42
2264 → 2222
Tournaments
3
20 games
Score
11/ 2055.0%
10W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/6 | #68 | 1990 | -33.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #6 | 2185 | -8.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAyan AkhmetovIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2383
+6 −10 =15
31 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsKazybek NogerbekGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2525
+6 −12 =7
25 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAzamat Alin
🇰🇿KAZ·1939
+10 −8 =6
24 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAlibek IgambergenovIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2295
+5 −13 =5
23 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsViktor Zhuravlev
🇰🇿KAZ·2050
+16 −1 =4
21 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Kazakhstan
#84
out of 4,197 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,182
in continent
World
#7,043
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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