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Urazayev, Arystanbek
IM🇰🇿FIDE 13709810· Male· Kazakhstan· Born in 1998
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Arystanbek Urazayev, a 28-year-old Kazakhstani International Master, is rated 2488 — just 2 short of his peak of 2490 (Jun 2025, age 27) and ranked 8th among Kazakhstani players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 17 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈83/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships - Masters, 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Masters, and Oskemen Open 2025 MASTERS. Also played 1 rapid (including Kazakhstan Rapid Championship 2025 Men) and 9 blitz events (including TURAN BLITZ - 2026) recently. He reached Kazakhstani #4 in Sep 2023 and has been in Kazakhstani top 10 for 52 months and counting.
Awarded IM in 2019 (age 21) and CM in 2015 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #80 in U18 and #1, #2 and #4 nationally in U20, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2488
Standard
Rpd2426·Blz2358
All-time high
2490
−2 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 27
Jun 2025 · age 27
Activity
98
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Kazakhstani players · of 2,273
National top 10 since Apr 2025
National top 10 since Apr 2025
Career timeline
21 entries2026
52 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 17 months · since Jun 2020
Jun 2026
2025
All-time peak 2490
at age 27 · −2 from today
Jun 2025
2024
1,000 career games
at age 26
Aug 2024
2023
Peak Kazakhstani rank: #4
at age 25 · rated 2478
Sep 2023
2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2429 → returned at 2445
Mar 2020
2019
IM title awardedIM
at age 21 · 1st quarter PB 2019
Mar 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-2
2490 → 2488
Tournaments
3
36 games
Score
16/ 3644.4%
12W19D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #24 | 2484 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #40 | 2474 | -1.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #35 | 2406 | -10.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDenis MakhnevGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2551
+9 −8 =25
42 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsRamazan ZhalmakhanovGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2478
+13 −10 =13
36 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsZhandos AgmanovIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2501
+9 −2 =21
32 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlisher SuleymenovGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2480
+8 −14 =8
30 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsKazybek NogerbekGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2513
+2 −10 =12
24 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Kazakhstan
#8
out of 4,383 players
Asia-Pacific
#167
in continent
World
#682
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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