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Kim, Kristina
WCM🇰🇿FIDE 13712438· Female· Kazakhstan· Born in 2000
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Kristina Kim, a 26-year-old Kazakhstani Woman Candidate Master, is rated 2038 — her current career high and ranked 20th among Kazakhstani women. She is on a breakout run, having gained +108 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kazakhstan Championship Semifinal 2026 Women, Asian Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - W2300, and Oskemen Open 2025 CHALLENGERS. Also played 5 rapid (including Rapid Mir Shahmat ShoqanSuits) and 6 blitz events (including Mir Shakhmat blitz 12 years) recently. She took a 13-month break between Sep 2022 and Nov 2023. She reached Kazakhstani #87 in Apr 2022.
Awarded WCM in 2017 (age 17). At junior level, she reached #7, #17 and #11 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2038
Standard
Rpd1889·Blz1909
All-time high
2038
at best
Apr 2026 · age 26
Apr 2026 · age 26
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#20
#20 · Kazakhstani women · of 389
Career timeline
19 entries2026
All-time peak 2038
at age 26
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 25
Aug 2025
500 career games
at age 25
Apr 2025
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1930 → returned at 1936
Sep 2022
Peak Kazakhstani rank: #87
at age 22 · rated 1994
Apr 2022
2020
7th Kazakhstani U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2019
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+108
1930 → 2038
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
21.5/ 3659.7%
17W9D10L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAlimzhan ZhauynbayFM2,133·Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial - Aktobe Open 2025 (CHALLENGERS)·R1·+13.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #7 | 2064 | +15.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #1 | 2038 | +9.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #30 | 2109 | +38.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/9 | #59 | 2061 | +27.0 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsZeinep SultanbekWIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2151
+7 −10 =3
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAmina KairbekovaWGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2374
+3 −15 =2
20 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsKristina PopandopuloWFM
🇰🇿KAZ·2032
+8 −3 =5
16 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAssel SerikbayWIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2240
+2 −14 =0
16 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsAsman BayantasFM
🇰🇿KAZ·2263
+5 −8 =2
15 games·last met Jul 2024
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Rankings
/
Kazakhstan
#165
out of 4,198 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,880
in continent
World
#22,181
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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