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Balabayeva, Xeniya
WGM🇰🇿FIDE 13719688· Female· Kazakhstan· Born in 2005
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Xeniya Balabayeva, a 21-year-old Kazakhstani Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2355 — just 28 short of her peak of 2383 (Sep 2025, age 20) and ranked 5th among Kazakhstani women, and in the top 1% worldwide. She is progressing steadily with +44 Elo over the past 12 months. 101 rated games in the past year (≈95/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Int. Graz Open 2026 - A, and Budapest One Week 2026 January GM-A. Also played 2 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Knockout) recently. She reached Kazakhstani #22 in Sep 2025.
Awarded WGM in 2024 (age 19), WIM in 2021 (age 16), and WFM in 2019 (age 14). At junior level, she reached World #75 in U16 and #1, #2, #1 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2355
Standard
Rpd2295·Blz2247
All-time high
2383
−28 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 20
Sep 2025 · age 20
Activity
109
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
101 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#5
#5 · Kazakhstani women · of 389
Career timeline
24 entries2025
Peak Kazakhstani rank: #22
at age 20 · rated 2383
Sep 2025
1st Kazakhstani U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2383
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2383
at age 20 · −28 from today
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
May 2025
2024
WGM title awardedWGM
at age 19 · 95th 2024 FIDE Congress
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+3
2352 → 2355
Tournaments
10
96 games
Score
45/ 9646.9%
38W33D25L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #68 | 2283 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #38 | 2318 | -11.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2392 | +4.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 6/10 | #6 | 2393 | +10.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #11 | 2374 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/11 | #37 | 2326 | -16.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #37 | 2283 | -17.4 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 3/5 | #100 | 2451 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #34 | 2497 | +39.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 0.5/2 | #2 | 2222 | -6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLiya KurmangaliyevaFM
🇰🇿KAZ·2346
+24 −14 =15
53 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAmina KairbekovaWGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2374
+14 −12 =8
34 games·last met May 2026
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vsZeinep SultanbekWIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2151
+17 −8 =8
33 games·last met May 2025
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vsNazerke NurgaliWIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2215
+9 −12 =8
29 games·last met Apr 2024
View head-to-head →
vsAlua NurmanIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2443
+15 −9 =4
28 games·last met May 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
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Kazakhstan
#34
out of 4,198 players
Asia-Pacific
#541
in continent
World
#2,588
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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