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Kurmangaliyeva, Liya
FM🇰🇿FIDE 13725831· Female· Kazakhstan· Born in 2005
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Liya Kurmangaliyeva, a 21-year-old Kazakhstani FIDE Master, is rated 2346 — her current career high and ranked 6th among Kazakhstani women, and in the top 1% worldwide. She is rising rapidly, having gained +100 Elo over the past 12 months. 103 rated games in the past year (≈91/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Aeroflot Open 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025) and 17 blitz events (including Harpa Blitz 2026) recently. She reached Kazakhstani #32 in Nov 2024.
Awarded FM in 2021 (age 16). Earned IM norms at 26. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft 2023, 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft 2025, and Reykjavik Open 2026. At junior level, she reached World #61 in U16 and #5, #2, #6 and #18 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2346
Standard
Rpd2202·Blz2241
All-time high
2346
at best
May 2026 · age 21
May 2026 · age 21
Activity
107
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
103 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#6
#6 · Kazakhstani women · of 389
Career timeline
23 entries2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 21
May 2026
All-time peak 2346
at age 21
May 2026
2025
5th Kazakhstani U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2339
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Aug 2025
2024
Peak Kazakhstani rank: #32
at age 19 · rated 2324
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+70
2276 → 2346
Tournaments
9
94 games
Score
39.5/ 9442.0%
33W31D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsZarina NurgaliyevaWIM2,252·Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial - Aktobe Open 2025 (MASTERS)·R8·-11.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #91 | 2374 | +22.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #17 | 2438 | +34.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/9 | #153 | 2192 | -30.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 5.5/11 | #7 | 2268 | -20.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2.5/7 | #34 | 2282 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #15 | 2518 | +54.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsXeniya BalabayevaWGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2355
+14 −24 =15
53 games·last met May 2026
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vsAmina KairbekovaWGM
🇰🇿KAZ·2374
+7 −10 =9
26 games·last met May 2026
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vsAlua NurmanIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2443
+9 −9 =7
25 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsZeinep SultanbekWIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2151
+7 −10 =5
22 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsZarina NurgaliyevaWIM
🇰🇿KAZ·2279
+6 −8 =5
19 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Kazakhstan
#36
out of 4,198 players
Asia-Pacific
#580
in continent
World
#2,801
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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