Atabayev, Saparmyrat

Saparmyrat Atabayev, a 27-year-old Turkmen Grandmaster, is rated 2471 and ranked 1st among Turkmen players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 86 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Turkmenistan Team Championship, Russian Chess Crown standard A, and President Cup "Open-A". Also played 1 rapid (including Russian Chess Crown rapid B (27.02)) and 1 blitz events (including ALMATY BLITZ CUP 2nd stage) recently. He took a 31-month break between Nov 2019 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2530 was reached at age 26 (Apr 2025, World #435 at the time); he has been Turkmen #1 for 31 months and counting.

Awarded GM in 2025 (age 26), IM in 2017 (age 18), FM in 2014 (age 15), and CM in 2014 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #67 in U20, World #47 in U18, World #40 in U16, World #39 in U14, World #28 in U12 and World #18 in U10.