Caspian Debut Classic 6
32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1624, and top seed was Ramazan Amangeldy (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1779).
Amir Tolybay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1649) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ramazan Amangeldy (7.0) and Nuras Amangeldy (6.5). Tolybay won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Abdibek Zhanaybay (1469) beat Ramazan Amangeldy (1779), a +310-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAmir Tolybay led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Amir Tolybay held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
Amir Tolybay lost to Ramazan Amangeldy (Black).
Amir Tolybay 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Ramazan Amangeldy 6 wins (R4–R9)Nuras Amangeldy 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amir Tolybay | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Ramazan Amangeldy | 1 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Nuras Amangeldy | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Sanzhar Sisemalin | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tolybay, Amir | 1649 | KAZ | +19B | +13N | +8B | +7N | =6B | +5N | +3B | +12B | −2N | 7.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 39.75 | 1865 | +92.8 |
| 2 | Amangeldy, Ramazan | 1779 | KAZ | −5N | +9B | −11N | +21B | +17N | +13N | +4B | +6N | +1B | 7.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 38.00 | 1760 | -6.0 |
| 3 | Amangeldy, Nuras | 1718 | KAZ | +12B | −10N | =4B | +14N | +9B | +7N | −1N | +11B | +6B | 6.5 | 45.5 | 50.5 | 34.50 | 1727 | +6.5 |
| 4 | Sisemalin, Sanzhar | 1593 | KAZ | +21N | =15B | =3N | +16B | −12N | +8B | −2N | +9B | +11N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 30.25 | 1696 | +46.8 |
| 5 | Baymukashev, Nurasyl | 1493 | KAZ | +2B | +14N | =6B | +10N | =7B | −1B | −12N | +13N | =8B | 5.5 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 30.75 | 1665 | +87.6 |
| 6 | Nurlan, Zhan | 1560 | KAZ | +22N | +16B | =5N | +20B | =1N | +12B | =11N | −2B | −3N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 26.50 | 1629 | +19.6 |
| 7 | Azamat , Dinmukhammed | 1706 | KAZ | +11N | +18B | +20N | −1B | =5N | −3B | −8N | +23B | +12N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 25.25 | 1636 | -31.6 |
| 8 | Berik, Arman | 1556 | KAZ | +27N | +17B | −1N | −11B | +22N | −4N | +7B | +16B | =5N | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 1591 | +14.0 |
| 9 | Bekbolat, Alikhan | 1572 | KAZ | =14B | −2N | +29B | +22B | −3N | +27N | +10B | −4N | +17B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 23.50 | 1568 | -3.6 |
| 10 | Migunov, Artyom | 1547 | KAZ | +30N | +3B | =15N | −5B | +16N | −11B | −9N | +20B | +18N | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 24.00 | 1602 | +24.8 |
| 11 | Zhanaybay, Abdibek | 1469 | KAZ | −7B | +28N | +2B | +8N | =13B | +10N | =6B | −3N | −4B | 5.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 26.75 | 1661 | +80.4 |
| 12 | Mustapina, Asilya | 1476 | KAZ | −3N | +30B | +18N | +15B | +4B | −6N | +5B | −1N | −7B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 48.0 | 23.00 | 1607 | +54.4 |
| 13 | Mukhambet, Aylin | 1541 | KAZ | +25N | −1B | +21N | +17B | =11N | −2B | =15N | −5B | +24N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 21.50 | 1506 | -16.0 |
| 14 | Talap, Aksyndar | 1420 | KAZ | =9N | −5B | +24N | −3B | =18N | −16B | +28N | +25B | +19B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 20.50 | 1502 | +29.2 |
| 15 | Nurbergen, Artur | 1547 | KAZ | +32B | =4N | =10B | −12N | =27B | +19N | =13B | =17N | =16B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 18.50 | 1512 | -20.4 |
| 16 | Almasbayev, Arsen | 1539 | KAZ | +31B | −6N | +26B | −4N | −10B | +14N | +19B | −8N | =15N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 16.50 | 1433 | -42.0 |
| 17 | Uzakbayev, Damir | 1494 | KAZ | +26B | −8N | +19B | −13N | −2B | +28N | +27B | =15B | −9N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 17.50 | 1511 | +2.8 |
| 18 | Airapetov, Armen | 1552 | KAZ | +28B | −7N | −12B | =26N | =14B | +22N | =23B | +21N | −10B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 18.00 | 1469 | -32.4 |
| 19 | Baktybay, Mariyam | 1462 | KAZ | −1N | +25B | −17N | +24B | +20N | −15B | −16N | +26B | −14N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 16.00 | 1264 | -60.4 |
| 20 | Tanat, Idris | 1558 | KAZ | +29B | +23N | −7B | −6N | −19B | +26N | =21B | −10N | =22N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 15.50 | 1354 | -63.2 |
| 21 | Aldongarov, Erzhan | 1441 | KAZ | −4B | +32N | −13B | −2N | +29B | +30N | =20N | −18B | =23N | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 9.50 | 1319 | -34.0 |
| 22 | Beibit, Alua | 1413 | KAZ | −6B | +31N | +23B | −9N | −8B | −18B | =24N | +32N | =20B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 9.00 | 1366 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Abilkair, Abilmansur | 1518 | KAZ | +24N | −20B | −22N | −27B | +30N | +25B | =18N | −7N | =21B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 14.25 | 1295 | -56.8 |
| 24 | Uzbekova, Zarema | 0 | KAZ | −23B | +29N | −14B | −19N | =28B | +31N | =22B | +27N | −13B | 4.0 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 11.75 | 1289 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Samenov, Saken | 0 | KAZ | −13B | −19N | =28B | +32N | =26B | −23N | +29B | −14N | +30N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.25 | 1129 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Zhumagaliyev, Sayat | 0 | KAZ | −17N | +27B | −16N | =18B | =25N | −20B | +31B | −19N | +32B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 8.75 | 1313 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Amirov, Zakariya | 0 | KAZ | −8B | −26N | +32B | +23N | =15N | −9B | −17N | −24B | +31B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 7.50 | 1395 | -6.4 |
| 28 | Kurdoglyan, Arutyun | 0 | KAZ | −18N | −11B | =25N | +30B | =24N | −17B | −14B | +31N | =29B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 8.75 | 688 | -86.4 |
| 29 | Amangeldiyeva, Amina | 0 | KAZ | −20N | −24B | −9N | +31B | −21N | +32B | −25N | +30B | =28N | 3.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.75 | 1201 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Nesibekov, Rysbek | 0 | KAZ | −10B | −12N | +31B | −28N | −23B | −21B | +32N | −29N | −25B | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 1.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 447029005 | 0 | — | −16N | −22B | −30N | −29N | +32B | −24B | −26N | −28B | −27N | 1.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 0.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Salamat, Aimira | 0 | KAZ | −15N | −21B | −27N | −25B | −31N | −29N | −30B | −22B | −26N | 0.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 0.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tolybay, AmirKAZ+92.87.5 pts · #1
- 2Baymukashev, NurasylKAZ+87.65.5 pts · #6
- 3Zhanaybay, AbdibekKAZ+80.45.0 pts · #7
- 1Kurdoglyan, ArutyunKAZ-86.43.5 pts · #30
- 2Tanat, IdrisKAZ-63.24.0 pts · #23
- 3Baktybay, MariyamKAZ-60.44.0 pts · #25
- R3+310 Elo gap
- R1+286 Elo gap
- R2+171 Elo gap