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Kazakhstan FINAL Championship 2025 (MEN)

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14 players participated in this 13-round tournament, held from 21 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan. 14 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2462, and top seed was Kazybek Nogerbek (🇰🇿 KAZ, GM, 2538).

Kazybek Nogerbek (🇰🇿 KAZ, GM, 2538) won with 9.0/13, ahead of Denis Makhnev (9.0) and Zhandos Agmanov (8.0). Nogerbek shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Yerlan Tleukhanov (FM, 2169) beat Alisher Suleymenov (GM, 2515), a +346-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
21 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 13 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿GMKazybek Nogerbek2538
Avg top 10
2,462
Participants
14
Titled players · 14
GM×4
IM×8
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×14
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMKazybek Nogerbek
    🇰🇿KAZ·2538
    9.0pts·2536perf+1.6
  • 🥈
    GMDenis Makhnev
    🇰🇿KAZ·2526
    9.0pts·2537perf+3.7
  • 🥉
    IMZhandos Agmanov
    🇰🇿KAZ·2480
    8.0pts·2486perf+1.7

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 13 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 9.0/13, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
3
4
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3.56.51013R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13
Nogerbek9Makhnev9Agmanov8Ansat8Sapenov7.5Suleymenov6
R5–R13 · LEAD HELD

GM Kazybek Nogerbek held the sole lead from R5 through R13 without losing it.

R13 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/13. Nogerbek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (76.5).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Kazybek Nogerbek drew with GM Denis Makhnev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKazybek Nogerbek*
½
½
½
2GMDenis Makhnev
½
*
½
½
3IMZhandos Agmanov
½
½
*
½
4IMAldiyar Ansat
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nogerbek, KazybekGM2538KAZ=2B+10N+13B=4N+8B=7N=3B=11N=9B+14N=6B+12B=5N9.076.580.052.252536+1.6
2Makhnev, DenisGM2526KAZ=1N+12B=5N=6N+10B+13N=4B−8N=7B=3N+11B+9N+14B9.076.580.051.752537+3.7
3Agmanov, ZhandosIM2480KAZ=8B=7N=6B=11B=9N+14B=1N+12B=5N=2B+10N=13B=4N8.077.581.047.752486+1.7
4Ansat, AldiyarIM2489KAZ=11N+9B+14N=1B−12N=5B=2N=10B+13N=6N=8B+7N=3B8.077.581.047.752486+0.2
5Sapenov, DaniyalIM2415KAZ−12N=6N=2B=10N=13B=4N+8B=7N=3B+11N+9B=14N=1B7.578.081.546.752461+8.5
6Suleymenov, AlisherGM2515KAZ=7N=5B=3N=2B+11N+10B−9N−13B−14N=4B=1N+8BF6.079.583.040.752396-18.2
7Zhalmakhanov, RamazanGM2456KAZ=6B=3B+11N+9B=14N=1B=12N=5B=2N−10BF−4B=8N6.079.583.038.002409-7.2
8Abdilkhair, AbilmansurIM2401KAZ=3N−11B+9N+14B−1N−12B−5N+2B=10N+13B=4N−6N=7B6.079.583.036.502377-3.9
9Suleimen, ErgaliIM2302KAZ+13B−4N−8B−7N=3B=11N+6B+14B=1N+12B−5N−2B=10N6.079.583.032.502384+27.6
10Akhmedinov, SatbekIM2392KAZ+14N−1B+12N=5B−2N−6N+13B=4N=8B+7N−3B−11N=9B6.079.583.032.252377-4.4
11Zhauynbay AldiyarFM2265KAZ=4B+8N−7B=3N−6B=9B=14N=1B=12N−5B−2N+10B−13N5.080.584.031.752329+19.8
12Akhmetov, AyanIM2410KAZ+5B−2N−10B=13N+4B+8N=7B−3N=11B−9N=14B−1NF5.080.584.030.752339-12.0
13Igambergenov, AlibekIM2315KAZ−9N=14B−1N=12B=5N−2B−10N+6N−4B−8NF=3N+11B4.081.585.023.002284-5.3
14Tleukhanov, YerlanFM2169KAZ−10B=13N−4B−8N=7B−3N=11B−9N+6B−1B=12N=5B−2N3.581.585.519.752248+37.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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