May Favorit qualification tournament 2025
16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 773, and top seed was Danial Kuzhumov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1646).
Alinur Kairgaliyev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1521) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Mahdisultan Serik (7.5) and Danial Kuzhumov (6.5). Kairgaliyev won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Mahdisultan Serik (1468) beat Danial Kuzhumov (1646), a +178-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAlinur Kairgaliyev led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Alinur Kairgaliyev never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Alinur Kairgaliyev beat Mahdisultan Serik (White).
Alinur Kairgaliyev 9 wins (R1–R9)Mahdisultan Serik 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Danial Kuzhumov 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alinur Kairgaliyev | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Mahdisultan Serik | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Danial Kuzhumov | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Ilya Chernyshov | 0 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kairgaliyev, Alinur | 1521 | KAZ | +8N | +4B | +7N | +2B | +3N | +5B | +6B | +16N | +9B | 9.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 40.00 | 2358 | +44.0 |
| 2 | Serik, Mahdisultan | 1468 | KAZ | +11N | +6B | +5N | −1N | +15B | +8B | +3N | =4N | +7B | 7.5 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 29.25 | 1583 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Kuzhumov, Danial | 1646 | KAZ | =12N | +13B | +4N | +7B | −1B | +10N | −2B | +6N | +5B | 6.5 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 23.50 | 1397 | -40.0 |
| 4 | Chernyshov, Ilya | 0 | KAZ | +9N | −1N | −3B | +14B | −5N | +11B | +8N | =2B | +12N | 5.5 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 16.75 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Savchenko, Mark | 0 | KAZ | +16N | +12B | −2B | −6N | +4B | −1N | +10B | −9B | −3N | 4.0 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 12.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ivanykina, Alissa | 0 | KAZ | +13N | −2N | +10B | +5B | −8N | +7B | −1N | −3B | −16N | 4.0 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 13.00 | 1360 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Azinaeva, Farida | 0 | KAZ | +15B | +10N | −1B | −3N | +11B | −6N | F | +8B | −2N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 11.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 447010614 | 0 | — | −1B | +9N | +11B | +15N | +6B | −2N | −4B | −7N | F | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 11.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sadyrbekov, Aldiyar | 0 | KAZ | −4B | −8B | −14N | +16N | −10B | +13B | F | +5N | −1N | 3.0 | 31.5 | 33.0 | 7.50 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Mukhtar, Erali | 0 | KAZ | +14N | −7B | −6N | +13B | +9N | −3B | −5N | −12B | F | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.00 | 1599 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Musabayev, Farkhat | 0 | KAZ | −2B | +14B | −8N | +12B | −7N | −4N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.00 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 447094249 | 0 | — | =3B | −5N | −15B | −11N | =16B | −14N | F | +10N | −4B | 2.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 7.00 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Yertai, Osman | 1579 | KAZ | −6B | −3N | +16B | −10N | +14B | −9N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 1582 | +0.8 |
| 14 | Tkachik, Ratmir | 1517 | KAZ | −10B | −11N | +9B | −4N | −13N | +12B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 775 | -16.8 |
| 15 | Omirbay, Altan | 0 | KAZ | −7N | +16B | +12N | −8B | −2N | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.50 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chernyshov, Makar | 0 | KAZ | −5B | −15N | −13N | −9B | =12N | F | F | −1B | +6B | 1.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 5.00 | 748 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kairgaliyev, AlinurKAZ+44.09.0 pts · #1
- 2Serik, MahdisultanKAZ+12.07.5 pts · #9
- 3Yertai, OsmanKAZ+0.82.0 pts · #8
- 1Kuzhumov, DanialKAZ-40.06.5 pts · #4
- 2Tkachik, RatmirKAZ-16.82.0 pts · #12
- 3Ivanykina, AlissaKAZ0.04.0 pts · #6
- R7+178 Elo gap
- R5+125 Elo gap