KBTU Open 2025 (OPEN)

Open SwissStandard

36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jul 2025 to 09 Jul 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1826, and top seed was Adizhan Yessengali (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2090).

Adizhan Yessengali (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2090) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Altair Kazhmurat (7.5) and Sanjar Serikhan (6.5). Yessengali won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Abdullah Oraltay (1568) beat Aibek Tlekkabyl (1811), a +243-point gap.

Location

🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan

Dates

03 Jul 2025 → 09 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇿Adizhan Yessengali2090

Avg top 10

1,826

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×32

Top 3

🥇
Adizhan Yessengali
🇰🇿KAZ·2090
8.0pts·2166perf+27.7
🥈
Altair Kazhmurat
🇰🇿KAZ·1956
7.5pts·2022perf+40.8
🥉
Sanjar Serikhan
🇰🇿KAZ·1962
6.5pts·1922perf+1.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Adizhan Yessengali led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Yessengali8Kazhmurat7.5Serikhan6.5Sultanbek6.5Ospanova6Oraltay6

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Adizhan Yessengali held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Adizhan Yessengali beat Altair Kazhmurat (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Adizhan Yessengali 6 wins (R1–R6)Altair Kazhmurat 3 wins (R1–R3)Sanjar Serikhan 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Adizhan Yessengali	*	1	1	0
2Altair Kazhmurat	0	*	½	1
3Sanjar Serikhan	0	½	*	0
4Beibars Sultanbek	1	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yessengali, Adizhan	2090	KAZ	+7B	+23N	+6B	+2N	+9B	+5N	−4B	+3N	+16B	8.0	48.0	51.5	45.00	2166	+27.7
2	Kazhmurat, Altair	1956	KAZ	+29N	+11B	+8N	−1B	+26N	+25B	=3N	+4N	+5B	7.5	43.5	46.0	34.75	2022	+40.8
3	Serikhan, Sanjar	1962	KAZ	+17B	+5N	+25B	+12N	−4B	+9N	=2B	−1B	+10N	6.5	48.0	51.0	32.75	1922	+1.6
4	Sultanbek, Beibars	2044	KAZ	+26N	+22B	−9N	+10B	+3N	+12B	+1N	−2B	=6N	6.5	46.5	49.5	34.00	1967	-18.8
5	Oraltay, Abdullah	1568	KAZ	+35N	−3B	+20N	+27B	+8N	−1B	+13N	+9N	−2N	6.0	44.5	44.5	22.50	1811	+50.4
6	Ospanova, Adelya	1804	KAZ	+19N	+10B	−1N	−9B	+27N	+26B	+12N	=8B	=4B	6.0	42.0	45.0	26.00	1804	+4.8
7	Nigmashev, Adi	1492	KAZ	−1N	+27B	+34N	=11B	−10N	=13B	+19N	+15N	=14B	5.5	40.0	41.0	20.50	1600	+30.4
8	Toibol, Dias	1723	KAZ	+36B	+16N	−2B	+15N	−5B	=23N	=18B	=6N	+29B	5.5	40.0	40.0	19.50	1645	-28.8
9	Tlekkabyl, Aibek	1811	KAZ	+18B	+15N	+4B	+6N	−1N	−3B	+10N	−5B	F	5.0	48.0	52.5	27.00	1842	+12.0
10	Kanat, Altair	1555	KAZ	+32B	−6N	+24B	−4N	+7B	+15N	−9B	+17N	−3B	5.0	43.0	45.0	21.00	1657	+25.2
11	Kiribayeva, Togzhan	1593	KAZ	+24B	−2N	=18B	=7N	=17B	−14N	+31B	=13N	+20B	5.0	40.0	42.5	20.00	1445	-43.6
12	Mendibek, Altair	1513	KAZ	+34B	+14N	+22B	−3B	+25N	−4N	−6B	+18N	F	5.0	40.0	41.0	17.00	1760	+83.2
13	Turganbayev, Timur	0	KAZ	−16B	+21N	−17B	+22N	+14B	=7N	−5B	=11B	+25N	5.0	39.0	42.0	20.75	1558	0.0
14	Belikova, Dariya	1616	KAZ	+20N	−12B	+19N	−26B	−13N	+11B	=29B	+24N	=7N	5.0	35.0	37.5	20.50	1498	-38.4
15	Sadygali, Kamila	1520	KAZ	+33N	−9B	+30N	−8B	+20N	−10B	+26N	−7B	+19N	5.0	34.5	36.5	15.50	1460	-12.8
16	Maletskiy, Gleb	1498	KAZ	+13N	−8B	+33N	−25B	−23N	+30B	+27N	+22B	−1N	5.0	34.0	36.0	16.00	1454	-9.2
17	Timoshenko, Sofia	1467	KAZ	−3N	−30B	+13N	+34B	=11N	=19B	+25N	−10B	+32N	5.0	33.0	34.0	15.50	1546	+21.6
18	Kim, Andrey	1460	KAZ	−9N	+35B	=11N	−23B	+24N	+31B	=8N	−12B	=22N	4.5	33.5	33.5	13.00	1450	-5.6
19	Madina, Dameli	1441	KAZ	−6B	+32N	−14B	=24N	+21B	=17N	−7B	+30N	−15B	4.0	36.5	38.5	12.75	1203	-51.2
20	Erlanov, Ramil	0	KAZ	−14B	+?N	−5B	+35N	−15B	−22N	+34N	+26B	−11N	4.0	28.5	28.5	4.00	1422	0.0
21	Boldysh, Dayana	0	KAZ	−25N	−13B	=32N	+33B	−19N	−24B	+35B	+34N	=30B	4.0	23.0	23.0	5.25	749	0.0
22	Spabek, Iliyas	1610	KAZ	+28B	−4N	−12N	−13B	+33N	+20B	F	−16N	=18B	3.5	36.5	38.5	11.25	1297	-64.4
23	Daniyaruly, Aldiyar	1607	KAZ	+30N	−1B	F	+18N	+16B	=8B	F	F	F	3.5	34.5	34.5	14.75	1762	+29.6
24	Magamedova, Ismina	0	KAZ	−11N	+29B	−10N	=19B	−18B	+21N	+28B	−14B	F	3.5	33.5	36.0	11.50	1329	0.0
25	Uzbayev, Abylai	1646	KAZ	+21B	F	−3N	+16N	−12B	−2N	−17B	+27N	−13B	3.0	41.0	43.5	12.00	1432	-57.2
26	Kabylbek, Daniyal	1467	KAZ	−4B	+28N	+31B	+14N	−2B	−6N	−15B	−20N	F	3.0	40.5	43.0	10.50	1496	-4.0
27	Adyrbekov, Daniyal	0	KAZ	+?B	−7N	F	−5N	−6B	+28N	−16B	−25B	+35N	3.0	32.0	32.0	3.00	1341	0.0
28	Ibadildin, Tair	0	KAZ	−22N	−26B	=29N	=32B	+34N	−27B	−24N	F	+33B	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.25	1246	0.0
29	Beketov, Daniil	1463	KAZ	−2B	−24N	=28B	F	=31N	+32B	=14N	F	−8N	2.5	32.5	32.5	7.25	1458	-1.2
30	Kurbanov, Batyr	0	KAZ	−23B	+17N	−15B	−31N	+35B	−16N	F	−19B	=21N	2.5	29.0	29.0	7.00	1254	0.0
31	Zhumatay, Azamat	0	KAZ	F	F	−26N	+30B	=29B	−18N	−11N	F	+34B	2.5	23.5	23.5	4.75	1177	0.0
32	Nurzhan, Amir	0	KAZ	−10N	−19B	=21B	=28N	F	−29N	+33B	F	−17B	2.0	28.0	28.0	5.50	676	0.0
33	FIDE 447099836	0	—	−15B	+36N	−16B	−21N	−22B	F	−32N	+35B	−28N	2.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	731	0.0
34	FIDE 557000441	0	—	−12N	F	−7B	−17N	−28B	+35N	−20B	−21B	−31N	1.0	29.0	29.0	0.00	683	0.0
35	FIDE 557000425	0	—	−5B	−18N	F	−20B	−30N	−34B	−21N	−33N	−27B	0.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	714	0.0
36	FIDE 557000395	0	—	−8N	−33B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	922	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mendibek, AltairKAZ
+83.2
5.0 pts · #9
2Oraltay, AbdullahKAZ
+50.4
6.0 pts · #15
3Kazhmurat, AltairKAZ
+40.8
7.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Spabek, IliyasKAZ
-64.4
3.5 pts · #29
2Uzbayev, AbylaiKAZ
-57.2
3.0 pts · #22
3Madina, DameliKAZ
-51.2
4.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R8+243 Elo gap
Oraltay, Abdullah1568 beat Tlekkabyl, Aibek1811
R3+233 Elo gap
Tlekkabyl, Aibek1811 beat Sultanbek, Beibars2044
R7+179 Elo gap
Timoshenko, Sofia1467 beat Uzbayev, Abylai1646