Almaty City Championship among Seniors U65
21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1739, and top seed was Alexey Blokhin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1864).
Berik Tleumbetov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1814) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Marat Murzin (6.5) and Satkhan Kuanyshbekov (6.0). Tleumbetov shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Serikbay Kabirayev (1643) beat Marat Murzin (1793), a +150-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsBerik Tleumbetov led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Berik Tleumbetov takes the sole lead (7.0/8).
Berik Tleumbetov beat Marat Murzin (White).
Berik Tleumbetov 5 wins (R4–R8)Marat Murzin 3 wins (R7–R9)Satkhan Kuanyshbekov 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berik Tleumbetov | * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Marat Murzin | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Satkhan Kuanyshbekov | 1 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Murat Kamatayev | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tleumbetov, Berik | 1814 | KAZ | +14N | +11B | −3N | +18B | +7N | +2B | +6N | +4B | =5N | 7.5 | 41.0 | 42.5 | 33.50 | 2540 | +40.2 |
| 2 | Murzin , Marat | 1793 | KAZ | +18B | −9N | =6B | +8N | +5B | −1N | +10B | +3N | +7B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 29.50 | 1758 | -4.8 |
| 3 | Kuanyshbekov, Satkhan | 0 | KAZ | +4B | +15N | +1B | +7B | −6N | +10N | +12B | −2B | F | 6.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 28.50 | 1841 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kamatayev, Murat | 1665 | KAZ | −3N | +13B | +16N | +11B | +12N | −6B | +7N | −1N | +9B | 6.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 22.00 | 1881 | +40.8 |
| 5 | Kumar, Bakdaulet | 0 | KAZ | =13N | +10B | +12N | −6B | −2N | +18B | +9B | +14N | =1B | 6.0 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 21.00 | 1760 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Blokhin, Alexey | 1864 | KAZ | F | =12B | =2N | +5N | +3B | +4N | −1B | −7B | +11N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 27.00 | 1725 | -22.0 |
| 7 | Alakhunov, Arsilan | 1760 | KAZ | +8B | +17N | +9B | −3N | −1B | +15N | −4B | +6N | −2N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 18.00 | 1760 | +2.4 |
| 8 | Karimov, Aman | 0 | KAZ | −7N | =14B | +13N | −2B | +17N | −12B | =11N | =9N | +16B | 4.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 12.75 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kabirayev, Serikbay | 1643 | KAZ | +10N | +2B | −7N | −12B | =18N | +11B | −5N | =8B | −4N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 17.50 | 1707 | +10.4 |
| 10 | Madiyev, Adilbek | 1707 | KAZ | −9B | −5N | +14N | +16B | +13N | −3B | −2N | F | +12B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 11.50 | 1700 | -0.8 |
| 11 | Purgin, Viktor | 1617 | KAZ | +20B | −1N | +17B | −4N | =15B | −9N | =8B | +18N | −6B | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.00 | 1503 | -17.6 |
| 12 | Zharokov, Biket | 1699 | KAZ | +19B | =6N | −5B | +9N | −4B | +8N | −3N | −13B | −10N | 3.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 11.00 | 1559 | -19.0 |
| 13 | Atamuratov, Elubay | 1662 | KAZ | =5B | −4N | −8B | +14N | −10B | F | +18N | +12N | F | 3.5 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 10.50 | 1565 | -15.6 |
| 14 | Darishev, Asan | 0 | KAZ | −1B | =8N | −10B | −13B | +16N | +17N | F | −5B | F | 2.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 6.25 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Ordabayev, Seid-Kazy | 1784 | KAZ | +16N | −3B | −18N | +17B | =11N | −7B | F | F | F | 2.5 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 6.00 | 1594 | -26.4 |
| 16 | Kalmenov, Moldakhmet | 0 | KAZ | −15B | +19N | −4B | −10N | −14B | F | F | +17B | −8N | 2.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 2.00 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kusherbayeva, Alma | 1448 | KAZ | +21N | −7B | −11N | −15N | −8B | −14B | F | −16N | +18B | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.50 | 920 | -17.2 |
| 18 | Dvornikov, Vladimir | 0 | KAZ | −2N | F | +15B | −1N | =9B | −5N | −13B | −11B | −17N | 1.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 4.50 | 1444 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kim, Georgiy | 0 | KAZ | −12N | −16B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 899 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ushakov, Petr | 0 | KAZ | −11N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 557000263 | 0 | — | −17B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 605 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kamatayev, MuratKAZ+40.86.0 pts · #2
- 2Tleumbetov, BerikKAZ+40.27.5 pts · #3
- 3Kabirayev, SerikbayKAZ+10.44.0 pts · #7
- 1Ordabayev, Seid-KazyKAZ-26.42.5 pts · #11
- 2Blokhin, AlexeyKAZ-22.05.0 pts · #6
- 3Zharokov, BiketKAZ-19.03.5 pts · #13
- R2+150 Elo gap
- R8+104 Elo gap