Turkmenistan Women Chess Championship (2 Liga) Lebap 2025

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan. Top 10 Elo average was 1664, and top seed was Nebahat Muradova (🇹🇲 TKM, 1777).

Bahtiyarova Jeren (🇹🇲 TKM, 1737) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Babanazarova Nurhan (7.5) and Aylar Semenderova (6.5). Jeren won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Merjen Hamrakulyyeva (1519) beat Nebahat Muradova (1777), a +258-point gap.

Location

🇹🇲Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan

Dates

07 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇲Nebahat Muradova1777

Avg top 10

1,664

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇲Turkmenistan×33

Top 3

🥇
Bahtiyarova Jeren
🇹🇲TKM·1737
8.0pts·1970perf+77.2
🥈
Babanazarova Nurhan
🇹🇲TKM·1653
7.5pts·1883perf+92.4
🥉
Aylar Semenderova
🇹🇲TKM·1717
6.5pts·1730perf+8.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Bahtiyarova Jeren led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Jeren8Nurhan7.5Semenderova6.5Muradova6Maysa6Aygozel6

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Bahtiyarova Jeren held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bahtiyarova Jeren beat Babanazarova Nurhan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Bahtiyarova Jeren 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Babanazarova Nurhan 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bahtiyarova Jeren	*	1	½	1
2Babanazarova Nurhan	0	*	1	½
3Aylar Semenderova	½	0	*	½
4Nebahat Muradova	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bahtiyarova Jeren	1737	TKM	+21N	+7B	+11N	=4B	+2N	+19B	+5N	=3B	+6N	8.0	47.0	51.0	44.75	1970	+77.2
2	Babanazarova Nurhan	1653	TKM	+18B	+20N	=5B	+6N	−1B	+7B	+3N	+4B	+8N	7.5	49.0	53.0	42.00	1883	+92.4
3	Semenderova, Aylar	1717	TKM	+10N	+19B	=17N	+9B	+11N	=5N	−2B	=1N	+13B	6.5	47.0	51.0	34.25	1730	+8.8
4	Isayeva Maysa	1757	TKM	+16B	+8N	+12B	=1N	−5B	=6N	+7B	−2N	+14B	6.0	49.5	54.5	34.00	1708	-9.6
5	Muradova, Nebahat	1777	TKM	+27N	+14B	=2N	+17B	+4N	=3B	−1B	−8N	+12B	6.0	48.5	51.5	30.50	1712	-21.2
6	Rustemjanova Aygozel	1619	TKM	+31N	=9B	+13N	−2B	+17N	=4B	+19N	+11B	−1B	6.0	45.5	48.0	26.75	1729	+42.4
7	Bayramova, Gunesh	1491	TKM	+23B	−1N	+33B	+22N	+12B	−2N	−4N	+21B	+11N	6.0	43.5	45.5	24.00	1581	+14.0
8	Hamrakulyyeva, Merjen	1519	TKM	+22N	−4B	+32N	+15B	−19N	+10B	+13N	+5B	−2B	6.0	43.0	45.5	28.00	1601	+18.8
9	Atajanova, Leyli	0	TKM	+?B	=6N	+14B	−3N	−20B	+24N	+16B	−12N	+17B	5.5	39.5	39.5	21.00	1493	0.0
10	Jumayeva, Bagul	0	TKM	−3B	+24N	+28B	−12N	+14B	−8N	+20B	=16N	+29B	5.5	38.0	41.0	21.00	1473	0.0
11	Ruslanova, Dunya	1577	TKM	+33B	+28N	−1B	+27N	−3B	+21N	+15B	−6N	−7B	5.0	41.5	43.5	17.00	850	-64.8
12	Yazmuradova Roza	1539	TKM	+32N	+26B	−4N	+10B	−7N	−15B	+29N	+9B	−5N	5.0	40.5	43.0	20.00	883	-38.0
13	Huseyinova Humay	1732	TKM	+34B	−17N	−6B	+33N	+22B	+20N	−8B	+15N	−3N	5.0	38.0	39.5	16.50	1309	-105.2
14	Charykulyyeva, Gunesh	1536	TKM	+29B	−5N	−9N	+31B	−10N	+25B	+22N	+19B	−4N	5.0	37.5	40.0	17.00	1535	-2.0
15	Rahmanova, Bahar	0	TKM	−17B	+18N	+?B	−8N	+27B	+12N	−11N	−13B	+19N	5.0	37.0	37.0	16.50	1425	0.0
16	Bahtiyarova Medine	0	TKM	−4N	+31B	−26N	=24B	+25N	+17B	−9N	=10B	+21N	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.00	1617	0.0
17	Narimanova Ayna	1478	TKM	+15N	+13B	=3B	−5N	−6B	−16N	+26B	+20N	−9N	4.5	43.0	46.5	20.75	1650	+42.8
18	Jumayeva, Bahar	0	TKM	−2N	−15B	+30N	−25B	−24N	+?B	=34N	+33B	+22N	4.5	30.0	30.0	9.75	852	0.0
19	Sheraliyeva, Enejan	1447	TKM	+24B	−3N	+23B	+26N	+8B	−1N	−6B	−14N	−15B	4.0	44.0	47.5	17.00	1387	-16.4
20	Yunusova, Gulnabat	1424	TKM	+25N	−2B	−22N	+32B	+9N	−13B	−10N	−17B	+30N	4.0	38.5	41.0	14.50	820	-29.6
21	Isayeva Lachyn	0	TKM	−1B	−23N	+29B	+28N	+26B	−11B	+27N	−7N	−16B	4.0	37.5	40.5	12.50	813	0.0
22	Merdanova, Dessan	0	TKM	−8B	+34N	+20B	−7B	−13N	+33N	−14B	+28N	−18B	4.0	35.5	37.0	10.50	1305	0.0
23	Nuraliyeva Ogulnar	0	TKM	−7N	+21B	−19N	−30B	+34N	−27B	−25N	+?B	+28N	4.0	28.0	28.0	8.50	687	0.0
24	Rahmanova, Maral	0	TKM	−19N	−10B	F	=16N	+18B	−9B	=30N	+27B	=25N	3.5	34.0	34.0	13.25	652	0.0
25	Rustemova, Meryem	0	TKM	−20B	F	−27N	+18N	−16B	−14N	+23B	+31N	=24B	3.5	31.5	31.5	12.75	674	0.0
26	Toymuradova, Maral	0	TKM	F	−12N	+16B	−19B	−21N	=30B	−17N	+34B	+27N	3.5	30.0	30.0	11.00	689	0.0
27	Akyyeva Aybolek	0	TKM	−5B	+29N	+25B	−11B	−15N	+23N	−21B	−24N	−26B	3.0	34.5	37.5	10.50	874	0.0
28	Soyunova Nazli	0	TKM	+30N	−11B	−10N	−21B	+31N	−29B	+32N	−22B	−23B	3.0	31.0	33.5	8.00	778	0.0
29	Mahtymkulyyeva Dilnaza	0	TKM	−14N	−27B	−21N	F	+33B	+28N	−12B	+30B	−10N	3.0	30.5	30.5	8.00	739	0.0
30	Abdullayeva Menli	0	TKM	−28B	−33N	−18B	+23N	+32B	=26N	=24B	−29N	−20B	3.0	28.0	30.0	10.00	610	0.0
31	Kakabayeva Jennet	0	TKM	−6B	−16N	+34B	−14N	−28B	=32N	+?N	−25B	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	2.75	780	0.0
32	Kakabayeva Mira	0	TKM	−12B	+?N	−8B	−20N	−30N	=31B	−28B	F	+34N	2.5	25.0	25.0	2.75	690	0.0
33	FIDE 14019043	0	—	−11N	+30B	−7N	−13B	−29N	−22B	F	−18N	+?B	2.0	30.5	30.5	3.00	811	0.0
34	Ishankuliyeva Ajap	0	TKM	−13N	−22B	−31N	+?N	−23B	F	=18B	−26N	−32B	1.5	26.0	26.0	2.25	933	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Babanazarova NurhanTKM
+92.4
7.5 pts · #2
2Bahtiyarova JerenTKM
+77.2
8.0 pts · #1
3Narimanova AynaTKM
+42.8
4.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Huseyinova HumayTKM
-105.2
5.0 pts · #13
2Ruslanova, DunyaTKM
-64.8
5.0 pts · #20
3Yazmuradova RozaTKM
-38.0
5.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R8+258 Elo gap
Hamrakulyyeva, Merjen1519 beat Muradova, Nebahat1777
R2+254 Elo gap
Narimanova Ayna1478 beat Huseyinova Humay1732
R7+213 Elo gap
Hamrakulyyeva, Merjen1519 beat Huseyinova Humay1732