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SHYMBULAK SUMMER CHESS 2025

Double Round-RobinBlitz

8 players participated in this 14-round tournament, held on 03 Aug 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 8 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2556, and top seed was Parham Maghsoodloo (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2701).

Parham Maghsoodloo (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2701) won with 10.0/14, ahead of Alexander Grischuk (8.5) and Volodar Murzin (8.0). Maghsoodloo won solo starting round 11.

The biggest upset came in round 13: Daniyal Sapenov (IM, 2462) beat Parham Maghsoodloo (GM, 2701), a +239-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
03 Aug 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 14 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷GMParham Maghsoodloo2701
Avg top 10
2,556
Participants
8
Titled players · 8
GM×5
IM×3
Federations · 5 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×4
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 14 rounds

GM Parham Maghsoodloo led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14
Maghsoodloo#1Grischuk#2Ansat#3Murzin#4Makhnev#5Narayanan S#6Sapenov#7Kamalidenova#8
R4–R14 · LEAD HELD

GM Parham Maghsoodloo never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R12 · DECISIVE LEAD03 Aug

GM Parham Maghsoodloo opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: IM Aldiyar Ansat); the title is out of reach before R14.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Parham Maghsoodloo 0.5–1.5 against GM Alexander Grischuk (R2 ½-½, R9 0-1) — decisive in 1/2.

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇷GMMaghsoodloo, Parham2701*
0½
½1
11
01
01
11
11
10.061.7592.0+3.02694
2🇷🇺GMGrischuk, Alexander2686
½1
*
½½
1½
10
½½
½½
½1
8.557.7595.0-10.02616
4GMMurzin, Volodar2654
0½
½½
*
00
11
10
11
1½
8.049.7596.0-9.82590
3🇰🇿IMAnsat, Aldiyar2493
00
½0
11
*
1½
½0
1½
11
8.048.2596.0+23.22614
5🇰🇿GMMakhnev, Denis2517
01
10
00
½0
*
11
1½
11
8.046.7596.0+18.22610
7🇰🇿IMSapenov, Daniyal2462
01
½½
10
1½
00
*
00
10
5.541.00101.0+4.02488
6🇮🇳GMNarayanan S L2641
00
½½
00
½0
½0
11
*
1½
5.531.25101.0-31.82463
8🇰🇿IMKamalidenova, Meruert2290
00
0½
½0
00
00
10
½0
*2.516.50107.0+6.42330

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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