Shatranj classic 2025
Open SwissStandard
25 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1715, and top seed was Kirill Karpunin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1944).
Artur Bushuyev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1621) won with 8.0/10, ahead of Tarlan Murat (8.0) and Kirill Karpunin (7.5). Bushuyev shared the lead from round 9, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Rakhman Nesipbay (1583) beat Beibars Sultanbek (1883), a +300-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
06 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 10 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×25
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 10 roundsTight race until R10; 2 players tied at 8.0/10, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE21 Aug
Kirill Karpunin takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
R10 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 8.0/10. Bushuyev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (56.5).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Artur Bushuyev beat Tarlan Murat (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Artur Bushuyev | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Tarlan Murat | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Kirill Karpunin | ½ | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Beibars Sultanbek | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushuyev, Artur | 1621 | KAZ | +15B | =5N | +13B | −4N | +8N | +9B | +2B | =3N | +10N | +6B | 8.0 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 47.00 | 1914 | +118.4 |
| 2 | Murat, Tarlan | 1776 | KAZ | +19N | +11B | +7N | +3N | +6B | =4B | −1N | =5N | +15B | +8B | 8.0 | 55.5 | 59.0 | 44.50 | 1921 | +72.0 |
| 3 | Karpunin, Kirill | 1944 | KAZ | +23N | +14B | +4N | −2B | +7N | +11B | +15N | =1B | =6N | =5B | 7.5 | 55.5 | 56.5 | 38.00 | 1858 | -13.8 |
| 4 | Shafikov, Emil | 1703 | KAZ | +10B | +13N | −3B | +1B | +9N | =2N | −6B | +7B | −5N | +15N | 6.5 | 58.5 | 62.5 | 38.00 | 1780 | +41.2 |
| 5 | Nesipbay, Rakhman | 1583 | KAZ | +6N | =1B | +8N | −7B | −11N | +22B | +12N | =2B | +4B | =3N | 6.5 | 58.0 | 59.5 | 36.75 | 1792 | +95.6 |
| 6 | Sultanbek, Beibars | 1883 | KAZ | −5B | +24N | +15B | +17N | −2N | +7B | +4N | +10B | =3B | −1N | 6.5 | 55.5 | 56.0 | 29.75 | 1776 | -58.8 |
| 7 | Solomatin, Sergey | 1674 | KAZ | +20N | +21B | −2B | +5N | −3B | −6N | +13B | −4N | +18N | +11B | 6.0 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 24.00 | 1736 | +13.8 |
| 8 | Nurmanov, Dias | 1666 | KAZ | =17B | +12N | −5B | +16N | −1B | =10N | +21B | =9N | +14B | −2N | 5.5 | 51.0 | 53.0 | 23.25 | 1538 | -63.2 |
| 9 | Maletskiy, Gleb | 1502 | KAZ | =24B | =17N | +10B | +18N | −4B | −1N | +14B | =8B | −11N | +13N | 5.5 | 47.5 | 48.0 | 23.75 | 1659 | +84.4 |
| 10 | Batyrzhanuly, Altair | 1535 | KAZ | −4N | +25B | −9N | +23B | +12N | =8B | +11N | −6N | −1B | +20B | 5.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 15.75 | 1648 | +58.4 |
| 11 | Murat, Ansar | 1586 | KAZ | +16B | −2N | +22B | +12N | +5B | −3N | −10B | −15N | +9B | −7N | 5.0 | 52.0 | 53.5 | 22.50 | 1533 | -28.0 |
| 12 | Zamanbek, Kazbek | 1453 | KAZ | +18N | −8B | +14N | −11B | −10B | +19N | −5B | −13N | +21B | +16B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 18.00 | 1505 | +19.6 |
| 13 | Kuzhumov, Danial | 1601 | KAZ | +22N | −4B | −1N | +21B | +17N | −15B | −7N | +12B | +20N | −9B | 5.0 | 42.5 | 44.0 | 14.00 | 1481 | -50.0 |
| 14 | Ali, Danial | 1617 | KAZ | +25N | −3N | −12B | =22B | =16N | +20B | −9N | +19B | −8N | +18B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 11.75 | 1592 | -13.6 |
| 15 | Rizaidenov, Magellan | 1501 | KAZ | −1N | +23B | −6N | F | +19B | +13N | −3B | +11B | −2N | −4B | 4.0 | 51.0 | 51.5 | 14.50 | 1652 | +62.4 |
| 16 | Mussayev, Rail | 0 | KAZ | −11N | +19B | =18N | −8B | =14B | −21N | −20N | +22B | +17B | −12N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 12.75 | 1479 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Aitbayev, Alisher | 1529 | KAZ | =8N | =9B | +21N | −6B | −13B | −18N | +22N | −20B | −16N | =19N | 3.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 10.75 | 1394 | -21.8 |
| 18 | Khalilzade, Faradj | 1611 | KAZ | −12B | +20N | =16B | −9B | −22N | +17B | −19N | +21N | −7B | −14N | 3.5 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 9.50 | 1389 | -80.8 |
| 19 | Gazizov, Ibrahim | 1542 | KAZ | −2B | −16N | +20B | F | −15N | −12B | +18B | −14N | +22N | =17B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 8.75 | 1468 | -30.8 |
| 20 | Saltaev, Alen | 1530 | KAZ | −7B | −18B | −19N | F | F | −14N | +16B | +17N | −13B | −10N | 2.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 7.50 | 1272 | -80.4 |
| 21 | Uigun, Shakhsultan | 0 | KAZ | F | −7N | −17B | −13N | F | +16B | −8N | −18B | −12N | +22B | 2.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 5.50 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Alpysbayev, Ramazan | 0 | KAZ | −13B | F | −11N | =14N | +18B | −5N | −17B | −16N | −19B | −21N | 1.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 6.00 | 1346 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Abdullayev, Beibyt | 1584 | KAZ | −3B | −15N | +24B | −10N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.50 | 1484 | -23.2 |
| 24 | Yerkin, Ansar | 1653 | KAZ | =9N | −6B | −23N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.75 | 1397 | -49.6 |
| 25 | Bashirov, Orkhan | 1481 | KAZ | −14B | −10N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 775 | -30.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bushuyev, ArturKAZ+118.48.0 pts · #1
- 2Nesipbay, RakhmanKAZ+95.66.5 pts · #8
- 3Maletskiy, GlebKAZ+84.45.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Khalilzade, FaradjKAZ-80.83.5 pts · #18
- 2Saltaev, AlenKAZ-80.42.0 pts · #21
- 3Nurmanov, DiasKAZ-63.25.5 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R1+300 Elo gap
- R10+262 Elo gap
- R4+168 Elo gap