Cadets vs Masters September 2025
31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Sept 2025 to 09 Sept 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1822, and top seed was Kirill Karpunin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1941).
Kuanysh Dzhumakanov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1813) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Dias Toibol (6.5) and Kirill Karpunin (6.5). Dzhumakanov shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Kurmet Meiram (1564) beat Samazhan Kettebekov (1912), a +348-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsKuanysh Dzhumakanov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Yerassyl Chary takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
Kuanysh Dzhumakanov beat Kirill Karpunin (White).
Kuanysh Dzhumakanov 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Kirill Karpunin 3 wins (R1–R3)Dias Toibol 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kuanysh Dzhumakanov | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Kirill Karpunin | 0 | * | 0 | — |
| 3Dias Toibol | ½ | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Daulet Nurbolatov | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzhumakanov, Kuanysh | 1813 | KAZ | +20B | +16N | +8B | +3B | −6N | +11N | +9B | +5N | =2N | 7.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 40.25 | 1986 | +66.8 |
| 2 | Toibol, Dias | 1779 | KAZ | =4B | =7N | +17B | +24N | +5B | =6B | =11N | +3N | =1B | 6.5 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 35.25 | 1934 | +67.6 |
| 3 | Karpunin, Kirill | 1941 | KAZ | +21B | +12N | +5B | −1N | =11B | +14N | +6N | −2B | +8N | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 34.00 | 1874 | -10.8 |
| 4 | Nurbolatov, Daulet | 1875 | KAZ | =2N | −13B | −20N | +30B | +22B | +27N | +12B | +6N | +14B | 6.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 25.25 | 2027 | +27.6 |
| 5 | Seitkazy, Nurym | 1780 | KAZ | +28N | +23B | −3N | +8B | −2N | +19B | +15N | −1B | +11N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 44.5 | 24.00 | 1834 | +10.8 |
| 6 | Chary, Yerassyl | 1661 | KAZ | +30B | +26N | +27B | =11N | +1B | =2N | −3B | −4B | +13N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 23.75 | 1791 | +19.8 |
| 7 | Kettebekov, Samazhan | 1912 | KAZ | −16N | =2B | +23N | −9B | +18N | +13B | +10N | −8B | +17N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 25.75 | 1624 | -46.4 |
| 8 | Murat, Yeskendir | 1625 | KAZ | +29B | +15B | −1N | −5N | +27B | =17B | +19N | +7N | −3B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 42.0 | 19.75 | 1794 | +68.8 |
| 9 | Bagdad, Imran | 1708 | KAZ | +22B | =27N | −14B | +7N | +12B | +15B | −1N | −13N | +16B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 24.25 | 1822 | +44.4 |
| 10 | Asan, Nurtilek | 1605 | KAZ | +24B | −11N | +26B | −15B | +25N | =12N | −7B | +22N | +18B | 5.5 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 19.50 | 1612 | -5.6 |
| 11 | Blokhin, Alexey | 1824 | KAZ | +18N | +10B | +13N | =6B | =3N | −1B | =2B | =14N | −5B | 5.0 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 27.00 | 1730 | -19.2 |
| 12 | Zamanbek, Mereilim | 1645 | KAZ | +31N | −3B | +18N | +13B | −9N | =10B | −4N | =16B | +19N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 18.50 | 1645 | -4.0 |
| 13 | Saken, Abubakir | 0 | KAZ | +19B | +4N | −11B | −12N | +21B | −7N | +24N | +9B | −6B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 23.00 | 1710 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kamatayev, Murat | 1706 | KAZ | −23N | +20B | +9N | +25B | =15N | −3B | +17N | =11B | −4N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 21.75 | 1795 | +13.8 |
| 15 | Tleumbetov, Berik | 1884 | KAZ | +17B | −8N | +16B | +10N | =14B | −9N | −5B | −18N | +22B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 20.50 | 1591 | -57.8 |
| 16 | Meiram, Kurmet | 1564 | KAZ | +7B | −1B | −15N | −27N | +23B | +20N | +21B | =12N | −9N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 19.00 | 1599 | +4.8 |
| 17 | Kairgaliyev, Alinur | 1540 | KAZ | −15N | +31B | −2N | +23B | +24B | =8N | −14B | +21N | −7B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 12.75 | 1530 | -8.8 |
| 18 | Elshatov, Tamirlan | 1538 | KAZ | −11B | +30N | −12B | =22N | −7B | +29N | +25N | +15B | −10N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 10.25 | 1537 | -4.4 |
| 19 | Kodiri, Nukrabonui | 1615 | KAZ | −13N | +28B | −25N | +26B | +20B | −5N | −8B | +23N | −12B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 12.00 | 883 | -50.4 |
| 20 | Oplanchuk , Erika | 0 | KAZ | −1N | −14N | +4B | +31B | −19N | −16B | F | +24N | +26B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 12.50 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Markovskaya, Teya | 1586 | KAZ | −3N | +22B | −24N | +28B | −13N | +26B | −16N | −17B | +29N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 9.50 | 844 | -30.0 |
| 22 | Kasmakynov, Sanzhar | 0 | KAZ | −9N | −21N | +29B | =18B | −4N | +30N | +27B | −10B | −15N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 5.75 | 1423 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kazymbetov, Abzal | 0 | KAZ | +14B | −5N | −7B | −17N | −16N | F | +28B | −19B | +25N | 3.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 10.00 | 1414 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Zhanabay, Dastan | 0 | KAZ | −10N | F | +21B | −2B | −17N | +31N | −13B | −20B | +28N | 3.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 6.00 | 1398 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Nurzhan, Amir | 0 | KAZ | −27B | +29N | +19B | −14N | −10B | +28N | −18B | −26N | −23B | 3.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 7.00 | 1360 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 557010102 | 0 | — | F | −6B | −10N | −19N | +29B | −21N | +30B | +25B | −20N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Kabylbek, Alisultan | 1517 | KAZ | +25N | =9B | −6N | +16B | −8N | −4B | −22N | −28B | F | 2.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 10.25 | 1537 | +2.8 |
| 28 | Arshamov, Iskander | 0 | KAZ | −5B | −19N | +30B | −21N | F | −25B | −23N | +27N | −24B | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 2.50 | 1394 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 447072172 | 0 | — | −8N | −25B | −22N | F | −26N | −18B | F | +30N | −21B | 1.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 0.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 447033428 | 0 | — | −6N | −18B | −28N | −4N | F | −22B | −26N | −29B | F | 0.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 0.00 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Kuzembaeva, Rayana | 0 | KAZ | −12B | −17N | F | −20N | F | −24B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Murat, YeskendirKAZ+68.85.5 pts · #5
- 2Toibol, DiasKAZ+67.66.5 pts · #3
- 3Dzhumakanov, KuanyshKAZ+66.87.5 pts · #2
- 1Tleumbetov, BerikKAZ-57.84.5 pts · #10
- 2Kodiri, NukrabonuiKAZ-50.44.0 pts · #28
- 3Kettebekov, SamazhanKAZ-46.45.5 pts · #11
- R1+348 Elo gap
- R8+346 Elo gap
- R8+287 Elo gap