Open classic tournament Kostanay
26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Oct 2025 to 20 Oct 2025 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1533, and top seed was Sultan Zharmagambetov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1646).
Sultanbek Talgatov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1589) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Amirzhan Zhantemirov (7.0) and Yerassyl Sapabek (6.5). Talgatov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Egor Suprunov (1418) beat Sultan Zharmagambetov (1646), a +228-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Sultanbek Talgatov held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Talgatov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).
Sultanbek Talgatov beat Amirzhan Zhantemirov (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sultanbek Talgatov | * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Amirzhan Zhantemirov | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Yerassyl Sapabek | 1 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Abzal Moldakhmet | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talgatov, Sultanbek | 1589 | KAZ | +22N | +2B | +4N | +11B | =6N | +5B | =7B | +12N | −3N | 7.0 | 45.5 | 47.5 | 35.50 | 1715 | +54.4 |
| 2 | Zhantemirov, Amirzhan | 1480 | KAZ | +21N | −1N | +15B | +10B | +8N | +6B | =3N | =4B | +5B | 7.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 33.75 | 1627 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Sapabek, Yerassyl | 1554 | KAZ | −11B | =10B | +19N | +16B | =4N | +15N | =2B | +9N | +1B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 31.25 | 1592 | +14.4 |
| 4 | Sapabek, Nurassyl | 1486 | KAZ | +20B | +15N | −1B | =5N | =3B | +17B | +6N | =2N | =7N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 48.0 | 28.50 | 1584 | +49.6 |
| 5 | Moldakhmet, Abzal | 1458 | KAZ | +25N | +13N | =6B | =4B | +11N | −1N | +16B | +7B | −2N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 25.25 | 1568 | +42.0 |
| 6 | Filippov, Rodion | 1515 | KAZ | +23N | +8B | =5N | +17B | =1B | −2N | −4B | +16N | =9B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 46.0 | 24.00 | 1480 | -12.0 |
| 7 | Zharmagambetov, Sultan | 1646 | KAZ | −9B | =18N | +24B | +13B | +12N | +8B | =1N | −5N | =4B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 23.75 | 1535 | -44.4 |
| 8 | Adyrbai, Mansur | 1450 | KAZ | +24B | −6N | +21B | +9N | −2B | −7N | +13N | =15B | +10N | 5.5 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 19.00 | 1447 | -2.0 |
| 9 | Suprunov, Egor | 1418 | KAZ | +7N | =12B | =13N | −8B | =10N | +14B | +18N | −3B | =6N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 23.00 | 1530 | +40.8 |
| 10 | Baimukhanov, Zhan | 0 | KAZ | =18B | =3N | +14B | −2N | =9B | −12B | +19N | +11N | −8B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 19.00 | 1429 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Karin, Arlan | 1411 | KAZ | +3N | +17B | +12N | −1N | −5B | −16B | =15N | −10B | +18B | 4.5 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 20.50 | 1645 | +75.6 |
| 12 | Shudegov, Kirill | 1532 | KAZ | +14B | =9N | −11B | +18N | −7B | +10N | +17B | −1B | F | 4.5 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 19.00 | 1453 | -27.2 |
| 13 | Martynova, Irina | 1539 | KAZ | +26N | −5B | =9B | −7N | F | +23N | −8B | +20B | +22N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 9.00 | 1329 | -56.4 |
| 14 | Aitmukhambetov, Aslan | 0 | KAZ | −12N | +25B | −10N | +21B | −17N | −9N | =22B | +23B | +19N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 8.00 | 1315 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Tasmagambetov, Didar | 0 | KAZ | +19N | −4B | −2N | +23N | F | −3B | =11B | =8N | +17B | 4.0 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 13.00 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Bagitzhan, Alikhan | 0 | KAZ | −17N | +19B | +18B | −3N | +20B | +11N | −5N | −6B | F | 4.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 13.00 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Moshenskaya, Sofiya | 1505 | KAZ | +16B | −11N | +20B | −6N | +14B | −4N | −12N | +21B | −15N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 13.00 | 678 | -86.4 |
| 18 | Balabaeva, Asima | 1487 | KAZ | =10N | =7B | −16N | −12B | +21N | +24N | −9B | =22B | −11N | 3.5 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 9.00 | 1244 | -61.2 |
| 19 | Makhmut, Sayana | 1464 | KAZ | −15B | −16N | −3B | +26N | =23B | +20N | −10B | F | −14B | 2.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 3.75 | 745 | -14.4 |
| 20 | Kizdarbekov, Daler | 0 | KAZ | −4N | +22B | −17N | +24B | −16N | −19B | =26B | −13N | F | 2.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.25 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Serikzhan, Emir | 0 | KAZ | −2B | +26B | −8N | −14N | −18B | F | +24N | −17N | F | 2.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 1.50 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Kasymov, Tair | 1413 | KAZ | −1B | −20N | −23B | F | F | +26B | =14N | =18N | −13B | 2.0 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 4.50 | 1265 | -20.0 |
| 23 | Amangali, Asylkhan | 0 | KAZ | −6B | −24N | +22N | −15B | =19N | −13B | F | −14N | F | 1.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 3.25 | 1390 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Zhantemirova, Ameliya | 0 | KAZ | −8N | +23B | −7N | −20N | F | −18B | −21B | F | F | 1.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 1.50 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Utenov, Ruslan | 0 | KAZ | −5B | −14N | +26N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.50 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ahmet, Rustem | 0 | KAZ | −13B | −21N | −25B | −19B | F | −22N | =20N | F | F | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.25 | 665 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Karin, ArlanKAZ+75.64.5 pts · #7
- 2Talgatov, SultanbekKAZ+54.47.0 pts · #1
- 3Sapabek, NurassylKAZ+49.66.0 pts · #6
- 1Moshenskaya, SofiyaKAZ-86.44.0 pts · #24
- 2Balabaeva, AsimaKAZ-61.23.5 pts · #18
- 3Martynova, IrinaKAZ-56.44.5 pts · #16
- R1+228 Elo gap
- R8+188 Elo gap
- R1+143 Elo gap