Shymkent CM tournament Kazchess

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39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Erbolat Sailauev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1815).

Abylkassym Kurmanbek (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1579) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sanzhar Sarypbek (7.5) and Kaisar Mukhit (6.5). Kurmanbek shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Abylkassym Kurmanbek (1579) beat Erbolat Sailauev (1815), a +236-point gap.

Location

🇰🇿Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Dates

20 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇿Erbolat Sailauev1815

Avg top 10

1,587

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×32

Top 3

🥇
Abylkassym Kurmanbek
🇰🇿KAZ·1579
7.5pts·1974perf+87.6
🥈
Sanzhar Sarypbek
🇰🇿KAZ·1603
7.5pts·1700perf+26.0
🥉
Kaisar Mukhit
🇰🇿KAZ·1619
6.5pts·1694perf+31.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Kurmanbek7.5Sarypbek7.5Mukhit6.5Sailauev6.5Mirkurbanov6Bakbergen6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE13 Sept

Kaisar Mukhit takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Kurmanbek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Abylkassym Kurmanbek drew with Sanzhar Sarypbek (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Abylkassym Kurmanbek	*	½	1	1
2Sanzhar Sarypbek	½	*	½	—
3Kaisar Mukhit	0	½	*	1
4Erbolat Sailauev	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kurmanbek, Abylkassym	1579	KAZ	−11N	+17B	+25N	+12B	+24N	+4B	=2N	+3N	+8B	7.5	44.5	48.0	38.75	1974	+87.6
2	Sarypbek, Sanzhar	1603	KAZ	+35B	+23N	=7B	+30N	=3B	+21N	=1B	+13B	+5N	7.5	42.0	44.0	34.00	1700	+26.0
3	Mukhit, Kaisar	1619	KAZ	+25N	+18B	=9N	+16B	=2N	+13B	+4N	−1B	=6N	6.5	47.0	50.5	33.50	1694	+31.2
4	Sailauev, Erbolat	1815	KAZ	+39B	+32N	+10B	+8N	=9B	−1N	−3B	+22N	+12B	6.5	42.5	42.5	25.75	1617	-57.2
5	Mirkurbanov, Mirdiyar	0	KAZ	+6N	+12B	−16N	+19B	−13N	+20B	+22B	+7N	−2B	6.0	43.0	47.0	30.00	1541	0.0
6	Baurzhanuly, Mansur	1474	KAZ	−5B	+28N	+29B	−21N	+33B	+19N	+9B	=8N	=3B	6.0	39.0	41.5	25.50	1830	+54.0
7	Bakbergen, Mukagali	1449	KAZ	+34B	+33N	=2N	−9B	+30B	+26N	=8N	−5B	+21N	6.0	37.5	40.0	22.00	1675	+47.6
8	Otepbergen, Baktiyar	0	KAZ	+22B	+13N	+15B	−4B	+16N	=9N	=7B	=6B	−1N	5.5	46.0	50.0	27.25	1574	0.0
9	Shinaliev, Bekarys	1522	KAZ	+31B	+38N	=3B	+7N	=4N	=8B	−6N	=19B	=11N	5.5	43.5	44.5	24.25	1578	+13.2
10	Zhanaskyzy, Medina	1531	KAZ	+20N	+11B	−4N	−13B	=12N	=30B	=27N	+17B	+18N	5.5	39.0	42.0	24.75	1556	+6.8
11	Arip, Sundet	0	KAZ	+1B	−10N	−22B	+27N	−26B	+34N	+33B	+14N	=9B	5.5	37.0	39.5	23.75	1379	0.0
12	Zhanibek, Alikhan	1461	KAZ	+28B	−5N	+36B	−1N	=10B	+15N	=14B	+23N	−4N	5.0	43.0	45.0	19.75	1512	+6.8
13	Nurak, Bakytzhan	1453	KAZ	+37N	−8B	+38B	+10N	+5B	−3N	+21B	−2N	F	5.0	37.5	37.5	18.00	1459	+0.8
14	Belyalov, Askar	0	KAZ	=17N	+26B	−30N	+18B	−19N	+24B	=12N	−11B	+22B	5.0	35.0	38.0	20.25	1536	0.0
15	Yusupov, Bakir	1476	KAZ	+24N	=30B	−8N	−17B	+18N	−12B	=25N	+34B	+23N	5.0	33.5	36.0	17.75	1431	-10.8
16	Cherkasov, Alexander	1572	KAZ	+29B	+36N	+5B	−3N	−8B	−22N	+17N	−21B	=24B	4.5	37.5	39.5	17.75	1419	-24.4
17	Seilov, Almat	1543	KAZ	=14B	−1N	+39B	+15N	−21B	+32N	−16B	−10N	+33N	4.5	37.0	37.0	13.00	1445	-27.2
18	Iatsuk, Mukhamaddin	1415	KAZ	+21B	−3N	=33B	−14N	−15B	+31N	+32B	+26N	−10B	4.5	35.5	38.0	14.75	1448	+8.4
19	Nurbol, Aiaru	1537	KAZ	F	+31N	+35B	−5N	+14B	−6B	F	=9N	+20N	4.5	35.0	36.0	17.25	1305	-23.6
20	Ibrayev, Bostan	0	KAZ	−10B	−22N	+34B	+35N	+23B	−5N	=26B	+27N	−19B	4.5	33.5	35.5	13.75	1196	0.0
21	Yunusaliev, Saydali	0	KAZ	−18N	F	+23B	+6B	+17N	−2B	−13N	+16N	−7B	4.0	42.0	42.0	19.00	1451	0.0
22	Adyrbekov, Daniyal	1466	KAZ	−8N	+20B	+11N	−24B	+25N	+16B	−5N	−4B	−14N	4.0	41.0	44.5	18.00	1693	+21.2
23	FIDE 557011010	0	—	+27N	−2B	−21N	+38B	−20N	+36B	+24N	−12B	−15B	4.0	35.0	36.0	10.00	712	0.0
24	Khudayarov, Aslkhon	0	KAZ	−15B	+39N	+32B	+22N	−1B	−14N	−23B	F	=16N	3.5	36.0	36.0	9.25	1504	0.0
25	Agzamov, Davlatbek	0	KAZ	−3B	+34N	−1B	+29N	−22B	−33N	=15B	+31N	−27B	3.5	35.5	38.0	11.50	1213	0.0
26	Kudratuv, Gulamzhan	1544	KAZ	−30N	−14N	+28B	+36B	+11N	−7B	=20N	−18B	F	3.5	34.0	34.0	13.25	706	-66.4
27	Zhakhanger, Tileukhan	0	KAZ	−23B	−29N	F	−11B	+38N	+35N	=10B	−20B	+25N	3.5	29.5	29.5	9.25	1529	0.0
28	Sabirzhanov, Abzal	0	KAZ	−12N	−6B	−26N	=31N	=29B	=37B	+35N	=32B	=34N	3.5	28.5	30.0	8.75	1156	0.0
29	Azimkhanov, Burkhon	0	KAZ	−16N	+27B	−6N	−25B	=28N	−38B	+37N	=33B	=31N	3.5	28.0	29.0	9.50	723	0.0
30	Bakkarayev, Asan	0	KAZ	+26B	=15N	+14B	−2B	−7N	=10N	F	F	F	3.0	40.5	40.5	13.75	1448	-55.2
31	FIDE 557011060	0	—	−9N	−19B	+37N	=28B	−32N	−18B	+38N	−25B	=29B	3.0	29.5	30.5	6.00	674	0.0
32	Tastemir, Sanzhar	1433	KAZ	F	−4B	−24N	=33N	+31B	−17B	−18N	=28N	+37B	3.0	29.5	29.5	7.50	791	-38.8
33	Talibbaev, Sunnatbek	0	KAZ	F	−7B	=18N	=32B	−6N	+25B	−11N	=29N	−17B	2.5	36.5	36.5	9.00	1223	0.0
34	FIDE 557011087	0	—	−7N	−25B	−20N	F	+35B	−11B	+36N	−15N	=28B	2.5	32.0	32.0	5.75	663	0.0
35	Alimbet, Damir	0	KAZ	−2N	+37B	−19N	−20B	−34N	−27B	−28B	+36N	F	2.0	29.5	29.5	3.50	767	0.0
36	FIDE 557011036	0	—	F	−16B	−12N	−26N	+37B	−23N	−34B	−35B	+38N	2.0	24.0	24.0	2.50	725	0.0
37	FIDE 557011079	0	—	−13B	−35N	−31B	F	−36N	=28N	−29B	+38B	−32N	1.5	23.0	23.0	2.75	643	0.0
38	FIDE 557011044	0	—	F	−9B	−13N	−23N	−27B	+29N	−31B	−37N	−36B	1.0	31.0	32.5	3.50	687	0.0
39	FIDE 557000646	0	—	−4N	−24B	−17N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	879	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kurmanbek, AbylkassymKAZ
+87.6
7.5 pts · #5
2Baurzhanuly, MansurKAZ
+54.0
6.0 pts · #13
3Bakbergen, MukagaliKAZ
+47.6
6.0 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Kudratuv, GulamzhanKAZ
-66.4
3.5 pts · #33
2Sailauev, ErbolatKAZ
-57.2
6.5 pts · #4
3Bakkarayev, AsanKAZ
-55.2
3.0 pts · #14

Biggest upsets

R6+236 Elo gap
Kurmanbek, Abylkassym1579 beat Sailauev, Erbolat1815
R7+196 Elo gap
Mukhit, Kaisar1619 beat Sailauev, Erbolat1815
R8+129 Elo gap
Iatsuk, Mukhamaddin1415 beat Kudratuv, Gulamzhan1544