Mangistau Classic 20
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1522, and top seed was Arlan Aimaganbet (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1585).
Temirlan Abdish (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1486) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Alexandra Tyulkina (7.0) and Artur Nurbergen (6.5). Abdish shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Alsu Amirova (1426) beat Saya Barieva (1531), a +105-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Aktau, Kazakhstan
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×30
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE12 Oct
Temirlan Abdish takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Abdish takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Temirlan Abdish drew with Alexandra Tyulkina (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Temirlan Abdish | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2Alexandra Tyulkina | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Artur Nurbergen | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Nurakhmet Zhanibek | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdish, Temirlan | 1486 | KAZ | +14B | =2N | −15B | +13N | +7B | +10N | +5B | +12N | =3B | 7.0 | 45.0 | 49.5 | 38.25 | 1664 | +65.2 |
| 2 | Tyulkina, Alexandra | 0 | KAZ | +20N | =1B | −10N | +24B | +17N | +6B | +9N | =3B | +8N | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 35.25 | 1651 | +94.0 |
| 3 | Nurbergen, Artur | 1524 | KAZ | +18B | +19N | =7B | =15N | +4B | =5N | +6B | =2N | =1N | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 35.50 | 1605 | +32.8 |
| 4 | Zhanibek, Nurakhmet | 1473 | KAZ | +26B | =15N | =19B | +11N | −3N | +22B | =8N | +9B | +7B | 6.5 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 29.00 | 1583 | +31.6 |
| 5 | Utebayev, Arsen | 1515 | KAZ | +23N | +16B | =6N | +10B | +9N | =3B | −1N | −8B | +11N | 6.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 29.75 | 1505 | -5.6 |
| 6 | Berdigali, Adilet | 1496 | KAZ | +31B | +11N | =5B | +16N | =15B | −2N | −3N | +22B | +12B | 6.0 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 24.25 | 1312 | -46.8 |
| 7 | Bersanov, Batu | 1491 | KAZ | +29N | +8B | =3N | −9B | −1N | +18B | +19N | +17B | −4N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 23.75 | 1335 | -50.8 |
| 8 | Nurdaulet, Alikhan | 1417 | KAZ | +32B | −7N | +14B | +22N | −10B | +11N | =4B | +5N | −2B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 22.75 | 1343 | -26.0 |
| 9 | Mered, Raiymbek | 1549 | KAZ | =13B | +28N | +30B | +7N | −5B | +15N | −2B | −4N | +17N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 21.50 | 1536 | +18.4 |
| 10 | Aimaganbet, Arlan | 1585 | KAZ | +22B | =30N | +2B | −5N | +8N | −1B | −12N | =18B | +20N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 23.00 | 1515 | -8.0 |
| 11 | Yessenbeg, Aissultan | 0 | KAZ | +25N | −6B | +29N | −4B | +23N | −8B | +20N | +15B | −5B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 17.50 | 1368 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sundetbay, Sabyrzhan | 0 | KAZ | −19B | −18N | +31B | +29B | +27N | +16N | +10B | −1B | −6N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 15.50 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Amirov, Zakariya | 0 | KAZ | =9N | =24B | =25N | −1B | =20N | +23B | =18N | +29B | =21N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 17.75 | 1344 | -17.6 |
| 14 | Samenov, Saken | 0 | KAZ | −1N | +20B | −8N | −23B | −24N | +27B | +31N | +19B | +18N | 5.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1326 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Bektursynuly, Dias | 1567 | KAZ | +21N | =4B | +1N | =3B | =6N | −9B | −17N | −11N | +22B | 4.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 24.00 | 1503 | -18.8 |
| 16 | Toktarbai, Sezym | 1420 | KAZ | +17N | −5N | +18B | −6B | +25N | −12B | =22N | −21B | +27B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 15.75 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Uzbekova, Zarema | 0 | KAZ | −16B | +23B | +24N | =30N | −2B | +28N | +15B | −7N | −9B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 14.50 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Berdaulet, Erkebulan | 0 | KAZ | −3N | +12B | −16N | +26B | +19B | −7N | =13B | =10N | −14B | 4.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 16.50 | 1318 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Oteubayeva, Kundyz | 1433 | KAZ | +12N | −3B | =4N | =25B | −18N | +24B | −7B | −14N | +26B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 15.25 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Amirova, Alsu | 1426 | KAZ | −2B | −14N | +28B | =27N | =13B | +30N | −11B | +25N | −10B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 11.25 | 1480 | +16.8 |
| 21 | Amangeldiyeva, Amina | 0 | KAZ | −15B | −26N | −27B | =28N | F | +31B | +24N | +16N | =13B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 12.25 | 1395 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Akhmet, Yersin | 0 | KAZ | −10N | +27B | +26N | −8B | +30B | −4N | =16B | −6N | −15N | 3.5 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 9.25 | 1232 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bissaliyev, Amirlan | 0 | KAZ | −5B | −17N | +32B | +14N | −11B | −13N | +26B | −27N | =28B | 3.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 8.75 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Azamatuly, Ashirkhan | 0 | KAZ | =28B | =13N | −17B | −2N | +14B | −19N | −21B | +26N | −25B | 3.0 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 11.25 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Zhassulanyly, Ramazan | 0 | KAZ | −11B | +31N | =13B | =19N | −16B | −26N | F | −20B | +24N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 8.50 | 1245 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Sisen, Sanzhar | 0 | KAZ | −4N | +21B | −22B | −18N | =31N | +25B | −23N | −24B | −19N | 2.5 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 7.50 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Serik, Salavat | 0 | KAZ | −30B | −22N | +21N | =20B | −12B | −14N | F | +23B | −16N | 2.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 9.50 | 1250 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Barieva, Saya | 1531 | KAZ | =24N | −9B | −20N | =21B | F | −17B | −29N | +31B | =23N | 2.5 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 6.25 | 658 | -48.0 |
| 29 | Kaldybai, Rasul | 0 | KAZ | −7B | +32N | −11B | −12N | F | F | +28B | −13N | =31N | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 3.00 | 1379 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mergenbai, Nurasyl | 1474 | KAZ | +27N | =10B | −9N | =17B | −22N | −20B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 7.25 | 1213 | -37.2 |
| 31 | FIDE 447040882 | 0 | — | −6N | −25B | −12N | F | =26B | −21N | −14B | −28N | =29B | 1.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 2.50 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 447074280 | 0 | — | −8N | −29B | −23N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 641 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Tyulkina, AlexandraKAZ+94.07.0 pts · #2
- 2Abdish, TemirlanKAZ+65.27.0 pts · #1
- 3Nurbergen, ArturKAZ+32.86.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Bersanov, BatuKAZ-50.85.5 pts · #13
- 2Barieva, SayaKAZ-48.02.5 pts · #28
- 3Berdigali, AdiletKAZ-46.86.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R3+105 Elo gap