Tournament with the KMS norm december
10 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Nov 2025 to 05 Dec 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1093, and top seed was Arlan Bolat (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1770).
Ratmir Nurullin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1514) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Arlan Bolat (4.0) and Kapkhkhan Eskendir (3.5). Nurullin shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ratmir Nurullin (1514) beat Arlan Bolat (1770), a +256-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsRatmir Nurullin led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Ratmir Nurullin takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Ratmir Nurullin beat Arlan Bolat (White).
Ratmir Nurullin 5 wins (R2–R6)Arlan Bolat 3 wins (R1–R3)Bakhtiyar Gusmanov 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ratmir Nurullin | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Arlan Bolat | 0 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Bakhtiyar Gusmanov | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Kapkhkhan Eskendir | 1 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurullin, Ratmir | 1514 | KAZ | −3N | +8N | +4B | +2B | +7N | +5N | =6B | 5.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 1947 | +60.3 |
| 2 | Bolat, Arlan | 1770 | KAZ | +5B | +7N | +3B | −1N | F | −4B | +9B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 11.50 | 1532 | -48.4 |
| 3 | Kapkhkhan Eskendir | 0 | KAZ | +1B | +10B | −2N | =5N | +8B | −6N | F | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.75 | 1573 | +34.4 |
| 4 | Gusmanov, Bakhtiyar | 1606 | KAZ | −7N | =6B | −1N | +9B | +5B | +2N | F | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1562 | -13.6 |
| 5 | Dulatov, Arman | 1508 | KAZ | −2N | +9B | +10N | =3B | −4N | −1B | +8N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.25 | 1420 | -18.8 |
| 6 | Mukhit, Ernur | 1513 | KAZ | =8B | =4N | =7B | −10N | −9N | +3B | =1N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 10.50 | 1454 | -14.0 |
| 7 | Oralbekov, Eldar | 1470 | KAZ | +4B | −2B | =6N | +8N | −1B | −9N | F | 2.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 7.50 | 1518 | +2.4 |
| 8 | Raikhan, Nursultan | 0 | KAZ | =6N | −1B | +9N | −7B | −3N | +10B | −5B | 2.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 1366 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bakdaulet, Asanali | 0 | KAZ | −10N | −5N | −8B | −4N | +6B | +7B | −2N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 5.50 | 1451 | +1.2 |
| 10 | Omirali, Ilkhan | 1551 | KAZ | +9B | −3N | −5B | +6B | F | −8N | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 5.00 | 1512 | -4.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nurullin, RatmirKAZ+60.35.5 pts · #1
- 2Kapkhkhan EskendirKAZ+34.43.5 pts · #3
- 3Oralbekov, EldarKAZ+2.42.5 pts · #6
- 1Bolat, ArlanKAZ-48.44.0 pts · #4
- 2Dulatov, ArmanKAZ-18.83.5 pts · #10
- 3Mukhit, ErnurKAZ-14.03.0 pts · #8
- R4+256 Elo gap
- R6+164 Elo gap
- R1+136 Elo gap