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Astana chess championship G18

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9 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Oct 2025 to 31 Oct 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1242, and top seed was Yasmina Alemanova (🇰🇿 KAZ, WCM, 1820).

Yasmina Alemanova (🇰🇿 KAZ, WCM, 1820) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Aiza Tulekenova (6.5) and Arailym Arenova (6.0). Alemanova shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Anya Bekmagambetova (1475) beat Kamila Dukembayeva (1615), a +140-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
27 Oct 2025 → 31 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿WCMYasmina Alemanova1820
Avg top 10
1,242
Participants
9
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
3
1
2
4
2
1
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Alemanova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Yasmina Alemanova beat Aiza Tulekenova (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Yasmina Alemanova 6 wins (R2–R9)Aiza Tulekenova 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alemanova, YasminaWCM1820KAZ=5B+4NF+8BF+7B+3N+2B+6N6.527.527.526.002394+44.4
2Tulekenova, Aiza1718KAZ+9N+7B=3NF+6B+5N+4B1N+8B6.527.527.518.001771+18.0
3Arenova, Arailym1606KAZ+7NF=2B+6N+5B=4N1B+8N+9B6.028.028.015.751720+32.0
4Bekmagambetova, Anya1475KAZF1B+8N+9B+7N=3B2N=6B+5N5.029.029.011.751620+44.4
5Kudaibergen, Aruzhan0KAZ=1N+8B+9N7B3N2B=6NF4B3.031.031.06.5014400.0
6Balgabekkyzy, Gulnisa1544KAZ8N+9B=7N3B2NF=5B=4N1B2.531.531.55.251482-22.4
7Dukembayeva, Kamila1615KAZ3B2N=6B+5N4B1N8B+9NF2.531.531.54.251403-64.8
8Chukanova, Veronika0KAZ+6B5N4B1NFF+7N3B2N2.032.032.05.0015060.0
9Zhumagalieva, Safiya1404KAZ2B6N5B4NFFF7B3N0.034.034.00.00794-51.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets