Astana chess championship B 2025

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62 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 12 Nov 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1741, and top seed was Timur Kusherbayev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1796).

Alan Mukashev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1738) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Timur Kusherbayev (7.0) and Nurlybek Dias (7.0). Mukashev shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Suleyman Arif Kazakbay (1473) beat Zhaser Dzharkinbayev (1765), a +292-point gap.

Location

🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan

Dates

08 Nov 2025 → 12 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇿Timur Kusherbayev1796

Avg top 10

1,741

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×62

Top 3

🥇
Alan Mukashev
🇰🇿KAZ·1738
7.5pts·1889perf+79.2
🥈
Timur Kusherbayev
🇰🇿KAZ·1796
7.0pts·1838perf+20.9
🥉
Nurlybek Dias
🇰🇿KAZ·1765
7.0pts·1830perf+44.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Alan Mukashev led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Mukashev7.5Manasov7Dias7Kusherbayev7Nurman6.5Nauryzbay6.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Alan Mukashev held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alan Mukashev beat Murat Manasov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alan Mukashev 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)Murat Manasov 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alan Mukashev	*	1	—	½
2Murat Manasov	0	*	1	0
3Nurlybek Dias	—	0	*	—
4Timur Kusherbayev	½	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mukashev, Alan	1738	KAZ	+48B	+34N	+8B	=11N	=9B	+13N	+7B	+4N	=2B	7.5	47.0	50.5	41.25	1889	+79.2
2	Kusherbayev, Timur	1796	KAZ	+27B	+4N	=21B	+5N	−7B	+8N	+26B	+11N	=1N	7.0	48.0	52.5	40.25	1838	+20.9
3	Nurlybek Dias	1765	KAZ	+25B	+13N	=5B	+14N	+11B	=7N	−4N	+8B	+16N	7.0	47.5	52.5	39.25	1830	+44.8
4	Manasov, Murat	1625	KAZ	+43B	−2B	+15N	+42N	+21B	+9N	+3B	−1B	+7N	7.0	47.5	51.0	36.50	1855	+52.4
5	Nurman, Aruzhan	1663	KAZ	+40N	+50B	=3N	−2B	+31N	=22B	+28N	=10B	+12N	6.5	43.0	46.5	30.50	1772	+58.4
6	Nauryzbay, Ayana	1637	KAZ	+42B	+35N	=9B	=21N	−8B	=12N	+17B	+32N	+11B	6.5	41.5	45.0	30.75	1773	+58.8
7	Kuznetsov, Vladislav	1730	KAZ	+29B	+33N	=14B	+26N	+2N	=3B	−1N	+20B	−4B	6.0	48.5	52.5	31.75	1750	+48.0
8	Nurgisa, Nurdaulet	1652	KAZ	+23N	+46B	−1N	+28B	+6N	−2B	+22N	−3N	+15B	6.0	48.0	51.5	30.00	1738	+62.0
9	Omurzakov, Altair	1697	KAZ	+15N	+51B	=6N	+41B	=1N	−4B	−11N	+24B	+22N	6.0	45.5	49.0	29.50	1712	+12.5
10	Koyshibai, Aidana	1714	KAZ	=26B	+38N	=12B	+33N	−13B	=27N	+14B	=5N	+31B	6.0	40.0	44.0	28.00	1686	-9.2
11	Yerbulatov, Almadi	1670	KAZ	+61B	+45N	+17B	=1B	−3N	+14N	+9B	−2B	−6N	5.5	48.5	49.5	25.25	1740	+83.2
12	Makhmut, Nurislam	1488	KAZ	=16N	+24B	=10N	=19B	+41N	=6B	=13B	+26N	−5B	5.5	45.0	48.5	27.50	1698	+67.6
13	Yedresheva, Amaliya	1625	KAZ	+58N	−3B	+53N	+36B	+10N	−1B	=12N	−16B	+30N	5.5	43.0	45.0	22.25	1651	+30.8
14	Garayev, Bakhtiyar	1637	KAZ	+31N	+36B	=7N	−3B	+47N	−11B	−10N	+29B	+28N	5.5	41.5	45.0	23.50	1646	0.0
15	Seilov, Almat	1502	KAZ	−9B	+32N	−4B	+43N	+55B	=17N	+37B	+19B	−8N	5.5	41.5	44.0	22.25	1717	+97.2
16	Abdishev, Aldiyar	1656	KAZ	=12B	=52N	+45B	=27N	+29B	−26N	+30B	+13N	−3B	5.5	39.5	42.5	24.50	1615	-11.6
17	Dzharkinbayev, Zhaser	1765	KAZ	+28N	+60B	−11N	−31B	+25N	=15B	−6N	+41B	+26N	5.5	39.0	40.5	21.75	1631	-57.2
18	Zhankarayeva, Zhansaya	1697	KAZ	=52B	−26N	+44B	−22N	+39B	+23B	=24N	+25B	=20N	5.5	37.5	40.5	24.25	1587	-43.2
19	Arenova, Arailym	1649	KAZ	−45B	+61N	+52B	=12N	−26B	+29N	+27B	−15N	+44B	5.5	34.5	35.5	19.25	1586	-16.0
20	Tursunbai, Abdurrohman	1594	KAZ	−35B	−42N	+61B	+45N	+52B	+33N	+21B	−7N	=18B	5.5	34.5	35.5	19.25	1706	+45.6
21	Marat, Yasmin	1687	KAZ	+53N	+47B	=2N	=6B	−4N	+31B	−20N	−22B	+41N	5.0	42.0	45.0	20.75	1630	-30.0
22	Abuzharova, Aidana	1534	KAZ	=37B	+57N	−26B	+18B	+30N	=5N	−8B	+21N	−9B	5.0	42.0	44.0	22.25	1617	+29.6
23	Zhandildina, Aruna	1488	KAZ	−8B	=39N	+38B	+49N	=27B	−18N	−32B	+33N	+37B	5.0	36.0	39.5	19.75	1647	+21.6
24	Dzhakupov, Baltabek	1616	KAZ	=44B	−12N	+57B	−29N	+48B	+47N	=18B	−9N	+40B	5.0	36.0	38.0	17.50	1568	-10.2
25	Shomanova, Amira	1542	KAZ	−3N	+58B	−36N	+62B	−17B	+35N	+46B	−18N	+32B	5.0	35.5	35.5	13.50	1554	+14.4
26	Aman, Miras	1507	KAZ	=10N	+18B	+22N	−7B	+19N	+16B	−2N	−12B	−17B	4.5	46.5	51.5	24.50	1664	+55.2
27	Apenova, Yasmin	1554	KAZ	−2N	+43B	+46N	=16B	=23N	=10B	−19N	F	+50B	4.5	40.0	43.5	18.75	1641	+51.6
28	Askar, Anzhella	1552	KAZ	−17B	+62N	+35B	−8N	+32B	+34N	−5B	=44N	−14B	4.5	39.0	39.0	13.75	1520	-13.6
29	Bekmagambetova, Anya	1512	KAZ	−7N	+54B	=30N	+24B	−16N	−19B	+56N	−14N	+43B	4.5	38.5	41.0	16.25	1560	+36.4
30	Batyrova, Lyayan	0	KAZ	−34B	+48N	=29B	+39N	−22B	+41B	−16N	+49N	−13B	4.5	35.5	39.0	16.75	1509	0.0
31	Kazakbay, Suleyman Arif	1473	KAZ	−14B	+55N	+34B	+17N	−5B	−21N	+33B	F	−10N	4.0	41.0	43.5	16.00	1633	+66.8
32	Askaruly, Raiymbek	1734	KAZ	−51N	−15B	+40N	+53B	−28N	+42B	+23N	−6B	−25N	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.50	1505	-101.6
33	Aktan, Amirkhan	1554	KAZ	+54N	−7B	+50N	−10B	+36N	−20B	−31N	−23B	+53N	4.0	37.0	40.0	13.50	1464	-29.6
34	Aitasova, Nazira	1561	KAZ	+30N	−1B	−31N	+46B	+42N	−28B	F	+43N	F	4.0	35.0	38.5	15.00	1558	+13.6
35	Baizhanov, Arman	0	KAZ	+20N	−6B	−28N	−38B	+61N	−25B	+52N	+56B	F	4.0	35.0	36.0	12.00	1571	0.0
36	Bauyrzhan, Alinur	1413	KAZ	+55B	−14N	+25B	−13N	−33B	+38N	−49B	−37N	+52B	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.50	1522	+41.4
37	Kapen, Nuradil	1754	KAZ	=22N	+59B	−41N	−47B	=38N	+52B	−15N	+36B	−23N	4.0	33.5	35.5	13.50	1440	-89.2
38	Chestikin, Gennadiy	1530	KAZ	=59N	−10B	−23N	+35N	=37B	−36B	−50N	+57B	+54N	4.0	31.5	33.5	12.00	1197	-72.0
39	Zhumadil, Eskendir	1614	KAZ	−46N	=23B	+59N	−30B	−18N	=54B	−53N	+58B	+47N	4.0	30.0	32.0	11.50	1425	-77.6
40	Bauyrzhan, Nurgul	1489	KAZ	−5B	−49N	−32B	+57N	+62N	=56B	=51N	+53B	−24N	4.0	30.0	30.0	8.00	1459	-70.0
41	Azamatkyzy, Nairiyat	1556	KAZ	=57B	+44N	+37B	−9N	−12B	−30N	+47B	−17N	−21B	3.5	37.5	39.5	12.00	1506	-23.2
42	Mukhan, Batyrkhan	1473	KAZ	−6N	+20B	+60N	−4B	−34B	−32N	=55B	+48N	F	3.5	36.5	38.0	11.75	1554	+40.8
43	Nurullin, Ratmir	1452	KAZ	−4N	−27N	+56B	−15B	+51N	=49N	+48B	−34B	−29N	3.5	36.0	38.5	11.25	1473	-13.5
44	Israil, Gulsezim	1441	KAZ	=24N	−41B	−18N	+54B	=49B	+55N	F	=28B	−19N	3.5	34.5	37.0	12.00	1493	+20.0
45	Nauryzbayeva, Dilnaz	1483	KAZ	+19N	−11B	−16N	−20B	=60N	−48N	+54B	−51B	+55N	3.5	34.5	36.0	11.75	1436	-15.6
46	Zhakisheva, Venera	1433	KAZ	+39B	−8N	−27B	−34N	+53N	+60B	−25N	=50B	F	3.5	33.5	35.0	10.25	1432	-8.4
47	Moldashev, Alim	1510	KAZ	+56B	−21N	=49B	+37N	−14B	−24B	−41N	+55N	−39B	3.5	33.0	35.5	10.75	1582	+12.0
48	Onaibek, Abzal	1523	KAZ	−1N	−30B	=54N	+59B	−24N	+45B	−43N	−42B	+56N	3.5	33.0	35.0	9.50	1397	-44.0
49	Munara, Asset	1635	KAZ	−50N	+40B	=47N	−23B	=44N	=43B	+36N	−30B	F	3.5	31.5	35.0	13.25	1459	-52.8
50	Reshetnikova, Serafima	1462	KAZ	+49B	−5N	−33B	−55N	−56B	+61N	+38B	=46N	−27N	3.5	31.0	32.0	10.25	1481	+7.6
51	Muslimov, Abubakir	1519	KAZ	+32B	−9N	F	F	−43B	+58N	=40B	+45N	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	11.50	1641	+20.0
52	Dulatov, Arman	1500	KAZ	=18N	=16B	−19N	+60B	−20N	−37N	−35B	+62B	−36N	3.0	35.5	35.5	7.00	1444	-25.2
53	Zhubatkhan, Nuraly	1493	KAZ	−21B	+56N	−13B	−32N	−46B	+62N	+39B	−40N	−33B	3.0	32.5	32.5	6.50	1311	-61.2
54	Orynbasar, Amangeldi	0	KAZ	−33B	−29N	=48B	−44N	+57B	=39N	−45N	+61B	−38B	3.0	29.0	30.0	6.75	1265	0.0
55	Tassygozhin, Nurlan	1599	KAZ	−36N	−31B	+58N	+50B	−15N	−44B	=42N	−47B	−45B	2.5	31.0	33.0	7.25	1303	-59.4
56	Tarapanov, Alexandr	1715	KAZ	−47N	−53B	−43N	+58B	+50N	=40N	−29B	−35N	−48B	2.5	29.5	31.5	7.50	1374	-141.2
57	Khali, Khuanysh	0	KAZ	=41N	−22B	−24N	−40B	−54N	=59B	F	−38N	+61N	2.0	27.5	27.5	3.75	1376	0.0
58	Orlova, Varvara	1445	KAZ	−13B	−25N	−55B	−56N	+59N	−51B	+62B	−39N	F	2.0	25.0	25.0	2.00	775	-70.4
59	Orynbassar, Darmen	0	KAZ	=38B	−37N	−39B	−48N	−58B	=57N	−61B	F	+62N	2.0	20.5	20.5	3.00	1168	0.0
60	Sabyr, Abzal	1611	KAZ	+62B	−17N	−42B	−52N	=45B	−46N	F	F	F	1.5	19.0	19.0	1.75	1164	-50.6
61	Zhubatkhan, Assylym	1491	KAZ	−11N	−19B	−20N	F	−35B	−50B	+59N	−54N	−57B	1.0	31.0	31.0	2.00	762	-71.2
62	Aimbayev, Arlan	1426	KAZ	−60N	−28B	F	−25N	−40B	−53B	−58N	−52N	−59B	0.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	742	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Seilov, AlmatKAZ
+97.2
5.5 pts · #17
2Yerbulatov, AlmadiKAZ
+83.2
5.5 pts · #14
3Mukashev, AlanKAZ
+79.2
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Tarapanov, AlexandrKAZ
-141.2
2.5 pts · #50
2Askaruly, RaiymbekKAZ
-101.6
4.0 pts · #28
3Kapen, NuradilKAZ
-89.2
4.0 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R4+292 Elo gap
Kazakbay, Suleyman Arif1473 beat Dzharkinbayev, Zhaser1765
R9+266 Elo gap
Zhandildina, Aruna1488 beat Kapen, Nuradil1754
R3+263 Elo gap
Nurullin, Ratmir1452 beat Tarapanov, Alexandr1715