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Maestro Classic december 1

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12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Dec 2025 to 11 Dec 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1786, and top seed was Arlan Abuzyarov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1945).

Eskendir Akylbek (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1631) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Sofiya Skurygina (6.0) and Samat Agzamov (6.0). Akylbek shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Eskendir Akylbek (1631) beat Abilmansur Kalikhan (1898), a +267-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
03 Dec 2025 → 11 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Arlan Abuzyarov1945
Avg top 10
1,786
Participants
12
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Skurygina6Agzamov6Akylbek6Bakytzhanuly5.5Aitzhan5.5Kusherbayev5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/9. Akylbek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sofiya Skurygina lost to Samat Agzamov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sofiya Skurygina 3 wins (R4–R6)Samat Agzamov 4 wins (R1–R4)Eskendir Akylbek 4 wins (R5–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sofiya Skurygina*
0
1
0
2Samat Agzamov
1
*
0
½
3Eskendir Akylbek
0
1
*
0
4Sanzhar Bakytzhanuly
1
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Akylbek, Eskendir1631KAZ+4B−2N+9B−5N+11N+6B+3N+8B−7N6.041.544.027.501927+136.4
2Skurygina, Sofiya1682KAZ=8N+1B−3B+7N+12B+10N=6N+4B−5N6.040.041.525.251876+64.5
3Agzamov, Samat1707KAZ+11N+6B+2N+4N−9B=5N−1B+12B=10B6.037.539.025.001870+39.0
4Aitzhan, Karim1856KAZ−1N=8B+10N−3B+7B+12N+5B−2N+9B5.539.040.520.501811-18.8
5Bakytzhanuly, Sanzhar1758KAZ−7N+12N−8B+1B+10N=3B−4N+11N+2B5.537.539.021.501835+36.4
6Kusherbayev, Timur1796KAZ+10B−3N+7B+12N+8B−1N=2B−9N+11B5.536.037.518.501826+15.6
7Abuzyarov, Arlan1945KAZ+5B+9N−6N−2B−4N−11B+8B+10N+1B5.039.041.522.001807-31.4
8Bulekpayev, Mirzat1776KAZ=2B=4N+5N=11B−6N+9B−7N−1N=12B4.040.041.517.251732-10.4
9Bolat, Arlan1773KAZ−12B−7B−1N+10B+3N−8N+11B+6B−4N4.037.038.516.501723-27.6
10Baipeissov, Aliakbar1672KAZ−6N+11B−4B−9N−5B−2B+12N−7B=3N2.540.041.57.001616-30.8
11Kalikhan, Abilmansur1898KAZ−3B−10N+12B=8N−1B+7N−9N−5B−6N2.538.540.08.501576-150.8
12Beisembayev, Baltabai1602KAZ+9N−5B−11N−6B−2N−4B−10B−3N=8N1.539.041.56.001499-20.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets