Independence Day 2025 Zhezkazgan Open
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45 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Dec 2025 to 23 Dec 2025 in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1654, and top seed was Aldiyar Sailaubay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1910).
Aldiyar Sailaubay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1910) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Zhalgas Karzhaubay (7.0) and Aleksandr Babin (7.0). Sailaubay won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Aleksandr Babin (1560) beat Emir Smailov (1716), a +156-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan
Dates
15 Dec 2025 → 23 Dec 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 roundsAldiyar Sailaubay led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Aldiyar Sailaubay never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Aldiyar Sailaubay drew with Zhalgas Karzhaubay (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Aldiyar Sailaubay 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Zhalgas Karzhaubay 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aldiyar Sailaubay | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Zhalgas Karzhaubay | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Aleksandr Babin | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ersultan Mukhtar | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sailaubay, Aldiyar | 1910 | KAZ | +11N | +15B | +3N | +6B | +17N | =2B | +18N | +8B | +12N | 8.5 | 48.5 | 53.5 | 50.00 | 1995 | +14.8 |
| 2 | Karzhaubay, Zhalgas | 1737 | KAZ | +34B | +25N | +18B | −17N | +30B | =1N | +13B | =3B | +8N | 7.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 37.25 | 1646 | -18.0 |
| 3 | Babin, Aleksandr | 1560 | KAZ | +27N | +40B | −1B | +42N | =13B | +23N | +6B | =2N | +10B | 7.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 33.75 | 1785 | +33.2 |
| 4 | Bagdat, Madi | 1526 | KAZ | +44B | =13N | =21B | +12N | +20B | =6N | =10B | =5N | +17B | 6.5 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 32.50 | 1865 | +35.2 |
| 5 | Mukhtar, Ersultan | 0 | KAZ | +19N | −9B | +41N | −7B | +?N | +?B | +17N | =4B | +?N | 6.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 16.25 | 1605 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Smailov, Emir | 1716 | KAZ | +45N | +12B | +33N | −1N | +15B | =4B | −3N | +27B | =7N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 49.0 | 27.25 | 1447 | -56.0 |
| 7 | Baltabai, Erlen | 1567 | KAZ | +38B | =21N | =13B | +5N | +31B | =10N | −8B | +16N | =6B | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 30.75 | 1713 | +8.0 |
| 8 | Seidali, Angsar | 0 | KAZ | +?B | =14N | +?B | +30N | =10B | +17B | +7N | −1N | −2B | 6.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 20.75 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ibragim, Muslim | 1600 | KAZ | +35B | +5N | −30B | −20N | +14B | +21N | +29B | −12N | +26B | 6.0 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 30.50 | 2433 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Tazhibek, Amir | 0 | KAZ | +?B | =?N | +28B | +14N | =8N | =7B | =4N | +18B | −3N | 6.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 24.25 | 1575 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Meiramov, Yerkin | 0 | KAZ | −1B | +?N | −16B | +28N | −29B | +42N | +33B | +22N | +18B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 21.50 | 1624 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sarmurzaev, Almas | 0 | KAZ | +?B | −6N | +?N | −4B | +?N | +36B | +19N | +9B | −1B | 6.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 14.50 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Serik, Temirlan | 0 | KAZ | +?N | =4B | =7N | +36B | =3N | +22B | −2N | −19B | +29N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 22.75 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Askergali, Ilyas | 1645 | KAZ | +20N | =8B | +22N | −10B | −9N | −39B | +37N | +28B | +33N | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 25.00 | 1504 | -13.6 |
| 15 | Ivanov, Dmitriy N | 0 | KAZ | +29B | −1N | +?B | +16N | −6N | +32B | =27N | −?B | +20N | 5.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 21.25 | 928 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Sokolov, Ilya | 0 | KAZ | +?N | −36B | +11N | −15B | +37N | +31N | =22B | −7B | +27N | 5.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 20.50 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Abusseitov, Yernur | 1637 | KAZ | +26N | +24B | +36N | +2B | −1B | −8N | −5B | +21N | −4N | 5.0 | 49.5 | 53.0 | 25.50 | 1598 | -6.4 |
| 18 | Bekbosynov, Zhangali | 1490 | KAZ | +42N | +41B | −2N | +26B | +27N | +19B | −1B | −10N | −11N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 20.50 | 1627 | +17.2 |
| 19 | Bitenov, Batyrlan | 1639 | KAZ | −5B | +39N | +38B | +25N | +21B | −18N | −12B | +13N | F | 5.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 22.50 | 686 | -28.0 |
| 20 | Moldagaliev, Mukhtar | 0 | KAZ | −14B | +23N | +32B | +9B | −4N | −29N | +?B | +31N | −15B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 19.00 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sapabek, Askar | 0 | KAZ | +28N | =7B | =4N | +33B | −19N | −9B | +36N | −17B | +?N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 18.25 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Shaikhislamov, Alikhan | 0 | KAZ | =39B | +?N | −14B | +?N | +33B | −13N | =16N | −11B | +31B | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 12.50 | 1597 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bitenov, Baisal | 0 | KAZ | −24N | −20B | +45N | +40B | +?N | −3B | +32N | +41B | F | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 11.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Sharipov, Aziz | 0 | KAZ | +23B | −17N | −31B | +?N | =25B | −?N | +?B | =29N | +30B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 13.75 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 557002886 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | +40N | −19B | =24N | =28B | −?N | +?B | +41N | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 10.75 | 1323 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Nurgali, Kaisar | 0 | KAZ | −17B | +?N | +29B | −18N | −32B | +?N | +?N | +?B | −9N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 4.50 | 769 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Riberg, Vitalina | 0 | KAZ | −3B | +34N | +?B | +39N | −18B | +30N | =15B | −6N | −16B | 4.5 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 14.25 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Bolat, Abilkair | 1418 | KAZ | −21B | +35N | −10N | −11B | +34B | =25N | +38B | −14N | +32B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 18.00 | 833 | -8.8 |
| 29 | FIDE 557018006 | 0 | — | −15N | +?B | −26N | +45B | +11N | +20B | −9N | =24B | −13B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 14.50 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Bitenova, Zhasmina | 0 | KAZ | +37N | +?B | +9N | −8B | −2N | −27B | −41N | +?B | −24N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 9.50 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 13777505 | 0 | — | −40N | +?B | +24N | +43B | −7N | −16B | +?N | −20B | −22N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 8.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Taimenova, Tomiris | 0 | KAZ | −36N | +37B | −20N | +?B | +26N | −15N | −23B | +?B | −28N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 8.50 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 557002738 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | −6B | −21N | −22N | +40B | −11N | +?B | −14B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 3.00 | 873 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 557018081 | 0 | — | −2N | −27B | −?N | +35B | −28N | −?B | +?N | +45B | +?N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.00 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 557002959 | 0 | — | −9N | −28B | −?B | −34N | F | +?B | +?N | +36B | +?N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.50 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 447060506 | 0 | — | +32B | +16N | −17B | −13N | +42B | −12N | −21B | −35N | =?B | 3.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 12.50 | 831 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 557002860 | 0 | — | −30B | −32N | +44B | +?N | −16B | =38N | −14B | −43N | +?B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 3.75 | 833 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 557002983 | 0 | — | −7N | +?B | −19N | −?B | +?N | =37B | −28N | +40B | F | 3.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.75 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Bakhyt, Ernar | 0 | KAZ | =22N | −19B | +?N | −27B | +?N | +14N | −?B | F | F | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 557018111 | 0 | — | +31B | −3N | −25B | −23N | +?B | −33N | +43B | −38N | −?N | 3.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 557018049 | 0 | — | F | −18N | −5B | +?N | −?B | +?N | +30B | −23N | −25B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.00 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 557017972 | 0 | — | −18B | F | +?N | −3B | −36N | −11B | −?N | +?N | +43B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 557002967 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | +?B | −31N | −?N | −?B | −40N | +37B | −42N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 557003009 | 0 | — | −4N | −?B | −37N | −?B | +45N | +?B | −?N | −?B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 557016860 | 0 | — | −6B | −?N | −23B | −29N | −44B | −?B | +?N | −34N | F | 1.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.00 | 913 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bagdat, MadiKAZ+35.26.5 pts · #11
- 2Babin, AleksandrKAZ+33.27.0 pts · #9
- 3Ibragim, MuslimKAZ+22.46.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Smailov, EmirKAZ-56.06.0 pts · #18
- 2Bitenov, BatyrlanKAZ-28.05.0 pts · #28
- 3Karzhaubay, ZhalgasKAZ-18.07.0 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R7+156 Elo gap
- R6+149 Elo gap
- R9+111 Elo gap