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Open Classic Kostanay january

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1678, and top seed was Chingizkhan Sarzhanov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2035).

Nurlan Tileubay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2023) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Ramzan Baidauletov (7.0) and Alaziz Smagulov (6.5). Tileubay shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Sofiya Moshenskaya (1423) beat Vladimir Vlasov (1591), a +168-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Kostanay, Kazakhstan
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Chingizkhan Sarzhanov2035
Avg top 10
1,678
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Nurlan Tileubay led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Tileubay takes lead
Tileubay8.5Baidauletov7Smagulov6.5Tanabaev6Umarkanov6Demissenov5.5— ex-leaders:Bekpaevled R4, #8
R6 · LEADER CHANGE07 Jan

Nurlan Tileubay takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nurlan Tileubay drew with Ramzan Baidauletov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nurlan Tileubay 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Ramzan Baidauletov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nurlan Tileubay*
½
1
1
2Ramzan Baidauletov
½
*
0
—
3Alaziz Smagulov
0
1
*—
4Daniyar Tanabaev
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tileubay, Nurlan2023KAZ+9N+4B+8N=2B+5N+7B+3N+6B+10N8.546.050.547.002090+5.6
2Baidauletov, Ramzan1793KAZ+12B+15N+10B=1N=7B+8N+4B+9B−3N7.045.049.035.751780+3.6
3Smagulov, Alaziz1639KAZ+24N=6B+18N−4B+11N+14B−1B+8N+2B6.543.544.527.251744+36.8
4Umarkanov, Ayan1568KAZ+13B−1N+19B+3N−8N+5B−2N+16B+7N6.046.549.529.001628+10.0
5Tanabaev, Daniyar0KAZ+11N+9B−7B+10N−1B−4N+15B+14N+12B6.042.046.026.5015910.0
6Demissenov, Ansar1523KAZ+22B=3N+15B−7N+13B−10N+12B−1N+11B5.542.043.021.751536-7.2
7Bekpaev, Sayat1577KAZ+16N+21B+5N+6B=2N−1N−8B=10N−4B5.046.549.023.751517-24.4
8Zhantemirov, Amirzhan1530KAZ+17NF−1B+14N+4B−2B+7N−3B+9N5.045.046.023.001654+35.2
9Moshenskaya, Sofiya1423KAZ−1B−5N+23N+17B+18N+21B+10B−2N−8B5.039.540.514.001563+28.8
10Adyrbai, Mansur1449KAZ+14N+18B−2N−5B+16N+6B−9N=7B−1B4.545.048.019.001571+29.6
11Suprunov, Egor1463KAZ−5B=13N+20B+12N−3B−18N+21N+19B−6N4.536.038.515.251353-22.0
12Amangali, Asylkhan0KAZ−2N+26B=21N−11B+24B+13N−6N+17B−5N4.534.034.09.757970.0
13Klyshbekov, Bekzhan0KAZ−4N=11B+17N+21B−6N−12B−14N+22N+23B4.531.032.09.7512500.0
14Tsyupay, Alexandr0KAZ−10BF+16N−8B+15N−3N+13B−5B+21N4.037.038.015.0013340.0
15Baimukhanov, Zhan1496KAZ+26N−2B−6N+19B−14B+17N−5N+20BF4.035.535.59.001457-7.6
16Kasymov, Tair0KAZ−7B+22N−14B+26N−10B+19N+18B−4NF4.030.530.57.0013530.0
17Makisheva, Adel0KAZ−8B+20N−13B−9N+26B−15BF−12N+19N3.029.029.06.0012720.0
18Vlasov, Vladimir1591KAZ+23B−10N−3B+22N−9B+11B−16NFF3.026.526.56.501300-60.4
19Kulkeyeva, Anel0KAZF+24B−4N−15N+20B−16B+23N−11N−17B3.026.526.55.0012920.0
20Bertebayeva, Saida1449KAZ−25N−17B−11N+23B−19NF+22B−15N+24B3.018.518.53.00791-36.8
21Zhuiko, Anna0KAZF−7N=12B−13N+22B−9N−11B+24N−14B2.529.529.54.256870.0
22Murat, Togzhan0KAZ−6N−16B+24N−18B−21NF−20N−13BF1.023.523.51.007150.0
23FIDE 4470252630—−18NF−9B−20NF+24B−19BF−13N1.023.523.51.006760.0
24FIDE 5570210400—−3B−19N−22BF−12N−23N+26B−21B−20N1.021.521.50.007290.0
25Sarzhanov, Chingizkhan2035KAZ+20BFFFFFFFF1.08.08.03.002434+1.6
26Omarov, Ilyas0KAZ−15B−12NF−16B−17NF−24NFF0.021.521.50.006930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets