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January Favorit qualification tournament 2025 A

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1485, and top seed was Yernazar Kudaibergenov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1673).

Yernazar Kudaibergenov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1673) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Zhursin Nurbolat (6.5) and Tauekel Kasymkan (6.5). Kudaibergenov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Tauekel Kasymkan (1415) beat Erali Mukhtar (1581), a +166-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Yernazar Kudaibergenov1673
Avg top 10
1,485
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Yernazar Kudaibergenov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Kudaibergenov7.5Nurbolat6.5Kasymkan6.5Omirbay5.5Kasen5.5Komekbay5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Yernazar Kudaibergenov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yernazar Kudaibergenov beat Zhursin Nurbolat (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Yernazar Kudaibergenov won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yernazar Kudaibergenov*
1
½
1
2Zhursin Nurbolat
0
*
½
0
3Tauekel Kasymkan
½
½
*
½
4Altan Omirbay
0
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kudaibergenov, Yernazar1673KAZ+13N+10B+2N+7B=3N+5B−4N+6B+11B7.543.548.039.251731+15.6
2Nurbolat, Zhursin1472KAZ+4B+19N−1B−5N+9B+11N=3N+8B+10N6.544.046.530.251750+96.4
3Kasymkan, Tauekel1415KAZ+17B=16N+8B+11N=1B=4N=2B+10N=5B6.542.044.530.501692+106.8
4Kasen, Shapagat0KAZ−2N+18B+12N=10B+7N=3B+1B=5N−6N5.545.548.027.751533-45.2
5Omirbay, Altan0KAZ+12B−7N+9B+2B+16N−1N=10B=4B=3N5.545.048.027.2515250.0
6Komekbay, Abay1505KAZ=15N−12B+20N−13B+8B+14N+7B−1N+4B5.539.540.522.251600+24.8
7Nurlybay, Elnur1450KAZ+20N+5B+11N−1N−4B=10B−6N=12B+18N5.040.041.018.001427-6.8
8Gaziyeva, Amina1411KAZ+18N−11B−3N+12B−6N+19B+16N−2N+14B5.037.039.516.501432+10.0
9Ivanykina, Alissa0KAZ−11N+15B−5N+20B−2N−12B+18N+16B+17N5.032.533.512.5013050.0
10Kayirbek, Beksultan1425KAZ+14B−1N+16B=4N+13B=7N=5N−3B−2B4.545.048.019.501403-10.4
11Mukhtar, Erali1581KAZ+9B+8N−7B−3B+19N−2B=12N+15B−1N4.543.546.018.251372-80.8
12Kayrat, Kubylay1424KAZ−5N+6N−4B−8N+17B+9N=11B=7N=13B4.540.543.020.001449+1.2
13Baibatyrov, Amir0KAZ−1B+14N=19B+6N−10N=16B−15N+17B=12N4.535.037.517.0014480.0
14Nurmukhamet, Sara0KAZ−10N−13B+18N=19B+15N−6B=17N+20B−8N4.030.531.59.5011310.0
15Kanatuly, Ramazan0KAZ=6B−9N−17B+18N−14B+20N+13B−11N−19B3.531.032.010.7512480.0
16Amrayev, Muslim1495KAZF=3B−10N+17N−5B=13N−8B−9N+20N3.034.534.59.001139-54.0
17FIDE 5570182270—−3N=20B+15N−16B−12N=18B=14B−13N−9B2.533.534.57.256460.0
18FIDE 5570198510—−8B−4N−14B−15B+20N=17N−9B+19N−7B2.533.034.04.7513040.0
19Zharas, Adiya0KAZF−2B=13N=14N−11B−8N=20B−18B+15N2.531.531.58.25686-57.6
20Kyrbassova, Aliya0KAZ−7B=17N−6B−9N−18B−15B=19N−14N−16B1.031.033.52.5011580.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets