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Kyrgyz Republic Youth Chess Championship 2026 - U18

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 09 Jan 2026 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1949, and top seed was Zalkar Kurbanbaev (🇰🇬 KGZ, 2151).

Nuriddin Iunusov (🇰🇬 KGZ, CM, 2079) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Zhanpolat Turksoi (6.0) and Amir Sultangaziev (6.0). Iunusov won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Umar Musaev (1415) beat Ilhom Emilov (1726), a +311-point gap.

Location
🇰🇬Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 09 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇬Zalkar Kurbanbaev2151
Avg top 10
1,949
Participants
25
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×24
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Nuriddin Iunusov led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
3
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Iunusov7Amirazhanov6Turksoi6Sultangaziev6Azimov6Urmanbetov5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Nuriddin Iunusov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Nuriddin Iunusov beat Bekbol Amirazhanov (Black).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

CM Nuriddin Iunusov won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMNuriddin Iunusov*
1
½
½
2Bekbol Amirazhanov
0
*
1
—
3Zhanpolat Turksoi
½
0
*
½
4Amir Sultangaziev
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Iunusov, NuriddinCM2079KGZ+19B=7N+12B+4N+10B=3N=2B=6B+9N7.042.546.034.502133+29.6
2Turksoi, Zhanpolat2125KGZ+25N+14B−4N=6B+5N=8B=1N=3B+10N6.044.545.027.001991-48.4
3Sultangaziev, Amir2017KGZ+8N+5B=6N−10B+17N=1B=9N=2N+11B6.044.048.031.752007+4.8
4Amirazhanov, Bekbol1880KGZ+24NF+2B−1B+6N+13B=8N=5B+7N6.041.042.528.252041+66.4
5Azimov, Islam1792KGZ+20B−3N+18B=17N−2B+16N+12B=4N+6B6.039.543.026.001896+42.4
6Daudov, Timur1854KGZ+16N+9B=3B=2N−4B+12N+10B=1N−5N5.544.548.527.002002+70.8
7Azimov, Aslan1800KGZ+22N=1B−10N=15B=16N+14B+13N+8B−4B5.539.041.023.001832+15.2
8Urmanbetov, Temirlan1657KGZ−3B+21N+24B+14B=13N=2N=4B−7N+15B5.537.539.019.501858+89.2
9Kurbanbaev, Zalkar2151KGZ+11B−6N=15B=12N+21B=10N=3B+19N−1B5.039.041.019.251892-100.4
10Akmatov, Zhoomart1908KGZ=17B+11N+7B+3N−1N=9B−6N=13B−2B4.543.547.522.501918+3.6
11Kurmanbekov, Aktan1741KGZ−9N−10B−16N+25B+18N+21B+17N=14B−3N4.533.534.012.501753+2.0
12Surkeev, Shumkar1781KGZ+18N=13B−1N=9B+15N−6B−5NF+14B4.039.539.516.501831+18.0
13Pak, Aaron1863KGZ+15B=12N=17B+19N=8B−4N−7B=10N−18B4.037.541.016.501675-84.0
14Asanbaev, Khanbolot1809KGZ+21B−2N+20B−8N+19B−7N=15B=11N−12N4.036.538.513.251634-74.4
15Zhenishbekov, Alisher1546KGZ−13N+22B=9N=7N−12B+18B=14N=16B−8N4.036.038.015.251661+36.4
16Nazarbekov, Aidar1541KGZ−6B−19N+11B+20N=7B−5B+22N=15NF4.034.536.014.751613+12.4
17Almazbekov, Bekzhan1634KGZ=10N+25B=13N=5B−3B=19N−11B+21N−20B4.034.034.511.501770+53.6
18Zhunusaliev, Arslan0KAZ−12BF−5N+22N−11B−15N+25B+23B+13N4.026.526.58.001616+14.8
19Dzhumabekov, Azamat1694KGZ−1N+16B+23N−13B−14N=17B+20N−9BF3.533.033.011.001647-22.4
20Satybaldiev, Yryskeldi0KGZ−5N+24B−14N−16B=23NF−19B+22B+17N3.526.526.58.2515590.0
21Musaev, Umar1415KGZ−14N−8B+25N+23B−9N−11NF−17B−24N2.026.526.52.001405-4.8
22Baltabaev, Abdurashit0KGZ−7B−15NF−18B=24N+23B−16B−20N=25N2.024.524.52.5013610.0
23Sydykov, Zhanybek0KGZFF−19B−21N=20B−22N+24B−18NF1.526.526.53.2513770.0
24Kurbanbekov, Alikhan1621KGZ−4B−20N−8NF=22BF−23NF+21B1.521.521.53.001527-14.0
25Emilov, Ilhom1726KGZ−2B−17N−21B−11NFF−18NF=22B0.525.525.51.00895-110.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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