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Turkmenistan School Chess Championship-2026 (Girls u17)

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17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 09 Jan 2026 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1712, and top seed was Jahan Rejepova (🇹🇲 TKM, WFM, 1985).

Jennet Yalkanova (🇹🇲 TKM, 1931) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Jahan Rejepova (7.5) and Arzygul Muhamova (6.5). Yalkanova shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Jennet Nepesova (1430) beat Nurana Serdarova (1637), a +207-point gap.

Location
🇹🇲Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Dates
05 Jan 2026 → 09 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇲WFMJahan Rejepova1985
Avg top 10
1,712
Participants
17
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇲Turkmenistan×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
4
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Jennet Yalkanova held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Yalkanova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jennet Yalkanova beat WFM Jahan Rejepova (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jennet Yalkanova*
1
½
½
2WFMJahan Rejepova
0
*
½
1
3Mahri Agamuradova
½
½
*
0
4Arzygul Muhamova
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yalkanova, Jennet1931TKM+13N+7B+6N+2B=3N=4B+8N=5N+10B7.541.044.035.251958+11.4
2Rejepova, JahanWFM1985TKM+8B+16N+3B−1N+5B+10N=4B+7N+9N7.540.541.530.751973+2.5
3Muhamova, Arzygul1834TKM+11N+9B−2N+4B=1B−5N+10B+8B+6N6.542.045.529.751822+4.3
4Agamuradova, Mahri1884TKM=10B+8N+16B−3N+7B=1N=2N+6B+5B6.542.043.027.251861+1.3
5Saparova, Oguljeren1694TKM+15B−6N+10B+9N−2N+3B−7N=1B−4N4.544.045.519.251649-20.0
6Vepayeva, Bagul1545TKM+14N+5B−1B=7N−10B+13N+12B−4N−3B4.538.540.014.001596+5.8
7Kurbannazarova, Mahriban1600TKMF−1N+12B=6B−4N+14N+5B−2B=11N4.040.041.513.001620-7.6
8Ashirova, Aysha1521TKM−2N−4B+14N+15B+12N+9B−1B−3NF4.038.038.010.001092-10.4
9Jumakulyyeva Jerena0TKMF−3N+17B−5B+11N−8N+14B+12N−2B4.031.531.59.0014530.0
10Batyrova Aynur1447TKM=4N+13B−5N+17B+6N−2B−3NF−1N3.541.041.011.751625+28.9
11Nepesova, Jennet1430TKM−3B−17N+15B+16N−9B−12BF+13N=7B3.524.024.07.501734+59.6
12Ayrapetyan Milana0TKMFF−7N+13B−8B+11N−6N−9B+17B3.028.028.07.5014450.0
13Babanazarova, Gulhan1484TKM−1B−10NF−12N+16B−6B+17N−11B+15N3.025.525.53.501345-32.4
14FIDE 140196040—−6B=15N−8BF+17N−7B−9NFF1.521.021.01.757630.0
15Agayeva, Leyli0TKM−5N=14B−11N−8NFFF+17B−13B1.519.519.51.757280.0
16Serdarova, Nurana1637TKM+17N−2B−4N−11B−13NFFFF1.026.026.01.00891-72.0
17Atabayeva, Jahan0TKM−16B+11B−9N−10N−14BF−13B−15N−12N1.021.522.53.5013030.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Turkmenistan School Chess Championship-2026 (Girls u17) — Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats