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Karaganda region's Cup 1st stage 2026

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25 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 01 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1630, and top seed was Dias Begdildayev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1706).

Aibar Amrin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1692) won with 8.5/10, ahead of Alim Syzdyk (7.5) and Timur Em (6.5). Amrin shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yevgeniy Gerdt (1414) beat Dias Igilik (1673), a +259-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Dates
01 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Dias Begdildayev1706
Avg top 10
1,630
Participants
25
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×23
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Aibar Amrin
    🇰🇿KAZ·1692
    8.5pts·1818perf+47.6
  • 🥈
    Alim Syzdyk
    🇰🇿KAZ·1600
    7.5pts·1744perf+65.6
  • 🥉
    Timur Em
    🇰🇿KAZ·1613
    6.5pts·1651perf+19.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

Aibar Amrin led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
12
6
1
3
5
2
1
1
1
1
2.557.510R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Amrin takes lead
Amrin8.5Syzdyk7.5Em6.5Begdildayev6Sidoikin6Tussupbayev6
R7 · LEADER CHANGE11 Feb

Aibar Amrin takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aibar Amrin lost to Alim Syzdyk (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Aibar Amrin 7 wins (R3–R9)Alim Syzdyk 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aibar Amrin*
0
1
—
2Alim Syzdyk
1
*
0
—
3Timur Em
0
1
*
1
4Dias Begdildayev——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Amrin, Aibar1692KAZ+24B−2N+12B+13N+7B+4N+11B+3N+5B=6N8.553.054.544.001818+47.6
2Syzdyk, Alim1600KAZ+7N+1B+6N−3B+5N−11B+4B+13N+10B=9N7.555.060.045.751744+65.6
3Em, Timur1613KAZ+14B=12N+8B+2N=4B=6N+7B−1B+11N−5N6.556.061.038.001651+19.6
4Sidoikin, Fyodor1615KAZ+20N+5B=11N+16B=3N−1B−2N+15B+13B−7N6.054.057.529.751635+9.6
5Jailov, Arsen1534KAZ+22B−4N+14B+12N−2B+16BF+11N−1N+3B6.054.057.029.001621+34.8
6Tussupbayev, Yerzhan1657KAZ+19B+9N−2B+23N=11N=3BF=10N+17B=1B6.052.554.528.251635-7.2
7Kasen, Alinur0KAZ−2B+15N+25B+9N−1N+14B−3N−17B+21N+4B6.051.552.525.5015820.0
8Begdildayev, Dias1706KAZ+21N−11B−3N+20B−14N=18B=12N+16B+15N+17N6.043.046.025.001636-20.8
9Yessentay, Sanzhar1536KAZ+18N−6B+20N−7B−16N+22B=17N+14B=12N=2B5.546.049.024.001379-37.2
10Seitkasimov, Galym1611KAZ+17N+23B=16N−11B−15N+12B=14N=6B−2N+21B5.545.547.522.251547-28.0
11Em, Sergey1592KAZ+25B+8N=4B+10N=6B+2N−1N−5B−3B−13N5.057.058.026.001626+16.8
12Serobyan, Sashik1490KAZ+13N=3B−1N−5B+23B−10N=8B+22N=9B=14N5.051.053.021.501418-22.0
13Sadirov, Bekzhan0KAZ−12BF+21N−1B+17N+15B+16N−2B−4N+11B5.049.049.022.0015780.0
14Bolatov, Sanzhar0KAZ−3N+17B−5N+21B+8B−7N=10B−9N+20N=12B5.048.551.522.2515540.0
15Igilik, Dias1673KAZ−16N−7B+18N+22B+10B−13N+19B−4N−8B+23N5.043.545.518.001393-57.6
16Gerdt, Yevgeniy1414KAZ+15B+24N=10B−4N+9B−5N−13B−8N=18N=19B4.546.548.018.501588+62.0
17Alimbekov, Didar1489KAZ−10B−14N+24B+19N−13B+23N=9B+7N−6N−8B4.544.546.015.751441-13.2
18Pryakhin, Yaroslav0KAZ−9B−19N−15B=24NF=8N=20B+25N=16B+22N4.033.533.511.7514050.0
19FIDE 5570228010—−6N+18B−23N−17B+25N+20B−15N−21B−22B=16N3.535.536.510.7511750.0
20Amanbay, Aibek0KAZ−4B+22N−9B−8N+24B−19N=18NF−14B+25B3.535.535.57.5013810.0
21Miyanova, Anarzhan1474KAZ−8B+25N−13B−14N−22NF+23B+19N−7B−10N3.037.037.06.50859-20.8
22Rafailov, Zhandos0KAZ−5N−20BF−15N+21B−9N+25B−12B+19N−18B3.036.536.57.5012980.0
23FIDE 5570228360—F−10N+19B−6B−12N−17B−21N+24B−25N−15B2.035.035.05.0012420.0
24Kurbanov, Roman1459KAZ−1N−16B−17N=18B−20N+25BF−23NFF1.528.028.03.00731-49.2
25Muravskiy, Sergey0KAZ−11N−21B−7NF−19B−24N−22N−18B+23B−20N1.031.531.52.007070.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets