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Kazakhstan Championship 2026 G8

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jan 2026 to 27 Jan 2026 in Turkestan, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 738, and top seed was Narmina Assylbekkyzy (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1535).

Venera Zhakisheva (🇰🇿 KAZ, 0) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Rayana Abaikyzy (7.0) and Sara Nurmukhamet (7.0). Zhakisheva took the lead from round 8.

Location
🇰🇿Turkestan, Kazakhstan
Dates
20 Jan 2026 → 27 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Narmina Assylbekkyzy1535
Avg top 10
738
Participants
32
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Venera Zhakisheva led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
22
11
6
3
2
1
4
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Zhakisheva takes lead
Zhakisheva7.5Nurmukhamet7Abaikyzy7Shinbayeva6.5Aldazharova6.5Assylbekkyzy6.5— ex-leaders:Akimkhanled R6, #11
R8 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jan

Venera Zhakisheva takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Venera Zhakisheva beat Sara Nurmukhamet (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Venera Zhakisheva 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R5–R8)Sara Nurmukhamet 4 wins (R6–R9)Rayana Abaikyzy 7 wins (R3–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Venera Zhakisheva*
1
—
½
2Sara Nurmukhamet
0
*
1
—
3Rayana Abaikyzy—
0
*—
4Alnura Shinbayeva
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhakisheva, Venera0KAZ+?N+?B+5N−8B+3N+9B+19N+6B=7B7.543.543.534.2515290.0
2Abaikyzy, Rayana0KAZ−3B−5B+29N+17N+13B+30N+18B+4N+8B7.044.547.534.001448+4.0
3Nurmukhamet, Sara0KAZ+2N+10B−14B+31N−1B+?N+22B+13B+9N7.044.044.031.5014840.0
4Dautova, Ailin1451KAZ+24N+19B−9N+13N+18B+11B+8N−2B=6N6.547.051.034.751287-16.8
5Aldazharova, Leila1447KAZ=13B+2N−1B+28N+15B−10N+12B+14N+16N6.547.050.033.751589+22.8
6Assylbekkyzy, Narmina1535KAZ+29N+30B+22N+9B−8N+19B+7B−1N=4B6.544.547.530.751450-5.2
7Shinbayeva, Alnura0KAZ+?B+28N+15B+14N+22B−8B−6N+10B=1N6.543.043.026.7515290.0
8Akimkhan, Alima0KAZ+16B+26N+12B+1N+6B+7N−4B−9B−2N6.051.055.035.5013450.0
9Kaldybek, Ayaulym0KAZ+11N+?B+4B−6N+12B−1N+14B+8N−3B6.050.550.529.5015030.0
10Mukanova, Amina1523KAZ+17B−3N−13B+25N+16B+5B+11N−7N+18B6.046.550.531.502246+15.6
11Zhaksylyk, Ayanat0KAZ−9B+?N+17B+30N+14B−4N−10B+22N+?B6.035.535.517.0014610.0
12Tutanova, Anara0KAZ+?N+?B−8N+?B−9N+?B−5N+17N+19B6.028.528.510.0014300.0
13Murat, Togzhan0KAZ=5N+?B+10N−4B−2N+?B+?B−3N+21N5.537.537.513.7513730.0
14Zhubatkhan, Assylym1424KAZ+32N+18B+3N−7B−11N+24B−9N−5B+23N5.045.048.023.00646-20.4
15FIDE 5570176620—+20N+?B−7N−18B−5N+25B+24N−16B+?N5.035.535.512.506460.0
16FIDE 4470793200—−8N+?B+23N−22B−10N+28N+?B+15N−5B5.034.534.512.006880.0
17FIDE 5570169680—−10N+?B−11N−2B+23N+31B+?N−12B+?N5.032.032.07.006710.0
18Saken, Aylin0KAZ+?B−14N+?B+15N−4N+?B−2N+?B−10N5.029.529.55.0012110.0
19Olchvary, Kayla0KAZ+?N−4N+28B+?B+?N−6N−1B+?B−12N5.029.529.53.006990.0
20Ospan, Arailym0KAZ−15B−23B+?N+?N+?B−22N=?B−?N+26B4.517.017.04.006130.0
21Okpebayeva, Zhasmin0KAZ−28B+?B−?N−?N+?B+26N=?B+?N−13B4.512.512.54.0014130.0
22FIDE 5570071440—+?N+27B−6B+16N−7N+20B−3N−11B−?N4.039.039.013.007470.0
23FIDE 5570169410—−26B+20N−16B−27N−17B+?N+?B+25N−14B4.031.031.08.506510.0
24FIDE 5570169760—−4B+?N−31B+?N+27B−14N−15B−?N+30B4.026.026.06.506510.0
25FIDE 5570157400—−?N−?B+?N−10B+32N−15N+28B−23B+29N4.024.024.09.007290.0
26FIDE 4470792900—+23N−8B−?N+?B−?N−21B+29N+?B−20N4.022.022.07.006130.0
27FIDE 5570170000—+?B−22N−?N+23B−24N−29B−?N=?B+?N3.515.015.04.006130.0
28FIDE 4470793630—+21N−7B−19N−5B+29N−16B−25N+32B−?N3.037.537.510.506460.0
29FIDE 5570171660—−6B−31N−2B+?N−28B+27N−26B+?N−25B3.031.031.03.506800.0
30FIDE 5570022400—+?N−6N+?B−11B+31N−2B−?N−?B−24N3.026.526.53.006800.0
31FIDE 4470770850—−?N+29B+24N−3B−30B−17N+?N−?B−?N3.022.022.07.006130.0
32FIDE 5570169920—−14B−?N−?N−?B−25B+?N+?B−28N+?B3.012.012.00.006510.0

Key insights

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