CChessStats

Shymkent Championship Women 2026

Open SwissStandard

18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 24 Jan 2026 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1589, and top seed was Ayala Kuanyshbay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1734).

Nursaya Zhumabek (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1615) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Adelina Nurkhankyzy (7.0) and Asylaym Tatish (6.0). Zhumabek won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Asylaym Tatish (1542) beat Ayala Kuanyshbay (1734), a +192-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Dates
18 Jan 2026 → 24 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Ayala Kuanyshbay1734
Avg top 10
1,589
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Zhumabek7Nurkhankyzy7Tatish6Kuanyshbay5.5Zhanaskyzy5.5Tumar5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Zhumabek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nursaya Zhumabek drew with Adelina Nurkhankyzy (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Adelina Nurkhankyzy 4 wins (R1–R4)Asylaym Tatish 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nursaya Zhumabek*
½
1
½
2Adelina Nurkhankyzy
½
*
1
½
3Asylaym Tatish
0
0
*
1
4Ayala Kuanyshbay
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhumabek, Nursaya1615KAZ+10B=6N+7B+8N=2N=4B+3B=5N+9B7.042.546.535.001777+72.8
2Nurkhankyzy, Adelina1582KAZ+14B+17N+9B+3N=1B+6N=4N=8B=5B7.040.541.530.251722+46.4
3Tatish, Asylaym1542KAZ+15N+16B+4N−2B=5N+7B−1N+10B=8N6.041.544.025.001638+34.0
4Kuanyshbay, Ayala1734KAZF+8N−3B+9N=6B=1N=2B+7N+14B5.541.541.526.001657-21.2
5Zhanaskyzy, Medina1586KAZ+11N−9B=6B+10N=3B=8N+14B=1B=2N5.541.044.025.251525-23.6
6Kaldybek Tumar1490KAZ+13N=1B=5N+11B=4N−2BF=9N+12B5.040.544.021.501609+36.4
7Nurbol, Aiaru1644KAZ−9N+15B−1N+17B+10N−3N+13B−4B+11N5.036.537.515.001451-62.8
8Aubakir, Inzhu1512KAZ+12N−4B+14N−1B+11N=5BF=2N=3B4.543.046.019.251466-10.4
9Muratzhankyzy, Alina1482KAZ+7B+5N−2N−4B−16N+15B=10N=6B−1N4.042.044.518.001536+21.6
10Dzhamatova, Shahrizoda1444KAZ−1N+12B+17N−5B−7B+18N=9B−3N=15N4.035.035.58.501373-19.2
11Duisenbay, Yenlik0KAZ−5B+13B+16N−6N−8B−12B+18N=14N−7B3.532.533.08.0014440.0
12FIDE 4470594270—−8B−10N+18B=14N−13B+11N=16N=15B−6N3.529.029.58.2512840.0
13Ilgerbay, Akniet1659KAZ−6B−11N−15B=18N+12N+17B−7N+16BF3.524.024.07.251282-56.4
14Muratzhankyzy, Aiaru0KAZ−2NF−8B=12B+17N+16B−5N=11B−4N3.033.033.57.008030.0
15Nurakhmet, Nabiya0KAZ−3B−7N+13N−16B+18B−9NF=12N=10B3.029.530.07.7514920.0
16Zhaksylyk, Akniet0KAZF−3N−11B+15N+9B−14N=12B−13NF2.527.027.08.7514360.0
17FIDE 5570111330—+18N−2B−10B−7N−14B−13NFFF1.026.026.00.5013340.0
18Baltabek, Dayana1523KAZ−17BF−12N=13B−15N−10B−11BFF0.524.024.01.751356-17.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets