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February Favorit qualification tournament

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 887, and top seed was Fatima Naralkhan (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1558).

Rakhat Toishibekov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 0) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Elnur Nurlybay (6.5) and Abay Komekbay (6.5). Toishibekov clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Farkhat Musabayev (1434) beat Fatima Naralkhan (1558), a +124-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
07 Feb 2026 → 14 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Fatima Naralkhan1558
Avg top 10
887
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Rakhat Toishibekov led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Komekbay takes leadToishibekov takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Feb

Abay Komekbay takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rakhat Toishibekov beat Abay Komekbay (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Rakhat Toishibekov 5 wins (R5–R9)Abay Komekbay 3 wins (R4–R6)Elnur Nurlybay 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Toishibekov, Rakhat0KAZ+7N2B+?B4N+10N+?B+8B+6N+3B7.037.537.525.0015160.0
2Nurlybay, Elnur1449KAZ+5B+1N+6B=8N3N+14B4N+11B+12N6.541.044.029.251407-7.6
3Komekbay, Abay1501KAZ+17B+10N=8B+9N+2B+11N6B+4B1N6.540.540.526.251626+24.8
4Naralkhan, Fatima1558KAZ+18N6B+14N+1B=11B=8N+2B3N+9B6.040.040.024.501472-22.4
5Erlikkyzy, Ayshuak0KAZ2N+7B11N10B=12N+16B+15N+?N+6B5.528.528.513.0014580.0
6Musabayev, Farkhat1434KAZ+12B+4N2N+13B8B+9N+3N1B5N5.043.046.022.501568+36.4
7Alnazarov, Kenzhebek0KAZ1B5N=?B+16N+15B12N=9B+13N+11N5.027.527.510.0014720.0
8Tkachik, Ratmir1439KAZ+16N+13B=3N=2B+6N=4B1N12BF4.537.037.017.501585+28.0
9Mukhtar, Erali1487KAZ+15N14B+12N3B+13N6B=7N=10B4N4.035.537.012.00707-59.2
10Anuarbek, Abilmansur0KAZ+11B3B13N+5N1B=?NF=9N+15B4.031.031.012.5013250.0
11Zhamal, Dastan0KAZ10NF+5B+14B=4N3B+13N2N7B3.539.539.514.5012350.0
12Lozhnikov, Vladimir0KAZ6NF9B=?N=5B+7BF+8N2B3.033.533.512.2513050.0
13FIDE 4470640800+?B8N+10B6N9B+15N11B7B?N3.027.527.55.506580.0
14Sadykov, Amir0KAZ+?B+9N4B11N+?B2NFFF3.023.023.04.0014840.0
15Brankulov, Khapas0KAZ9B=?N+16B?N7N13B5BF10N1.521.521.50.0012790.0
16Kobzin, Imran0KAZ8B?N15N7B?B5NFFF0.020.520.50.006470.0
17Berdygozhin, Islam0KAZ3NFFFFFFFF0.010.010.00.007320.0
18Berdygozhin, Ilay0KAZ4BFFFFFFFF0.09.09.00.007550.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets