Kentau open feb 2026
Open SwissStandard
33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 21 Feb 2026 in Kentau, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1600, and top seed was Alizhan Aliakbar (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1723).
Margulan Kydyrbay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1649) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Alikhan Moldabay (7.5) and Asel Amangeldy (6.0). Kydyrbay won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Vyacheslav Mesheryakov (1530) beat Alizhan Aliakbar (1723), a +193-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Kentau, Kazakhstan
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 21 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×24
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsMargulan Kydyrbay led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
Margulan Kydyrbay held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Margulan Kydyrbay drew with Alikhan Moldabay (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Margulan Kydyrbay 4 wins (R1–R4)Alikhan Moldabay 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Margulan Kydyrbay | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Alikhan Moldabay | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Vyacheslav Mesheryakov | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Asel Amangeldy | ½ | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kydyrbay, Margulan | 1649 | KAZ | +24B | +12N | +16B | +4N | =2N | +6B | =3B | +5N | +9B | 8.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 41.75 | 1899 | +88.8 |
| 2 | Moldabay, Alikhan | 1647 | KAZ | +30N | +10B | +5N | F | =1B | +9N | +16B | +4N | +3B | 7.5 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 37.50 | 1986 | +87.2 |
| 3 | Amangeldy, Asel | 1409 | KAZ | +18N | −4N | +17B | =5B | +11N | +8B | =1N | +7B | −2N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 31.50 | 1560 | +31.6 |
| 4 | Seysenbaev, Maksat | 1546 | KAZ | +8N | +3B | +7N | −1B | −6N | +13B | +18N | −2B | +11N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 31.00 | 1543 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Mesheryakov, Vyacheslav | 1530 | KAZ | +32B | +9N | −2B | =3N | +24B | =16N | +10N | −1B | +19N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 22.25 | 1615 | +31.6 |
| 6 | Saduakas, Zhomart | 1512 | KAZ | +29N | +23B | +11N | F | +4B | −1N | =9B | F | +10N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | 24.00 | 1721 | +56.0 |
| 7 | Assylkhan, Samga | 1596 | KAZ | +26B | +19N | −4B | +14N | −16B | =17N | +8B | −3N | +12B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 24.75 | 1519 | -0.8 |
| 8 | Moldabay, Dinmukhammed | 0 | KAZ | −4B | +18N | +12B | +19N | =14B | −3N | −7N | +17B | +20B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 44.0 | 24.00 | 1511 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Aliakbar, Alizhan | 1723 | KAZ | +13N | −5B | +28N | +15B | +10N | −2B | =6N | =11B | −1N | 5.0 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 22.75 | 1485 | -85.6 |
| 10 | Moldabay, Islam | 1526 | KAZ | +21B | −2N | +25B | +24N | −9B | +14N | −5B | +18N | −6B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 19.00 | 1364 | -30.4 |
| 11 | Kydyrbay, Aslan | 1506 | KAZ | +33B | =14N | −6B | +20N | −3B | +23N | +17B | =9N | −4B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 17.00 | 1433 | -14.8 |
| 12 | Yessenbek, Aylin | 1527 | KAZ | +27N | −1B | −8N | +28B | +23N | −18B | +24N | +15B | −7N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 17.00 | 1409 | -17.6 |
| 13 | Abdukarimov, Sultan | 0 | KAZ | −9B | +17N | +21B | −16N | +25B | −4N | +14B | F | +18B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 20.50 | 1416 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Yessenbay, Zhandos | 1611 | KAZ | +25N | =11B | +23N | −7B | =8N | −10B | −13N | +22B | +26B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 18.75 | 1223 | -57.2 |
| 15 | Tengebay, Nurislam | 1464 | KAZ | +31B | −16N | +26B | −9N | −17B | +21N | +25B | −12N | +27B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 13.00 | 804 | -36.0 |
| 16 | Abdrasul, Dias | 1589 | KAZ | +28N | +15B | −1N | +13B | +7N | =5B | −2N | F | F | 4.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 21.00 | 1558 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Berikbayev, Shakhrukh | 0 | KAZ | +20N | −13B | −3N | +30B | +15N | =7B | −11N | −8N | +25B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 15.75 | 1484 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Zhumagali, Bibarys | 0 | KAZ | −3B | −8B | +27N | +26N | +19B | +12N | −4B | −10B | −13N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 15.00 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Turmakhan, Ayzere | 1483 | KAZ | +22N | −7B | +29N | −8B | −18N | +27B | +26N | F | −5B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 12.00 | 727 | -28.4 |
| 20 | Ashirbek, Dinmukhamed | 1582 | KAZ | −17B | +32N | −24B | −11B | +28N | −26N | +21B | +23B | −8N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 10.00 | 677 | -22.0 |
| 21 | Ospan, Nurali | 0 | KAZ | −10N | +30B | −13N | −23B | +22N | −15B | −20N | +31B | +24N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 8.00 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 557023271 | 0 | — | −19B | −26N | +32B | +?N | −21B | −25N | +31B | −14N | +29B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 557023220 | 0 | — | +?B | −6N | −14B | +21N | −12B | −11B | +29N | −20N | =28B | 3.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.25 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Almakhanbet, Aldiyar | 0 | KAZ | −1N | +27B | +20N | −10B | −5N | +29B | −12B | −25N | −21B | 3.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 9.00 | 1299 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 557023212 | 0 | — | −14B | F | −10N | +29B | −13N | +22B | −15N | +24B | −17N | 3.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 9.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Aueskhan, Yerassyl | 0 | KAZ | −7N | +22B | −15N | −18B | +30N | +20B | −19B | F | −14N | 3.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 9.00 | 1261 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Ospan, Arailym | 0 | KAZ | −12B | −24N | −18B | +31N | +?B | −19N | F | +28B | −15N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 2.50 | 661 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 557023239 | 0 | — | −16B | +31N | −9B | −12N | −20B | +30B | F | −27N | =23N | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.75 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 557023255 | 0 | — | −6B | +?N | −19B | −25N | +31B | −24N | −23B | F | −22N | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 557023190 | 0 | — | −2B | −21N | +31B | −17N | −26B | −28N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 557023280 | 0 | — | −15N | −28B | −30N | −27B | −29N | −?B | −22N | −21N | F | 0.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 557023247 | 0 | — | −5N | −20B | −22N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 557023263 | 0 | — | −11N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kydyrbay, MargulanKAZ+88.88.0 pts · #1
- 2Moldabay, AlikhanKAZ+87.27.5 pts · #2
- 3Saduakas, ZhomartKAZ+56.05.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Aliakbar, AlizhanKAZ-85.65.0 pts · #8
- 2Yessenbay, ZhandosKAZ-57.25.0 pts · #19
- 3Tengebay, NurislamKAZ-36.05.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R2+193 Elo gap
- R8+187 Elo gap