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Baiterek chess tournament feb 1

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16 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 22 Feb 2026 to 25 Feb 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1544, and top seed was Muhammedgali Abdikayim (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1759).

Samir Yerzhanov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1567) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Muhammedgali Abdikayim (9.0) and Aldiyar Galiakbarov (8.0).

The biggest upset came in round 3: Samir Yerzhanov (1567) beat Muhammedgali Abdikayim (1759), a +192-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
22 Feb 2026 → 25 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Muhammedgali Abdikayim1759
Avg top 10
1,544
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Samir Yerzhanov led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
Yerzhanov9.5Abdikayim9Galiakbarov8Balgabekkyzy8Myrza7.5Zhomartuly7.5
R3–R11 · LEAD HELD

Samir Yerzhanov held the sole lead from R3 through R11 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Samir Yerzhanov beat Muhammedgali Abdikayim (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+5 wins

Samir Yerzhanov posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 5 in a row (R7–R11) — total 8 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Samir Yerzhanov*
1
½
½
2Muhammedgali Abdikayim
0
*
1
1
3Aldiyar Galiakbarov
½
0
*
½
4Gulnisa Balgabekkyzy
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yerzhanov, Samir1567KAZ+7B+14N+2B=6N=3B=4N+5N+12B+8N+10B+9B9.566.569.057.251806+88.4
2Abdikayim, Muhammedgali1759KAZ+4N+8B−1N+3B+6N=5B+9B+7N=10B+11N+12N9.068.072.056.251726-8.8
3Galiakbarov, Aldiyar1666KAZ+5B+10N=6B−2N=1N+8B+11N=4B+9B=7N+13N8.069.072.047.251712+10.2
4Balgabekkyzy, Gulnisa1459KAZ−2B+12N+14B=5N+7B=1B=6N=3N+11B+13B+8N8.065.568.042.751640+71.6
5Myrza, Sultankozha1457KAZ−3N+13B+8N=4B+9N=2N−1B=6B+12N+15B+16B7.561.561.531.751663+107.6
6Zhomartuly, Rakhymzhan1601KAZ+15N+11B=3N=1B−2B+12N=4B=5N+16N=14B+10N7.560.060.033.251636+6.8
7Amanov, Amir1409KAZ−1N+16B=9B+11N−4N+15B=8N−2B+13N=3B+14N6.557.557.521.5015470.0
8Maksat, Ostemir1482KAZ+12B−2N−5B+14N+10B−3N=7B+15N−1B+16N−4B5.561.561.516.251454-18.4
9Argyn, Aituar1475KAZ−11N+15B=7N+10N−5B+13B−2N+16B−3N+12B−1N5.559.059.016.751557+19.6
10Mukhamedzhan, Rasul1505KAZ+13N−3B=11N−9B−8N+16B+15N+14B=2N−1N−6B5.057.057.014.001485-13.6
11Kalabay, Daler0KAZ+9B−6N=10B−7B+16N+14N−3B+13B−4N−2B=15N5.056.556.514.2515090.0
12Dugushev, Zhangir0KAZ−8N−4B+15N+13N+14B−6B+16N−1N−5B−9N−2B4.059.559.57.0013820.0
13Balgozha, Sanzhar0KAZ−10B−5N+16N−12B+15B−9N+14B−11N−7B−4N−3B3.053.553.54.001341-86.0
14Zhanat, Madiyar0KAZ+16N−1B−4N−8B−12N−11B−13N−10N+15B=6N−7B2.555.555.55.2513710.0
15Mukhamedzhan, Aisha1444KAZ−6B−9N−12B+16B−13N−7N−10B−8B−14N−5N=11B1.552.052.02.501204-72.4
16Bakhytkanov, Alrami1466KAZ−14B−7N−13B−15N−11B−10N−12B−9N−6B−8B−5N0.052.053.50.00710-122.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets