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March Favorit qualification tournament I

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13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 09 Mar 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 925, and top seed was Zhanay Nurlanay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1701).

Vladimir Lozhnikov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1447) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Dariya Aukenova (6.0) and Aliya Kyrbassova (5.5). Lozhnikov shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Vladimir Lozhnikov (1447) beat Zhanay Nurlanay (1701), a +254-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 09 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Zhanay Nurlanay1701
Avg top 10
925
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vladimir Lozhnikov led from R7; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
5
2
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Lozhnikov takes lead
Lozhnikov7.5Aukenova6Kyrbassova5.5Kasen5Nurlanay5Galymzhan4— ex-leaders:Nurlanayled R5, #11
R7 · LEADER CHANGE09 Mar

Vladimir Lozhnikov takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Lozhnikov beat Dariya Aukenova (White).

R4–R9 · WIN STREAK

Vladimir Lozhnikov won 6 in a row (R4–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vladimir Lozhnikov*
1
½
1
2Dariya Aukenova
0
*
1
0
3Aliya Kyrbassova
½
0
*—
4Shapagat Kasen
0
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lozhnikov, Vladimir1447KAZ−11N+10B=3N+13B+7N+5N+4B+2B+6N7.535.536.530.752453+91.2
2Aukenova, Dariya0KAZ=10N+9B+6B=4N−5B+7N+3B−1N+8B6.039.042.025.5015550.0
3Kyrbassova, Aliya0KAZ−8N+12B=1B=10N+13N+6B−2N+9B=11B5.533.534.517.7515020.0
4Nurlanay, Zhanay1701KAZ+12N+11B=7N=2B+6N=8B−1N=5BF5.035.535.518.501380-49.6
5Kasen, Shapagat1587KAZ+13N−7B+11N=8B+2N−1B+10B=4N−12N5.034.535.517.501557-13.6
6Galymzhan, Amirkhan0KAZ+9N+8B−2N+7B−4B−3NF+10N−1B4.039.039.015.0015620.0
7Shatygin, Voldemar0KAZF+5N=4B−6N−1B−2B+11N+12B=9N4.036.536.514.5015650.0
8Mukhtar, Erali1435KAZ+3B−6N+13B=5N+10B=4N−9BF−2N4.033.533.514.501610+34.8
9Tkachik, Ratmir1464KAZ−6B−2NF+11B=12N+13B+8N−3N=7B4.029.529.511.002240+17.6
10Ismagulova, Malika1619KAZ=2B−1N+12B=3B−8NF−5N−6B+13N3.035.035.08.75705-80.4
11Ivanykina, Alissa0KAZ+1B−4N−5B−9NF=12B−7B+13N=3N3.034.034.012.2513720.0
12Abdrakhmanov, Rolan0KAZ−4B−3N−10NF=9B=11N−13B−7N+5B2.030.530.58.5015230.0
13Brankulov, Khapas0KAZ−5BF−8N−1N−3B−9N+12N−11B−10B1.034.034.02.007260.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets