CShK classic march 1 2026
18 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1718, and top seed was Nurlybek Dias (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1871).
Dias Usmanov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1682) won with 8.0/8, ahead of Almadi Yerbulatov (7.0) and Nurlybek Dias (5.5). Usmanov won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Asanali Sadu (1517) beat Abdiali Abdishev (1804), a +287-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsDias Usmanov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Dias Usmanov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Dias Usmanov beat Almadi Yerbulatov (Black).
Dias Usmanov 8 wins (R1–R8)Almadi Yerbulatov 6 wins (R3–R8)Nurlybek Dias 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dias Usmanov | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Almadi Yerbulatov | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Nurlybek Dias | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Konstantin Popov | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usmanov, Dias | 1682 | KAZ | +17B | +2N | +6B | +3B | +11N | +7N | +4B | +5N | 8.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 34.00 | 2485 | +81.2 |
| 2 | Yerbulatov, Almadi | 1825 | KAZ | +9N | −1B | +14N | +13N | +4B | +3B | +6N | +7B | 7.0 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 26.50 | 1963 | +43.6 |
| 3 | Nurlybek Dias | 1871 | KAZ | +4B | +10N | +13B | −1N | =6B | −2N | +7B | +8N | 5.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 20.00 | 1790 | -17.7 |
| 4 | Popov, Konstantin | 1557 | KAZ | −3N | +16B | +12N | +8B | −2N | +11B | −1N | +6B | 5.0 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 15.00 | 1765 | +82.0 |
| 5 | Kapen, Nuradil | 1782 | KAZ | =8N | +12B | −11N | −7B | +18N | +14B | +9N | −1B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 12.25 | 1592 | -65.6 |
| 6 | Nazdrachev, Marat | 1639 | KAZ | =16N | +8B | −1N | +12B | =3N | +9B | −2B | −4N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 37.0 | 13.50 | 1628 | -2.4 |
| 7 | Sadu, Asanali | 1517 | KAZ | +11N | −13B | =16N | +5N | +10B | −1B | −3N | −2N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 11.75 | 1684 | +39.9 |
| 8 | Zhakisheva, Venera | 1491 | KAZ | =5B | −6N | +15B | −4N | −14B | +18B | +10N | −3B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 9.75 | 1532 | +0.8 |
| 9 | Erboluly, Erasyl | 1545 | KAZ | −2B | +18N | −10B | +16N | +13B | −6N | −5B | =15N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 6.75 | 1547 | -2.8 |
| 10 | Kazakbay, Suleyman Arif | 1690 | KAZ | +14N | −3B | +9N | −11B | −7N | =13N | −8B | +12B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 10.25 | 1591 | -44.4 |
| 11 | Abdishev, Abdiali | 1804 | KAZ | −7B | +17N | +5B | +10N | −1B | −4N | F | F | 3.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 9.50 | 1619 | -54.4 |
| 12 | Orazbek, Amirkhan | 1604 | KAZ | +18B | −5N | −4B | −6N | −15B | +17N | +16B | −10N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 4.50 | 1412 | -73.2 |
| 13 | Abdishev, Aldiyar | 1725 | KAZ | +15B | +7N | −3N | −2B | −9N | =10B | F | F | 2.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 7.75 | 1601 | -42.0 |
| 14 | Nurlanov, Miras | 1446 | KAZ | −10B | +15N | −2B | =18B | +8N | −5N | F | F | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.75 | 1582 | +28.8 |
| 15 | Abylbek, Alpamys | 1457 | KAZ | −13N | −14B | −8N | −17B | +12N | F | +18B | =9B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.25 | 1354 | -32.4 |
| 16 | Shishov, Andrey | 1423 | KAZ | =6B | −4N | =7B | −9B | F | F | −12N | =17N | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.50 | 1364 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Nuralin, Arnur | 1442 | KAZ | −1N | −11B | −18N | +15N | F | −12B | F | =16B | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.25 | 1445 | -2.0 |
| 18 | Almaz, Madiyar | 0 | KAZ | −12N | −9B | +17B | =14N | −5B | −8N | −15N | F | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.75 | 1311 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Popov, KonstantinKAZ+82.05.0 pts · #4
- 2Usmanov, DiasKAZ+81.28.0 pts · #1
- 3Yerbulatov, AlmadiKAZ+43.67.0 pts · #2
- 1Orazbek, AmirkhanKAZ-73.23.0 pts · #13
- 2Kapen, NuradilKAZ-65.64.5 pts · #8
- 3Abdishev, AbdialiKAZ-54.43.0 pts · #9
- R1+287 Elo gap
- R4+265 Elo gap
- R6+247 Elo gap