Seniors Kazakhstan Championship U50 2026
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27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Mar 2026 to 19 Mar 2026 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2027, and top seed was Yerlan Tikzhanov (🇰🇿 KAZ, IM, 2247).
Nurlan Tileubay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2029) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Yesbol Sabdenov (6.0) and Oleg Golovchuk (6.0). Tileubay won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Maksat Sarsenov (1674) beat Abai Akchibekov (2158), a +484-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Dates
12 Mar 2026 → 19 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×26
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsNurlan Tileubay led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
Nurlan Tileubay never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Nurlan Tileubay drew with Oleg Golovchuk (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nurlan Tileubay 4 wins (R1–R4)Yesbol Sabdenov 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nurlan Tileubay | * | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 2Oleg Golovchuk | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Yesbol Sabdenov | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Kirill Karpunin | 1 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tileubay, Nurlan | 2029 | KAZ | +13B | +5N | +17B | +16N | =3B | +6N | =9B | +2N | −4B | 7.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 35.50 | 2079 | +11.6 |
| 2 | Sabdenov, Yesbol | 0 | KAZ | +8B | =7N | =10B | −6N | +17B | +15B | +11N | −1B | +9N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 29.25 | 2013 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Golovchuk, Oleg | 2087 | KAZ | F | =15N | +18B | =11B | =1N | +12B | =7N | +9N | +5B | 6.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 30.50 | 2156 | +14.4 |
| 4 | Karpunin, Kirill | 1912 | KAZ | +27B | =10N | =7B | +17N | −6B | −5N | +13B | +16N | +1N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 24.75 | 2019 | +22.8 |
| 5 | Kozhabekov, Adilkhan | 1829 | KAZ | +23N | −1B | +25N | −12B | +19N | +4B | +16N | +8B | −3N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 23.50 | 2017 | +27.4 |
| 6 | Ibrayev, Galymzhan | 2031 | KAZ | +14N | +9B | −16N | +2B | +4N | −1B | =8N | +12B | −10B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 28.75 | 2012 | -2.2 |
| 7 | Ospanov, ArmanCM | 1974 | KAZ | +24N | =2B | =4N | −9B | +20N | +13B | =3B | −10N | +12N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 24.50 | 1997 | +7.4 |
| 8 | Yakhiyayev, Abdikhadir | 1922 | KAZ | −2N | +22B | +24B | +10N | =12N | =9B | =6B | −5N | +14B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 23.00 | 2016 | +21.6 |
| 9 | Koshzhanov, Berik | 1854 | KAZ | +25B | −6N | +20B | +7N | +16B | =8N | =1N | −3B | −2B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 44.5 | 20.75 | 1992 | +52.4 |
| 10 | Akchibekov, Abai | 2158 | KAZ | F | =4B | =2N | −8B | −13N | +20N | +15B | +7B | +6N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 25.50 | 1991 | -24.0 |
| 11 | Ermagambetov, Shadiyar | 1961 | KAZ | +20B | −17N | +13B | =3N | −14B | +18N | −2B | =15N | +16B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 | 1921 | -6.0 |
| 12 | Tikzhanov, YerlanIM | 2247 | KAZ | +21N | −16B | +15B | +5N | =8B | −3N | +14B | −6N | −7B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 21.75 | 1927 | -32.3 |
| 13 | Sarsenov, Maksat | 1674 | KAZ | −1N | +26B | −11N | +25B | +10B | −7N | −4N | =21B | +18B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 38.0 | 12.50 | 1858 | +52.8 |
| 14 | Kozhamberdiev, Maratbek | 1708 | KAZ | −6B | =19N | +26B | +18N | +11N | −16B | −12N | +22B | −8N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 15.00 | 1864 | +23.6 |
| 15 | Mutaliyev, Sman | 1871 | KAZ | +26N | =3B | −12N | =19B | +24B | −2N | −10N | =11B | +23N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 13.50 | 1949 | +7.4 |
| 16 | Dautov, Polatbek | 1922 | KAZ | +19B | +12N | +6B | −1B | −9N | +14N | −5B | −4B | −11N | 4.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 18.50 | 1859 | -15.6 |
| 17 | Togussov, Uakpai | 1776 | KAZ | F | +11B | −1N | −4B | −2N | +21N | =19B | =18N | +22B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 16.50 | 1921 | +24.0 |
| 18 | Auganbaev, Saken | 1940 | KAZ | =22N | +21B | −3N | −14B | +23N | −11B | +24N | =17B | −13N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 13.25 | 1691 | -100.4 |
| 19 | Bektaliyev, Askar | 0 | KAZ | −16N | =14B | +22N | =15N | −5B | =24B | =17N | =23B | =21N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 14.75 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Satayev, Erzhan | 1631 | KAZ | −11N | +23B | −9N | +26N | −7B | −10B | −22N | +24B | +25N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 7.00 | 1558 | -26.8 |
| 21 | Sabyrzhanov, Rishat | 1827 | KAZ | −12B | −18N | +23B | −24N | +25N | −17B | +26B | =13N | =19B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 8.75 | 1488 | -38.6 |
| 22 | Bektayev, Nurzhan | 1510 | KAZ | =18B | −8N | −19B | −23N | +26B | +25N | +20B | −14N | −17N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 1639 | +22.8 |
| 23 | Seidaliyev, Farkhat | 0 | KAZ | −5B | −20N | −21N | +22B | −18B | =26N | +25B | =19N | −15B | 3.0 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 6.75 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Yegibayev, Nuktar | 1651 | KAZ | −7B | F | −8N | +21B | −15N | =19N | −18B | −20N | +26B | 2.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 6.50 | 1588 | -9.6 |
| 25 | Sarsembayev, Galim | 0 | KAZ | −9N | F | −5B | −13N | −21B | −22B | −23N | +26N | −20B | 1.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 0.50 | 921 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 447099143 | 0 | — | −15B | −13N | −14N | −20B | −22N | =23B | −21N | −25B | −24N | 0.5 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 1.50 | 896 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Sadykov, Sultan | 0 | KAZ | −4N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1112 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sarsenov, MaksatKAZ+52.84.5 pts · #18
- 2Koshzhanov, BerikKAZ+52.45.0 pts · #11
- 3Kozhabekov, AdilkhanKAZ+27.46.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Auganbaev, SakenKAZ-100.44.0 pts · #14
- 2Sabyrzhanov, RishatKAZ-38.64.0 pts · #24
- 3Tikzhanov, YerlanIMKAZ-32.34.5 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R5+484 Elo gap
- R2+325 Elo gap
- R9+273 Elo gap