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Blitz Marathon KazChess 6 stage 2026

SwissBlitz

20 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 23 Mar 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. 18 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2437, and top seed was Denis Makhnev (🇰🇿 KAZ, GM, 2558).

Kazybek Nogerbek (🇰🇿 KAZ, GM, 2518) won with 8.0/11, ahead of Mark Smirnov (8.0) and Sauat Nurgaliyev (7.5). Nogerbek shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kumar Tyulyupov (1910) beat Ergali Suleimen (IM, 2351), a +441-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
23 Mar 2026
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿GMDenis Makhnev2558
Avg top 10
2,437
Participants
20
Titled players · 18
GM×4
IM×7
FM×4
WGM×1
WIM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 8.0/11, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
2
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
Nogerbek8Smirnov8Nurgaliyev7.5Ansat7Suleymenov7Suleimen6.5
R3–R11 · LEAD HELD

GM Kazybek Nogerbek held the sole lead from R3 through R11 without losing it.

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/11. Nogerbek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (65.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Kazybek Nogerbek beat IM Mark Smirnov (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKazybek Nogerbek*
1
½
1
2IMMark Smirnov
0
*
½
1
3IMSauat Nurgaliyev
½
½
*
1
4IMAldiyar Ansat
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nogerbek, KazybekGM2518KAZ+11N+9B+5N=3B+2B=4N+8B−6N=7B+15N=10B8.065.069.549.752575+8.1
2Smirnov, MarkIM2461KAZ+15B−6N+12B+8B−1N+5N=3B+4B+17N=10N+7B8.063.567.546.502566+14.8
3Nurgaliyev, SauatIM2414KAZ=13B+4N+10B=1N+5B=8N=2N+9B=6B−7N+11B7.565.570.547.252538+18.7
4Suleymenov, AlisherGM2332KAZ=8N−3B+16N+17B+9N=1B+15B−2N+12B+6N−5B7.063.067.037.502497+24.1
5Ansat, AldiyarIM2452KAZ+14N+17B−1B+6N−3N−2B+18N−8B+13B+16N+4N7.061.565.035.502445+0.7
6Mamedov, EdgarGM2445KAZ+19N+2B−8N−5B+11N=7B=17N+1B=3N−4B+18N6.562.566.037.002430-0.6
7Suleimen, ErgaliIM2351KAZ−18N+16B+14N=9B−8N=6N+12B+17B=1N+3B−2N6.560.564.036.252413+10.7
8Makhnev, DenisGM2558KAZ=4B+13N+6B−2N+7B=3B−1N+5N+15B−11N−9B6.066.571.036.752418-19.3
9Sapenov, DaniyalIM2448KAZ+12B−1N+15B=7N−4B+18B=10N−3N−19B+20N+8N6.057.059.027.002343-13.2
10Urazayev, ArystanbekIM2371KAZ=16N+18B−3N−15B=14N+11B=9B−13N+20N=2B=1N5.557.059.026.252273-12.1
11Kuandykuly, DanisFM2305KAZ−1B−12N+13B+20N−6B−10N+19B−16N+14N+8B−3N5.056.558.521.502273-8.6
12Talgatov, NazarFM2245KAZ−9N+11B−2N+16B−17N+13B−7N+20B−4N−14B+19N5.054.556.520.002245+1.0
13Kaliakhmet, ElnazWIM2212KAZ=3N−8B−11N+19B−15N−12N+20B+10B−5N+18B=14N5.052.554.520.752234+14.0
14Kamalidenova, MeruertIM2249KAZ−5B+20N−7B=18N=10B=19N+16B−15N−11B+12N=13B5.050.052.020.252191-14.4
15Kurmangaliyeva, LiyaFM2265KAZ−2N+19B−9N+10N+13B=17B−4N+14B−8N−1B−20B4.558.060.021.0022720.0
16Akhilbay, ImangaliFM2182KAZ=10B−7N−4B−12N−19B+20N−14N+11B+18N−5B+17N4.552.054.017.252187+1.0
17Nurgaliyeva, ZarinaWIM2353KAZ+20B−5N+18B−4N+12B=15N=6B−7N−2B−19N−16B4.056.058.016.002161-52.2
18Tyulyupov, Kumar1910KAZ+7B−10N−17N=14B+20B−9N−5B+19N−16B−13N−6B3.553.555.514.502113+40.8
19Balabayeva, XeniyaWGM2229KAZ−6B−15N−20B−13N+16N=14B−11N−18B+9N+17B−12B3.549.051.017.002102-37.0
20Zarkym, Ailin1973KAZ−17N−14B+19N−11B−18N−16B−13N−12N−10B−9B+15N2.048.051.58.001983-2.5

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets