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April Favorit qualification tournament I

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15 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 11 Apr 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 613, and top seed was Amirkhan Galymzhan (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1662).

Nurbek Zhumabay (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1548) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Nuriya Bulanbaeva (7.0) and Dinmukhammed Oserbay (6.5). Zhumabay won solo starting round 4.

Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
04 Apr 2026 → 11 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Amirkhan Galymzhan1662
Avg top 10
613
Participants
15
Federations · 2 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×7
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Nurbek Zhumabay led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

Nurbek Zhumabay held the sole lead from R2 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nurbek Zhumabay beat Nuriya Bulanbaeva (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Nurbek Zhumabay 4 wins (R4–R7)Nuriya Bulanbaeva 4 wins (R6–R9)Dinmukhammed Oserbay 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhumabay, Nurbek1548KAZ+10N+12B=11N+7B+2N+3N+4B5B+9N7.537.540.033.251396-8.4
2Bulanbaeva, Nuriya1407KAZ=3N+8B+4N=5B1B+6N+7B+10N+12B7.041.043.530.0013420.0
3Oserbay, Dinmukhammed0KAZ=2B=4N+9B+11N=5N1B+6B+8N+7B6.542.044.527.5015780.0
4FIDE 4470310850+8N=3B2B+13N+9B+5N1N+6B+10B6.540.543.025.2515350.0
5Torchinsky, Alexander1512ENG+14B=7N+6B=2N=3B4BF+1N+15N5.540.542.024.252358+22.8
6FIDE 4470007400+9N=11B5N+10B+7N2B3N4N+14B4.537.539.512.7513960.0
7Darmeshov, Alikhan0KAZ+13N=5B+12N1N6B+8B2N=15B3N4.040.041.512.5013420.0
8FIDE 55703194004B2N+14B+15N=11B7N+9B3B=13N4.034.035.59.0016660.0
9FIDE 44703565006BF3N+12B4N+15B8N+14N1B3.035.035.06.007580.0
10Kalustov, David0KAZ1B+15N=13B6N14NF+12B2B4N2.534.034.05.257580.0
11Galymzhan, Amirkhan1662KAZF=6N=1B3B=8N+13BFFF2.530.530.510.501558-6.0
12Brankulov, Khapas0KAZ+15B1N7B9NF=14B10N+13B2N2.530.030.05.007580.0
13FIDE 55703195907B+14N=10N4B=15B11NF12N=8B2.525.525.56.008660.0
14FIDE 55701844805N13B8NF+10B=12N=15N9B6N2.026.026.04.507110.0
15FIDE 557018227012N10BF8B=13N9N=14B=7N5B1.526.026.04.257110.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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