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Maestro Selection Cup std apr

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1799, and top seed was Azamat Alin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1966).

Eskendir Akylbek (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1821) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Azamat Alin (7.0) and Nariman Sayassatov (7.0). Akylbek won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Alim Yerseit (1623) beat Asanali Shakhman (1858), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
18 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Azamat Alin1966
Avg top 10
1,799
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Eskendir Akylbek led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Akylbek7.5Alin7Sayassatov7Skurygina6Tulekenova4.5Bolat4.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Eskendir Akylbek held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eskendir Akylbek lost to Azamat Alin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Eskendir Akylbek 6 wins (R1–R6)Azamat Alin 3 wins (R3–R5)Nariman Sayassatov 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Eskendir Akylbek*
0
½
—
2Azamat Alin
1
*
½
½
3Nariman Sayassatov
½
½
*—
4Sofiya Skurygina—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Akylbek, Eskendir1821KAZ+9N+6B+7N+5B+12N+13B−2N+8B=3N7.536.038.027.502036+92.4
2Alin, Azamat1966KAZ+12B=5N+13B+10N+6B=7N+1B=3N=4B7.038.040.029.251961+1.2
3Sayassatov, Nariman1906KAZ=5N+9B+12N+6B=7N+10B+8N=2B=1B7.037.039.027.501983+50.4
4Skurygina, Sofiya1766KAZ+10B−12N+5B+13N+9B−6N=7B+11B=2N6.030.032.020.001841+53.6
5Bolat, Arlan1683KAZ=3B=2B−4N−1N+8B+11N−6B+12N=7B4.542.544.517.501788+18.8
6Tulekenova, Azel1762KAZ+11B−1N=8B−3N−2N+4B+5N−9B+13N4.541.543.517.001744-8.0
7Shakhman, Asanali1858KAZ+14B−8N−1B+9N=3B=2B=4N−10B=5N4.041.543.016.751719-60.4
8Bulekpayev, Mirzat1765KAZ+13N+7B=6N+12B−5N=9N−3B−1N−10B4.035.037.011.751686-18.4
9Yerseit, Amir1656KAZ−1B−3N=11N−7B−4N=8BF+6N+12B3.037.539.09.751679+15.6
10Yerseit, Alim1623KAZ−4N−11BF−2B−14N−3N=13B+7N+8N2.534.035.59.001616-0.8
11Beisembayev, Baltabai1581KAZ−6N+10N=9B=14B=13N−5B−12B−4NF2.526.026.05.751542-14.6
12Kairken, Nurdaulet1719KAZ−2N+4B−3B−8N−1BF+11N−5B−9N2.041.543.08.501575-60.8
13Apenova, Yasmin1543KAZ−8B+14N−2N−4B=11B−1N=10NF−6B2.035.535.54.001552-4.0
14Agzamov, Samat1746KAZ−7N−13BF=11N+10BFFFF1.518.518.53.751567-16.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets