Maestro Selection April 1
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31 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 07 Apr 2026 to 11 Apr 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1634, and top seed was Nurkhan Gabiden (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1683).
Tailan Khati (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1660) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Raimbek Burokhanov (6.0) and Asanali Sadu (6.0). Khati shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Abdurrohman Tursunbai (1505) beat Abdulla-Bilal Tursunbai (1679), a +174-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
07 Apr 2026 → 11 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×31
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 3 players tied at 6.0/8, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 6.0/8. Khati takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Asanali Sadu 3 wins (R6–R8)Tailan Khati 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Raimbek Burokhanov | * | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2Asanali Sadu | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Tailan Khati | 1 | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Nurkhan Gabiden | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khati, Tailan | 1660 | KAZ | +31N | +17B | +3N | +10B | +2N | =6B | −4B | =8N | 6.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 26.00 | 1825 | +57.2 |
| 2 | Burokhanov, Raimbek | 1613 | KAZ | +23B | =15N | +4B | +16N | −1B | =5N | +9B | +6N | 6.0 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 26.75 | 1799 | +74.0 |
| 3 | Sadu, Asanali | 1666 | KAZ | +18B | +16N | −1B | +24N | −9B | +19N | +10B | +4N | 6.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 23.50 | 1772 | +41.2 |
| 4 | Gabiden, Nurkhan | 1683 | KAZ | +19N | =11B | −2N | +15N | +7B | +20B | +1N | −3B | 5.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 23.25 | 1675 | -4.0 |
| 5 | Arenova, Arailym | 1674 | KAZ | =14N | +8B | −13N | +17B | +12N | =2B | =6N | +11B | 5.5 | 34.0 | 38.0 | 25.75 | 1663 | -3.6 |
| 6 | Moldashev, Alim | 1614 | KAZ | −8N | +14B | +30N | +13B | +10N | =1N | =5B | −2B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 20.75 | 1718 | +33.2 |
| 7 | Zhandildina, Aruna | 1482 | KAZ | =9N | =12B | +20N | =11B | −4N | =8B | +18N | +17B | 5.0 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 20.50 | 1646 | +46.4 |
| 8 | Alimov, Nazar | 1450 | KAZ | +6B | −5N | −24B | +26N | +16B | =7N | +13N | =1B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 21.00 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Tursunbai, Abdulla-Bilal | 1679 | KAZ | =7B | +24N | −15B | +28N | +3N | =11B | −2N | +12B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 18.75 | 1619 | -23.2 |
| 10 | Abubakirov, Imangali | 1582 | KAZ | +27N | +30B | +12N | −1N | −6B | +13B | −3N | +20B | 5.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 14.50 | 1596 | +2.8 |
| 11 | Apenova, Yasmin | 1537 | KAZ | +28B | =4N | −16B | =7N | +18B | =9N | +19B | −5N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 16.25 | 1584 | +12.8 |
| 12 | Munara, Asset | 1629 | KAZ | +25B | =7N | −10B | +22N | −5B | +23N | +15B | −9N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 14.00 | 1549 | -30.8 |
| 13 | Abylkhan, Asanali | 1522 | KAZ | +26B | =25N | +5B | −6N | +15B | −10N | −8B | +29N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 14.00 | 1566 | +8.8 |
| 14 | Begaliyev, Iman | 1481 | KAZ | =5B | −6N | =28B | −23N | +26B | +21N | =17N | +25B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 12.50 | 1460 | -6.4 |
| 15 | Tursunbai, Abdurrohman | 1505 | KAZ | +20N | =2B | +9N | −4B | −13N | +22B | −12N | =19B | 4.0 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1484 | -9.7 |
| 16 | Zhami, Aisha | 1530 | KAZ | +21N | −3B | +11N | −2B | −8N | −18B | +30N | +31N | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 8.50 | 1488 | -21.2 |
| 17 | Zhami, Alina | 1497 | KAZ | +29B | −1N | +18B | −5N | =23B | +27N | =14B | −7N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 10.50 | 1479 | -8.8 |
| 18 | Rakhmet, Miras | 1474 | KAZ | −3N | +21B | −17N | +27B | −11N | +16N | −7B | +30B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 9.50 | 1418 | -18.8 |
| 19 | Baitore, Sarmat | 1485 | KAZ | −4B | +26N | =22B | +29N | F | −3B | −11N | =15N | 3.0 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 7.00 | 1286 | -35.2 |
| 20 | Kurbanaly, Yernur | 0 | KAZ | −15B | +23N | −7B | +30N | +29B | −4N | F | −10N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 5.00 | 1308 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kenzhigali, Kamal | 0 | KAZ | −16B | −18N | −23B | +25N | +31B | −14B | +28N | −22N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 3.50 | 1353 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Tashimov, Alikhan | 0 | KAZ | −24B | F | =19N | −12B | +30B | −15N | =25N | +21B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 1271 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Baspanov, Karim | 1440 | KAZ | −2N | −20B | +21N | +14B | =17N | −12B | F | F | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 9.50 | 1471 | +5.2 |
| 24 | Askaruly, Aidar | 1485 | KAZ | +22N | −9B | +8N | −3B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 879 | -20.0 |
| 25 | Agalmas, Aydar | 1453 | KAZ | −12N | =13B | −27N | −21B | F | +31N | =22B | −14N | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.75 | 1369 | -16.8 |
| 26 | Kilash, Yernar | 0 | KAZ | −13N | −19B | F | −8B | −14N | −30N | +31B | +28B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 1.50 | 1302 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Shektybai, Dinmukhammed | 1437 | KAZ | −10B | =29N | +25B | −18N | F | −17B | F | F | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.75 | 1305 | -33.6 |
| 28 | Asylzhanov, Meirzhan | 0 | KAZ | −11N | +31B | =14N | −9B | F | F | −21B | −26N | 1.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2.25 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Murzagildin, Akhmetzhan | 0 | KAZ | −17N | =27B | +31N | −19B | −20N | F | F | −13B | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.75 | 1345 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Burumbayev, Mukhamedali | 0 | KAZ | F | −10N | −6B | −20B | −22N | +26B | −16B | −18N | 1.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Loyenko, Matvey | 1470 | KAZ | −1B | −28N | −29B | F | −21N | −25B | −26N | −16B | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 751 | -48.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Burokhanov, RaimbekKAZ+74.06.0 pts · #1
- 2Khati, TailanKAZ+57.26.0 pts · #3
- 3Zhandildina, ArunaKAZ+46.45.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Loyenko, MatveyKAZ-48.40.0 pts · #29
- 2Baitore, SarmatKAZ-35.23.0 pts · #28
- 3Shektybai, DinmukhammedKAZ-33.61.5 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R3+174 Elo gap
- R1+164 Elo gap
- R3+152 Elo gap