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April Shatranj experimental classik IV

Round-RobinStandard

12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 13 Apr 2026 to 17 Apr 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1795, and top seed was Daryn Dairov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2065).

Bekarys Tursunali (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2051) won with 8.0/11, ahead of Dinmukhamed Mels (7.5) and Daryn Dairov (5.5). Tursunali shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nurlybek Kalikov (1638) beat Daryn Dairov (2065), a +427-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates
13 Apr 2026 → 17 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Daryn Dairov2065
Avg top 10
1,795
Participants
12
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 12 · 11 rounds

Bekarys Tursunali led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
4
3
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#6#12R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Tursunali takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 Feb

Bekarys Tursunali takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bekarys Tursunali beat Dinmukhamed Mels (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Bekarys Tursunali 5 wins (R4–R9)Daryn Dairov 3 wins (R2–R4)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789101112PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇰🇿Tursunali , Bekarys2051*1½1½0111118.035.5048.0-4.22005
2🇰🇿Mels, Dinmukhamed18760*0½11½11½117.528.7548.5+11.61876
3🇰🇿Dairov, Daryn2065½1*1½01½15.529.2550.5-37.61923
4🇰🇿Shafikov, Emil17690½0*½1½10115.521.5050.5+9.01806
5🇰🇿Sartbayev, Askar1859½0½½*½½001115.519.0050.5-60.41744
8🇰🇿Kalikov, Nurlybek16381010½*010½15.022.7551.0+61.21772
6🇰🇿Rizaidenov, Magellan15010½0½½1*010½15.020.2551.0+105.61714
7🇰🇿Bagdad, Imran173000½0101*½115.018.0051.0+22.81777
9🇰🇿Bakytzhan, Didar1694001110½*14.520.5051.5+20.41792
10🇰🇿Batyrzhanuly, Altair1672½0010*½2.09.7554.0-22.81592
11🇰🇿Ni, Alan15830000½½0½*½2.06.2554.0-18.01534
12🇰🇿Kabylbek, Alisultan15930000000½*0.51.0055.5-84.41298

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets