Cup Karaganda region 2nd stage B 2026
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27 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2026 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1637, and top seed was Aibar Amrin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1740).
Dias Begdildayev (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1686) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Timur Em (7.0) and Sanzhar Rakhymtay (6.5). Begdildayev shared the lead from round 8 and won solo starting round 9.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Sashik Serobyan (1473) beat Aibar Amrin (1740), a +267-point gap.
Location
🇰🇿Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 30 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 10 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×25
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 10 roundsDias Begdildayev led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R9 · LEADER CHANGE28 Apr
Dias Begdildayev takes the sole lead (7.0/9).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Dias Begdildayev beat Timur Em (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Dias Begdildayev 3 wins (R3–R5)Timur Em 3 wins (R8–R10)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dias Begdildayev | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Timur Em | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Alikhan Ibadatkhan | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Aibar Amrin | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Begdildayev, Dias | 1686 | KAZ | +19B | −9N | +23B | +14N | +2B | =6B | +7N | =4B | +11N | =3B | 7.5 | 52.5 | 55.5 | 40.00 | 1778 | +37.6 |
| 2 | Em, Timur | 1633 | KAZ | +25N | +18B | −6N | +8B | −1N | +17B | −3N | +12B | +7N | +4N | 7.0 | 53.5 | 56.5 | 36.50 | 1529 | -27.2 |
| 3 | Rakhymtay, Sanzhar | 1638 | KAZ | +12B | =21N | =4B | +17N | =11B | =7N | +2B | +6B | −8N | =1N | 6.5 | 54.0 | 57.5 | 37.25 | 1730 | +28.0 |
| 4 | Ibadatkhan, Alikhan | 0 | KAZ | =7N | +24B | =3N | =9B | +21B | =10N | +11B | =1N | +6N | −2B | 6.5 | 53.0 | 56.0 | 33.25 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Amrin, Aibar | 1740 | KAZ | −21N | +12B | −8N | =13B | −15N | +27B | +18N | +19B | +16N | +10B | 6.5 | 44.5 | 45.0 | 28.00 | 1632 | -28.0 |
| 6 | Davydov, Alexey | 1613 | KAZ | +17B | +23N | +2B | +11N | =7B | =1N | +10B | −3N | −4B | −8N | 6.0 | 55.0 | 58.0 | 32.25 | 1767 | +50.8 |
| 7 | Sidoikin, Fyodor | 1626 | KAZ | =4B | +20N | +10B | +21N | =6N | =3B | −1B | =11N | −2B | +13N | 6.0 | 53.0 | 56.5 | 30.00 | 1615 | -2.8 |
| 8 | Novikov, David | 0 | KAZ | −15N | F | +5B | −2N | +16B | −12N | +14B | +20N | +3B | +6B | 6.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 33.00 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Em, Sergey | 1608 | KAZ | +27N | +1B | −11B | =4N | −20B | +21N | =12B | =16N | =13N | +14B | 6.0 | 46.5 | 47.0 | 27.25 | 1698 | +25.2 |
| 10 | Kilibayev, Adilkhan | 1656 | KAZ | +22N | =15B | −7N | +18B | +19N | =4B | −6N | =13B | +12N | −5N | 5.5 | 49.5 | 53.0 | 26.25 | 1512 | -48.4 |
| 11 | Igilik, Dias | 1616 | KAZ | +26N | +13B | +9N | −6B | =3N | +20B | −4N | =7B | −1B | −17N | 5.0 | 52.5 | 54.0 | 22.75 | 1561 | -14.8 |
| 12 | Ashirbayev, Timur | 0 | KAZ | −3N | −5N | +25B | +27B | +18N | +8B | =9N | −2N | −10B | =15B | 5.0 | 50.5 | 51.0 | 20.00 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Vasyuk, Rustam | 0 | KAZ | +16B | −11N | −14B | =5N | +24B | +15B | =20N | =10N | =9B | −7B | 5.0 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 24.00 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Mikutskii, Vladimir | 1508 | KAZ | −18N | +25B | +13N | −1B | −17N | +23B | −8N | +15B | +24B | −9N | 5.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 19.00 | 1492 | -3.2 |
| 15 | Yessentay, Sanzhar | 1554 | KAZ | +8B | =10N | −21B | −19N | +5B | −13N | +22B | −14N | +20B | =12N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 25.25 | 1415 | -34.8 |
| 16 | Gerdt, Yevgeniy | 1478 | KAZ | −13N | +26B | −18N | +23B | −8N | +19B | +17N | =9B | −5B | =21N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 46.0 | 18.75 | 1470 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Lesnik, Nikolay | 0 | KAZ | −6N | +22B | +24N | −3B | +14B | −2N | −16B | F | +23N | +11B | 5.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 19.50 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Skurikhin, Kirill | 0 | KAZ | +14B | −2N | +16B | −10N | −12B | +22N | −5B | −24N | +26N | +23B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 45.0 | 18.00 | 1466 | +5.6 |
| 19 | Rafailov, Zhandos | 1462 | KAZ | −1N | =27B | +22N | +15B | −10B | −16N | =21B | −5N | =25N | +26B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 41.5 | 13.50 | 1402 | -17.6 |
| 20 | Umursal, Alidar | 0 | KAZ | =24N | −7B | +27N | +26B | +9N | −11N | =13B | −8B | −15N | F | 4.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 12.00 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Serobyan, Sashik | 1473 | KAZ | +5B | =3B | +15N | −7B | −4N | −9B | =19N | −23N | F | =16B | 3.5 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 19.50 | 1583 | +41.6 |
| 22 | Aitkaliyev, Yersanserik | 0 | KAZ | −10B | −17N | −19B | F | +26N | −18B | −15N | =25B | +27N | +24B | 3.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 6.50 | 1289 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Yessentay, Rasul | 0 | KAZ | F | −6B | −1N | −16N | +25B | −14N | +27N | +21B | −17B | −18N | 3.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 7.00 | 1257 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Asanov, Amir | 1480 | KAZ | =20B | −4N | −17B | =25N | −13N | +26B | F | +18B | −14N | −22N | 3.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 10.00 | 1471 | -8.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 557040702 | 0 | — | −2B | −14N | −12N | =24B | −23N | F | =26B | =22N | =19B | +27N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 6.75 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 447026588 | 0 | — | −11B | −16N | F | −20N | −22B | −24N | =25N | +27B | −18B | −19N | 1.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 2.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Muravskiy, Sergey | 0 | KAZ | −9B | =19N | −20B | −12N | F | −5N | −23B | −26N | −22B | −25B | 0.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 2.25 | 1327 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Davydov, AlexeyKAZ+50.86.0 pts · #6
- 2Serobyan, SashikKAZ+41.63.5 pts · #9
- 3Begdildayev, DiasKAZ+37.67.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Kilibayev, AdilkhanKAZ-48.45.5 pts · #12
- 2Yessentay, SanzharKAZ-34.85.0 pts · #21
- 3Amrin, AibarKAZ-28.06.5 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R1+267 Elo gap
- R5+186 Elo gap