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Maestro Cup classic may 2

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 27 May 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 1819, and top seed was Azamat Alin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1939).

Adilet Serikov (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1828) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Azamat Alin (6.5) and Zhaksylyk Akylbek (6.0). Serikov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Abdulla-Bilal Tursunbai (1662) beat Nariman Sayassatov (1933), a +271-point gap.

Location
🇰🇿Astana, Kazakhstan
Dates
23 May 2026 → 27 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇿Azamat Alin1939
Avg top 10
1,819
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Alin takes lead
Serikov6.5Alin6.5Akylbek6Akylbek6Tuleulenov5.5Dias5
R8 · LEADER CHANGE07 May

Azamat Alin takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Serikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Adilet Serikov lost to Azamat Alin (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Adilet Serikov*
0
1
0
2Azamat Alin
1
*—
½
3Eskendir Akylbek
0
—*
1
4Zhaksylyk Akylbek
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Serikov, Adilet1828KAZ+5B+10N+7B=6N+12N+4B−2N−3B+8N6.542.545.030.001943+27.4
2Alin, Azamat1939KAZ=10B−6N+14B=8N+5B+7N+1B+9N=3B6.541.542.029.751939+1.4
3Akylbek, Zhaksylyk1710KAZ−4B=8BF+14N+7B+6N+12B+1N=2N6.039.540.025.251979+55.6
4Akylbek, Eskendir1914KAZ+3N−7B+10N+12B+6B−1N−5B+13N+11B6.037.039.022.001861-22.0
5Tuleulenov, Olzhas1695KAZ−1N+11N−9B=13B−2N+8B+4N+6B+10N5.540.542.523.501900+49.2
6Nurlybek Dias1765KAZ=8N+2B+13N=1B−4N−3B+9B−5N+14B5.042.543.019.751851+40.0
7Khati, Tailan1712KAZ+11B+4N−1N+9B−3N−2B+13N−8B+12N5.040.542.518.501837+58.0
8Bulekpayev, Mirzat1748KAZ=6B=3N=12N=2B+14N−5N+10B+7N−1B5.040.541.019.001807+13.6
9Sayassatov, Nariman1933KAZ+14N−12B+5N−7N+10B+11B−6N−2B+13B5.033.033.514.501793-62.8
10Li, Roman1845KAZ=2N−1B−4B+11N−9N+13B−8N+14N−5B3.539.540.08.751718-61.6
11Kaldybayev, Yerkanat1627KAZ−7N−5BF−10B+13N−9N+14B+12B−4N3.035.536.05.001696+11.6
12Tursunbai, Abdulla-Bilal1662KAZ=13B+9N=8B−4N−1B=14B−3N−11N−7B2.538.539.08.751609-27.6
13Skurygina, Sofiya1781KAZ=12N+14B−6B=5N−11B−10N−7B−4B−9N2.035.536.04.501544-108.8
14Burokhanov, Raimbek1720KAZ−9B−13N−2N−3B−8B=12N−11N−10B−6N0.536.538.51.251335-132.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets