June Champion qualification tournament 1

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Jun 2026 to 11 Jun 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Top 10 Elo average was 878, and top seed was Nazariy Buzykin (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1512).

Ilyas Keulimzhai (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1487) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Temirlan Berzhan (8.0) and Amir Nurzhan (6.0). Keulimzhai shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan

Dates

09 Jun 2026 → 11 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇿Nazariy Buzykin1512

Avg top 10

878

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×10

Top 3

🥇
Ilyas Keulimzhai
🇰🇿KAZ·1487
8.0pts·1653perf+33.6
🥈
Temirlan Berzhan
🇰🇿KAZ·1486
8.0pts·1653perf+34.4
🥉
Amir Nurzhan
🇰🇿KAZ·1418
6.0pts·1370perf-7.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Berzhan8Keulimzhai8Nurzhan65.55.5Zhakiya4.5

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Temirlan Berzhan held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Keulimzhai takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Temirlan Berzhan beat Ilyas Keulimzhai (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Temirlan Berzhan	*	1	½	—
2Ilyas Keulimzhai	0	*	1	1
3Amir Nurzhan	½	0	*	0
4FIDE 557015465	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Keulimzhai, Ilyas	1487	KAZ	+8B	+5N	+3B	−2N	+7B	+12N	+13B	+4B	+6N	8.0	41.5	45.0	37.00	1653	+33.6
2	Berzhan, Temirlan	1486	KAZ	+12N	+14B	+13N	+1B	=3N	+4B	+9N	=6B	+7N	8.0	39.5	42.5	37.25	1653	+34.4
3	Nurzhan, Amir	1418	KAZ	+15B	+7N	−1N	+10B	=2B	=13N	+12B	+9N	−5B	6.0	41.0	44.0	24.75	1370	-7.2
4	FIDE 447052350	0	—	+19N	=10B	=6N	=12B	+8B	−2N	+5B	−1N	+13B	5.5	41.0	42.0	20.00	1390	0.0
5	FIDE 557015465	0	—	+11N	−1B	=14N	+6B	−12N	+18B	−4N	+17B	+3N	5.5	37.0	39.5	21.00	1485	0.0
6	Martyanov, Radimir	1424	KAZ	=10N	=11B	=4B	−5N	+16B	=8N	+14B	=2N	−1B	4.5	42.0	45.0	18.75	1349	-11.2
7	Zhakiya, Abubakir	0	KAZ	+18N	−3B	+11N	+13B	−1N	−9B	=15B	+8N	−2B	4.5	40.5	43.0	15.50	1399	0.0
8	FIDE 557051607	0	—	−1N	+18B	+15N	=14B	−4N	=6B	=17N	−7B	=16N	4.0	34.0	36.5	12.00	1263	0.0
9	FIDE 447052341	0	—	−16B	F	−12N	+19N	+10B	+7N	−2B	−3B	+18N	4.0	32.5	32.5	12.00	652	0.0
10	Raimbek, Alikhan	0	KAZ	=6B	=4N	+16B	−3N	−9N	−17B	+19N	F	+11B	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	1431	0.0
11	Mileshin, Timur	1450	KAZ	−5B	=6N	−7B	=17N	+19B	−14N	+18N	+15B	−10N	4.0	29.5	30.5	10.00	1424	-1.6
12	FIDE 557051615	0	—	−2B	+17N	+9B	=4N	+5B	−1B	−3N	−13N	F	3.5	43.0	44.0	14.75	676	0.0
13	Buzykin, Nazariy	1512	KAZ	F	+16N	−2B	−7N	+14B	=3B	−1N	+12B	−4N	3.5	41.5	41.5	12.50	1191	-48.0
14	Semyonov, Mark	0	KAZ	+17B	−2N	=5B	=8N	−13N	+11B	−6N	−16B	F	3.0	35.0	35.0	11.25	1275	0.0
15	FIDE 557051623	0	—	−3N	+19B	−8B	=16N	−18B	F	=7N	−11N	+17B	3.0	27.5	27.5	7.25	634	0.0
16	Jamburbay, Alikhan	0	KAZ	+9N	−13B	−10N	=15B	−6N	−19B	F	+14N	=8B	3.0	27.0	27.0	10.50	668	0.0
17	FIDE 557046255	0	—	−14N	−12B	=18N	=11B	F	+10N	=8B	−5N	−15N	2.5	29.5	29.5	9.25	1450	0.0
18	FIDE 557051593	0	—	−7B	−8N	=17B	F	+15N	−5N	−11B	+19N	−9B	2.5	28.5	28.5	5.25	650	0.0
19	FIDE 447024143	0	—	−4B	−15N	F	−9B	−11N	+16N	−10B	−18B	F	1.0	29.5	29.5	3.00	650	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Berzhan, TemirlanKAZ
+34.4
8.0 pts · #1
2Keulimzhai, IlyasKAZ
+33.6
8.0 pts · #3
3FIDE 447024143
0.0
1.0 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Buzykin, NazariyKAZ
-48.0
3.5 pts · #10
2Martyanov, RadimirKAZ
-11.2
4.5 pts · #7
3Nurzhan, AmirKAZ
-7.2
6.0 pts · #8