Aktobe Chess Open 2025 aka Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial is going to take place June 22 – June 30 in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Top participants include Hao Wang, Alexey Sarana, Shant Sargsyan, Ivan Cheparinov, Bardiya Daneshvar, Sanan Sjugirov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Chopra Aryan, Andrew Hong, Mustafa Yilmaz, Ivan Zemlyanskii, Mittal Aditya, Rithvik Raja, Kazybek Nogerbek, Dmitry Bocharov, Haowen Xue, Alisher Suleymenov, Zhamsaran Tsydypov, Nikita Afanasiev, Mahdi Gholami Orimi, Edgar Mamedov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Artem Uskov, etc
Live games will be daily on Chessdom. Aktobe Open 2025 is on of the Major events in The Chess Calendar for the month of June. For more major events in Kazakhstan and Asia, including the upcoming UzChess Cup 2025, visit the Asia chess calendar
Aktobe Open participants
1
GM
Wang, Hao
CHN
2701
2
GM
Sarana, Alexey
SRB
2686
3
GM
Sargsyan, Shant
ARM
2669
4
GM
Cheparinov, Ivan
BUL
2641
5
GM
Daneshvar, Bardiya
IRI
2640
6
GM
Sjugirov, Sanan
HUN
2635
7
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
BUL
2629
8
GM
Aryan, Chopra
IND
2620
9
GM
Hong, Andrew
USA
2589
10
GM
Yilmaz, Mustafa
TUR
2586
11
GM
Zemlyanskii, Ivan
RUS
2585
12
GM
Aditya, Mittal
IND
2563
13
GM
Raja, Rithvik R
IND
2557
14
GM
Nogerbek, Kazybek
KAZ
2538
15
GM
Bocharov, Dmitry
RUS
2522
16
GM
Xue, Haowen
CHN
2518
17
GM
Suleymenov, Alisher
KAZ
2515
18
GM
Tsydypov, Zhamsaran
RUS
2514
19
GM
Afanasiev, Nikita
RUS
2511
20
GM
Gholami Orimi, Mahdi
IRI
2511
21
IM
Mamedov, Edgar
KAZ
2509
22
GM
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
KAZ
2500
23
IM
Uskov, Artem
FID
2500
24
IM
Rohith, Krishna S
IND
2497
25
IM
Ilamparthi, A R
IND
2490
26
IM
Urazayev, Arystanbek
KAZ
2490
27
IM
Ansat, Aldiyar
KAZ
2489
28
IM
Agmanov, Zhandos
KAZ
2481
29
GM
Prraneeth, Vuppala
IND
2476
30
IM
Zverev, Lev
FID
2474
31
IM
Davtyan, Artur
ARM
2472
32
GM
Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan
KAZ
2463
33
Sriram, Adarsh Uppala
IND
2460
34
FM
Panesar, Vedant
IND
2456
35
IM
Mahdavi, Reza
IRI
2454
36
IM
Nitish, Belurkar
IND
2454
37
Utegaliyev, Azamat
KAZ
2445
38
IM
Ayush, Sharma
IND
2437
39
IM
Lee, Junhyeok
KOR
2434
40
FM
Rostovtsev, Dmitry
RUS
2429
41
IM
Kuru, Atilla
TUR
2428
42
IM
Goutham, Krishna H
IND
2427
43
IM
Badelka, Olga
AUT
2424
44
FM
Valiyev, Shahin
AZE
2421
45
IM
Korchmar, Vasiliy
FID
2417
46
FM
Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom
UZB
2412
47
FM
Vivaan, Vishal Shah
IND
2410
48
IM
Rakhmatullaev, Almas
UZB
2409
49
GM
Priasmoro, Novendra
INA
2407
50
FM
Sahib, Singh
IND
2407
51
IM
Sapenov, Daniyal
KAZ
2405
52
GM
Simonian, Hrair
ARM
2404
53
IM
Nurgaliyev, Sauat
KAZ
2404
54
IM
Abdilkhair, Abilmansur
KAZ
2401
55
FM
Yeganegi, Barad
IRI
2400
56
FM
Moldagali, Beksultan
KAZ
2397
57
IM
Lu, Maximillian
USA
2392
58
IM
Isanzhulov, Arystan
KAZ
2388
59
FM
Akhilbay, Imangali
KAZ
2385
60
IM
Agibileg, Uurtsaikh
MGL
2384
61
FM
Omonov, Asrorjon
UZB
2383
62
FM
Tudor, Henry Edward
ROU
2374
63
IM
Orozbaev, Eldiyar
KGZ
2367
64
FM
Amirkul, Alimzhan
KAZ
2357
65
FM
Novozhilov, Semen
RUS
2352
66
FM
Smirnov, Mark
KAZ
2352
67
IM
Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali
UZB
2348
68
WGM
Nurman, Alua
KAZ
2339
69
IM
Kamalidenova, Meruert
KAZ
2330
70
WIM
Khamdamova, Afruza
UZB
2326
71
FM
Chertkov, Maksim
RUS
2322
72
FM
Assylov, Miras
KAZ
2319
73
FM
Usov, Aleksandr E.
RUS
2313
74
IM
Tissir, Mohamed
MAR
2311
75
FM
Suleimen, Ergali
KAZ
2302
76
WGM
Kurmangaliyeva, Liya
KAZ
2276
77
FM
Lyutsinger, Iren
FID
2261
78
WFM
Nurgaliyeva, Zarina
KAZ
2252
79
WIM
Serikbay, Assel
KAZ
2226
80
WIM
Kaldarova, Ayaulym
KAZ
2172
81
WIM
Sultanbek, Zeinep
KAZ
2068