Aleksey Grebnev is the winner of Oskemen Chess Masters, one of the strongest summer opens of the year. Grebnev finished with 7,0/9, the same points as Richard Rapport, but won the gold on better tiebreak. The bronze is for S.P. Sethuraman.
Top women of the event are Zeinep Sultanbek and Xeniya Balabayeva with 4,5/9 and Alua Nurman with 4,0/9.
In a competition shaken by an earthquake and with many strong chess games, Oskemen produced curious results. Replay all games here and scroll down for the full standings.
Oskemen Masters final standings
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
1
GM
Grebnev, Aleksey
FID
2582
7
2
GM
Rapport, Richard
HUN
2715
7
3
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
IND
2554
6.5
4
GM
Bocharov, Dmitry
FID
2522
6.5
5
GM
Demchenko, Anton
SLO
2610
6
6
GM
Makhnev, Denis
KAZ
2535
6
7
IM
Sapenov, Daniyal
KAZ
2414
6
8
GM
Suleymenov, Alisher
KAZ
2497
6
9
IM
Uskov, Artem
FID
2500
6
10
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
BUL
2629
6
11
IM
Ilamparthi, A R
IND
2500
5.5
12
IM
Agmanov, Zhandos
KAZ
2483
5.5
13
IM
Vaz, Ethan
IND
2429
5.5
14
GM
Narayanan, S L
IND
2597
5.5
15
IM
Tahbaz, Arash
IRI
2462
5.5
16
GM
Lobanov, Sergei
FID
2548
5.5
17
IM
Stribuk, Artiom
FID
2468
5.5
18
GM
Goganov, Aleksey
FID
2516
5.5
19
IM
Agibileg, Uurtsaikh
MGL
2380
5.5
20
IM
Pingin, Artem
FID
2468
5.5
21
GM
Sivuk, Vitaly
SWE
2526
5.5
22
IM
Gan-Erdene, Sugar
MGL
2454
5.5
23
FM
Suleimen, Ergali
KAZ
2330
5
24
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2448
5
25
GM
Nikitenko, Mihail
BLR
2517
5
26
IM
Davtyan, Artur
ARM
2471
5
27
Utegaliyev, Azamat
KAZ
2462
5
28
WIM
Sultanbek, Zeinep
KAZ
2067
4.5
29
WGM
Balabayeva, Xeniya
KAZ
2332
4.5
30
IM
Ayush, Sharma
IND
2433
4.5
31
FM
Chinguun, Sumiya
MGL
2415
4.5
32
IM
Rohith, Krishna S
IND
2516
4.5
33
IM
Zverev, Lev
FID
2480
4.5
34
GM
Lalit, Babu M R
IND
2512
4.5
35
FM
Sahib, Singh
IND
2413
4.5
36
IM
Isanzhulov, Arystan
KAZ
2394
4.5
37
IM
Ansat, Aldiyar
KAZ
2489
4.5
38
GM
Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan
KAZ
2456
4.5
39
IM
Urazayev, Arystanbek
KAZ
2490
4.5
40
GM
Azarov, Sergei
FID
2590
4.5
41
Sriram, Adarsh Uppala
IND
2451
4.5
42
IM
Lu, Maximillian
USA
2392
4.5
43
GM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
TKM
2505
4
44
IM
Akhmedinov, Satbek
KAZ
2365
4
45
IM
Ravi, Teja S.
IND
2419
4
46
IM
Grachev, Alexey
FID
2416
4
47
WGM
Nurman, Alua
KAZ
2306
4
48
FM
Shogdzhiev, Roman
FID
2411
3.5
49
FM
Petukhov, Alan
KAZ
2313
3.5
50
WIM
Kairbekova, Amina
KAZ
2273
3.5
51
WIM
Khamdamova, Afruza
UZB
2326
3.5
52
IM
Gasparyan, Erik R.
ARM
2372
3.5
53
IM
Amilal, Munkhdalai
MGL
2385
3.5
54
WFM
Nurgaliyeva, Zarina
KAZ
2336
3.5
55
IM
Abdilkhair, Abilmansur
KAZ
2397
3.5
56
WIM
Kaldarova, Ayaulym
KAZ
2138
3.5
57
IM
Batkhuyag, Munguntuul
MGL
2356
3.5
58
GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
GEO
2520
3.5
59
IM
Amartuvshin, Ganzorig
MGL
2430
3
60
IM
Nazari, Arad
IRI
2405
3
61
IM
Kamalidenova, Meruert
KAZ
2323
3
62
IM
Goutham, Krishna H
IND
2429
3
63
GM
Bilguun, Sumiya
MGL
2451
2.5
64
FM
Moldagali, Beksultan
KAZ
2397
2.5
65
WFM
Kaliakhmet, Elnaz
KAZ
2306
2.5
66
WIM
Serikbay, Assel
KAZ
2222
2
67
FM
Panesar, Vedant
IND
2462
1.5

Aleksey Grebnev
Richard Rapport
Sethuraman