The Almaty Chess Open 2025 is taking place August 04- August 12 in A;maty, Kazakhstan. The tournament is separated in 3 categories – Masters, Challengers and Open. The Masters section is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 mins + 30 secs / move. For more events from Kazakhstan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top rated player is GM Bassem Amin (2633), followed by GM Aram Hakobyan (2621) and GM Maxim Matlakov (2608). Top is completed byGM S l Narayanan (2597), GM Sergei Azarov (2590), GM Aleksey Grebnev (2582), GM Jingyao Tin (2579), GM Mittal Aditya (2570), GM Brandon Jacobson (2569), GM S.p. Sethuraman (2554), GM Denis Makhnev (2535), GM Vitaly Sivuk (2526), GM Dmitry Bocharov (2522), GM Mihail Nikitenko (2517), GM Aleksey Goganov (2516), IM Krishna s Rohith (2516), GM Nikita Afanasiev (2511), GM Mahdi Gholami orimi (2511), GM Saparmyrat Atabayev (2505), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2505). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories : Challengers / Open
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Almaty Chess Open 2025 – Masters Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Amin, Bassem
EGY
2633
2
GM
Hakobyan, Aram
ARM
2621
3
GM
Matlakov, Maxim
FID
2608
4
GM
Narayanan, S L
IND
2597
5
GM
Azarov, Sergei
FID
2590
6
GM
Grebnev, Aleksey
FID
2582
7
GM
Tin, Jingyao
SGP
2579
8
GM
Aditya, Mittal
IND
2570
9
GM
Jacobson, Brandon
USA
2569
10
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
IND
2554
11
GM
Makhnev, Denis
KAZ
2535
12
GM
Sivuk, Vitaly
SWE
2526
13
GM
Bocharov, Dmitry
FID
2522
14
GM
Nikitenko, Mihail
BLR
2517
15
GM
Goganov, Aleksey
FID
2516
16
IM
Rohith, Krishna S
IND
2516
17
GM
Afanasiev, Nikita
FID
2511
18
GM
Gholami Orimi, Mahdi
IRI
2511
19
GM
Atabayev, Saparmyrat
TKM
2505
20
GM
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2505
21
GM
Suleymenov, Alisher
KAZ
2497
22
IM
Khubukshanov, Erdem
FID
2490
23
IM
Urazayev, Arystanbek
KAZ
2490
24
IM
Agmanov, Zhandos
KAZ
2483
25
IM
Srihari, L R
IND
2482
26
IM
Tsaruk, Maksim
FID
2481
27
IM
Davtyan, Artur
ARM
2471
28
IM
Kezin, Roman
FID
2471
29
FM
Yeletsky, Ivan
FID
2469
30
FM
Panesar, Vedant
IND
2462
31
Utegaliyev, Azamat
KAZ
2462
32
GM
Siddharth, Jagadeesh
SGP
2459
33
GM
Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan
KAZ
2456
34
Jiang, Haochen
CHN
2455
35
IM
Gan-Erdene, Sugar
MGL
2454
36
Meng, Yihan
CHN
2454
37
IM
Samusenko, Maksim
FID
2452
38
FM
Borgaonkar, Akshay
IND
2452
39
IM
Mayank, Chakraborty
IND
2448
40
IM
Lee, Junhyeok
KOR
2434
41
IM
Ayush, Sharma
IND
2433
42
IM
Amartuvshin, Ganzorig
MGL
2430
43
IM
Vaz, Ethan
IND
2429
44
FM
Ashraf, Artin
IRI
2428
45
IM
Narayanan, Samrug
USA
2418
46
FM
Chinguun, Sumiya
MGL
2415
47
IM
Sapenov, Daniyal
KAZ
2414
48
FM
Sahib, Singh
IND
2413
49
FM
Shogdzhiev, Roman
FID
2411
50
FM
Yeganegi, Barad
IRI
2400
51
IM
Aaditya, Dhingra
IND
2398
52
IM
Abdilkhair, Abilmansur
KAZ
2397
53
IM
Isanzhulov, Arystan
KAZ
2394
54
IM
Lu, Maximillian
USA
2392
55
IM
Amilal, Munkhdalai
MGL
2385
56
IM
Agibileg, Uurtsaikh
MGL
2380
57
IM
Gasparyan, Erik R.
ARM
2372
58
WFM
Nurgaliyeva, Zarina
KAZ
2336
59
WGM
Balabayeva, Xeniya
KAZ
2332
60
FM
Suleimen, Ergali
KAZ
2330
61
IM
Kamalidenova, Meruert
KAZ
2323
62
FM
Assylov, Miras
KAZ
2320
63
WGM
Nurman, Alua
KAZ
2306
64
WGM
Kurmangaliyeva, Liya
KAZ
2274
65
WIM
Kairbekova, Amina
KAZ
2273
66
WIM
Serikbay, Assel
KAZ
2222
67
WIM
Kaldarova, Ayaulym
KAZ
2138
68
WIM
Sultanbek, Zeinep
KAZ
2067