Aktobe Open 2026 - Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial | Masters

3 Jun to 11 Jun 2026 · Aktobe, Kazakhstan · 9-round Swiss · 90 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Daniil Dubov ★: No. 2, 6½/9, performance 2668 (+3)
GM Andrey Esipenko ★: No. 6, 6/9, performance 2622 (-6)
GM Hao Wang ★: No. 7, 6/9, performance 2676
GM Alexey Sarana ★: No. 8, 6/9, performance 2626 (-4)
IM Polina Shuvalova ★: No. 37, 4½/9, performance 2396 (-9)
WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva ★: No. 48, 4½/9, performance 2297 (-12)
GM Harika Dronavalli ★: No. 50, 4/9, performance 2359 (-12)

Standings

Standings, Aktobe Open 2026 - Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial | Masters
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM Hong, Andrew	USA	2592	7	43.5	0	5
2	IM Sapenov, Daniyal	KAZ	2461	6.5	48.5	0	4
3	GM Dubov, Daniil ★	FID	2649	6.5	45.5	0	4
4	GM Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2530	6.5	42.5	0	6
5	GM Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2551	6.5	41	0	6
6	GM Wang, Hao ★	CHN	2684	6	47	0	4
7	GM Esipenko, Andrey ★	FID	2684	6	46.5	0	4
8	GM Sarana, Alexey ★	SRB	2668	6	46	0	5
9	IM Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey	ARM	2440	6	44	0	3
10	IM Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2485	6	43.5	0	4
11	GM Saric, Ivan	CRO	2624	6	43.5	0	3
12	GM Mousavi, Seyed Khalil	IRI	2474	6	41	0	4
13	IM Yadegar, Radin	IRI	2450	6	40.5	0	4
14	IM Kuru, Atilla	TUR	2500	5.5	47.5	0	3
15	IM Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2467	5.5	42.5	0	4
16	IM Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2488	5.5	41	0	2
17	FM Moosavifar, Seyed Abolfazl	IRI	2414	5.5	39.5	0	5
18	GM Koziak, Vitali	UKR	2321	5.5	39.5	0	4
19	GM Rozum, Ivan	FID	2455	5.5	39	0	4
20	GM Sivuk, Vitaly	SWE	2511	5.5	39	0	2
21	GM Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	2478	5.5	37.5	0	4
22	FM Abdsattar, Alisher	KAZ	2429	5.5	37	0	4
23	GM Predke, Alexandr	SRB	2616	5.5	36.5	0	3
24	GM Makarian, Rudik	FID	2548	5	43.5	0	4
25	IM Aradhya, Garg	IND	2422	5	43	0	3
26	GM Motylev, Alexander	ROU	2550	5	41	0	2
27	IM Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2482	5	40.5	0	4
28	IM Faizrakhmanov, Ramil	FID	2421	5	39.5	0	3
29	GM Petkov, Momchil	BUL	2523	5	39.5	0	2
30	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	FID	2540	5	38.5	0	4
31	IM Mahdavi, Reza	IRI	2494	5	36.5	0	3
32	IM Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin	TJK	2424	5	36	0	4
33	GM Chasin, Nico	USA	2490	5	36	0	3
34	FM Amangeldy, Ernur	KAZ	2282	5	35	0	4
35	IM Talibov, Shiroghlan	AZE	2477	4.5	43.5	0	2
36	FM Kornienko, Konstantin	FID	2388	4.5	42	0	2
37	GM Amar, Elham	NOR	2584	4.5	41.5	0	2
38	IM Shuvalova, Polina ★	FID	2492	4.5	41	0	4
39	GM Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2464	4.5	40.5	0	4
40	FM Hommadov, Amanmuhammet	TKM	2385	4.5	40.5	0	3
41	IM Averin, Nikolay	FID	2425	4.5	37.5	0	3
42	FM Bardyk, Artem	FID	2387	4.5	37	0	3
43	WGM Kurmangaliyeva, Liya ★	KAZ	2362	4.5	36.5	0	4
44	GM Azarov, Sergei	FID	2557	4.5	36	1	3
45	FM Assylov, Miras	KAZ	2409	4.5	36	2	3
46	IM Bogdanov, Artyom	KAZ	2455	4.5	35	0	4
47	FM Yeletsky, Ivan	FID	2411	4.5	34	0	3
48	IM Korchmar, Vasiliy	FID	2402	4.5	30.5	0	2
49	IM Nazari, Arad	IRI	2418	4	43.5	0	1
50	GM Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2513	4	40.5	0	3
51	FM Daulet, Alikhan	KAZ	2228	4	37.5	0	2
52	FM Sadubayev, Airat	KAZ	2208	4	37	0	1
53	CM Zharas, Aldiyar	KAZ	2180	4	34.5	0	3
54	GM Dronavalli, Harika ★	IND	2466	4	34.5	0	1
55	CM Akhmet, Suleyman	KAZ	2109	4	33.5	0	3
56	FM Kabinazar, Nurmukhammed	KAZ	2312	4	31.5	0	1
57	CM Galymbek, Alikhan	KAZ	2191	4	31	0	3
58	FM Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed	KAZ	2249	3.5	38	0	1
59	WFM Zhurova, Anna	FID	2303	3.5	35.5	0	2
60	Yessengali, Adizhan	KAZ	2250	3.5	34.5	0	2
61	Bakyt, Ibrahim	KAZ	2053	3.5	33.5	0	3
62	WIM Serikbay, Assel	KAZ	2274	3.5	30	0	3
63	FM Degenbaev, Aziz	KGZ	2320	3	37.5	0	1
64	IM Akhmedinov, Satbek	KAZ	2398	3	37	0	2
65	FM Bayantas, Asman	KAZ	2263	3	37	0	1
66	Kamarova, Zhanbota	KAZ	2131	3	34.5	0	2
67	CM Dauren, Darmen	KAZ	2176	3	30.5	0	2
68	FM Bizhigitov, Zhangir	KAZ	2296	3	27.5	0	2
69	FM Xu, Ziyuan	CHN	2455	2.5	37.5	0	1
70	Nurakyn, Suleiman	KAZ	2021	2.5	32.5	0	2
71	GM Demchenko, Anton	SLO	2611	2.5	30.5	0	1
72	Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan	KAZ	2209	2.5	30.5	0	1
73	Aitmukhanov, Arsen	KAZ	2021	2.5	29.5	0	2
74	Tulegen, Ramazan	KAZ	2232	2.5	28.5	0	2
75	CM Anetov, Amirzhan	KAZ	2099	2.5	26.5	0	1
76	FM Valiyev, Shahin	AZE	2389	2	29	0	2
77	FM Akhilbay, Imangali	KAZ	2387	2	29	0	1
78	WIM Kaldarova, Ayaulym	KAZ	2085	2	29	0	1
79	IM Jiang, Haochen	CHN	2456	0	0	0	0
80	Utegaliyev, Azamat	KAZ	2406	0	0	0	0
81	CM Ulan, Rizat	KAZ	2050	0	0	0	0

TB1 Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2026) (Gamepoints, Cut1) · TB2 Direct Encounter (DE) · TB3 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Gamepoints, Forfeited games count)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Andrey Esipenko – Jaloliddin Ilkhomi	1-0
1.2	Garg Aradhya – Hao Wang	0-1
1.3	Alexey Sarana – Ramil Faizrakhmanov	1-0
1.4	Arad Nazari – Daniil Dubov	½-½
1.16	Liya Kurmangaliyeva – Momchil Petkov	0-1
1.21	Polina Shuvalova – Zhangir Bizhigitov	1-0
1.30	Airat Sadubayev – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
2.1	Seyed Khalil Mousavi – Andrey Esipenko	0-1
2.2	Hao Wang – Arystanbek Urazayev	½-½
2.3	Daniyal Sapenov – Alexey Sarana	1-0
2.14	Suleiman Nurakyn – Polina Shuvalova	0-1
2.15	Daniil Dubov – Radin Yadegar	1-0
2.25	Harika Dronavalli – Dinmukhammed Tulendinov	1-0
2.38	Ayaulym Kaldarova – Liya Kurmangaliyeva	0-1
3.1	Andrey Esipenko – Atilla Kuru	½-½
3.3	Polina Shuvalova – Dmitry Bocharov	½-½
3.5	Aldiyar Ansat – Hao Wang	½-½
3.6	Adar Tarhan – Daniil Dubov	0-1
3.9	Elham Amar – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
3.14	Alexey Sarana – Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar	1-0
3.22	Liya Kurmangaliyeva – Seyed Khalil Mousavi	½-½
4.1	Daniyal Sapenov – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
4.2	Daniil Dubov – Polina Shuvalova	1-0
4.6	Hao Wang – Artiom Stribuk	1-0
4.7	Harika Dronavalli – Alexey Sarana	0-1
4.22	Ivan Rozum – Liya Kurmangaliyeva	1-0
5.1	Daniyal Sapenov – Daniil Dubov	½-½
5.2	Alexey Sarana – Atilla Kuru	½-½
5.3	Andrey Esipenko – Dmitry Bocharov	1-0
5.4	Rudik Makarian – Hao Wang	0-1
5.13	Polina Shuvalova – Konstantin Kornienko	1-0
5.21	Satbek Akhmedinov – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
5.30	Liya Kurmangaliyeva – Alikhan Galymbek	1-0
6.1	Hao Wang – Andrey Esipenko	1-0
6.3	Daniil Dubov – Ivan Saric	½-½
6.4	Momchil Petkov – Alexey Sarana	0-1
6.5	Andrew Hong – Polina Shuvalova	1-0
6.19	Reza Mahdavi – Liya Kurmangaliyeva	1-0
6.22	Harika Dronavalli – Aziz Degenbaev	½-½
7.1	Daniil Dubov – Hao Wang	½-½
7.2	Alexey Sarana – Ivan Rozum	1-0
7.5	Andrey Esipenko – Aldiyar Ansat	1-0
7.13	Polina Shuvalova – Alexander Motylev	0-1
7.20	Amanmuhammet Hommadov – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
7.26	Liya Kurmangaliyeva – Ramazan Zhalmakhanov	0-1
8.1	Hao Wang – Alexey Sarana	½-½
8.2	Artiom Stribuk – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
8.3	Sergey Sklokin-Bagiyan – Daniil Dubov	½-½
8.19	Reza Mahdavi – Harika Dronavalli	1-0
8.20	Vitali Koziak – Polina Shuvalova	1-0
8.32	Suleiman Nurakyn – Liya Kurmangaliyeva	0-1
9.1	Alexey Sarana – Andrew Hong	0-1
9.2	Denis Makhnev – Hao Wang	1-0
9.3	Andrey Esipenko – Sergey Sklokin-Bagiyan	½-½
9.4	Daniil Dubov – Artiom Stribuk	1-0
9.24	Polina Shuvalova – Airat Sadubayev	1-0
9.26	Harika Dronavalli – Nurmukhammed Kabinazar	½-½
9.29	Liya Kurmangaliyeva – Satbek Akhmedinov	1-0

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Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.