KazChess Masters Almaty 2026

30 Jun to 8 Jul 2026 · Almaty, Kazakhstan · 10-player round-robin · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Alexey Sarana ★: No. 1, 6/9, performance 2682 (+2)
GM Igor Kovalenko ★: No. 3, 5½/9, performance 2638 (-3)
GM Sam Shankland ★: No. 5, 5/9, performance 2600 (-5)
IM Alua Nurman ★: No. 8, 3½/9, performance 2503 (+7)

Standings

Standings, KazChess Masters Almaty 2026
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB3
1	GM Sarana, Alexey ★	SRB	2668	6	24.25	3
2	GM Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2640	6	23.25	4
3	GM Kovalenko, Igor ★	UKR	2672	5.5	24.25	2
4	GM Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2551	5	22.25	2
5	GM Shankland, Sam ★	USA	2647	5	20.75	3
6	GM Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2644	4.5	20.25	1
7	IM Smirnov, Mark	KAZ	2436	4	15.75	2
8	IM Nurman, Alua ★	KAZ	2435	3.5	15.25	0
9	GM Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2513	3	12.25	0
10	IM Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2485	2.5	10.75	0

TB1 Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints) · 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	Denis Makhnev – Alexey Sarana	½-½
1.2	Sam Shankland – Aldiyar Ansat	1-0
1.3	Alua Nurman – Maksim Chigaev	½-½
1.4	Igor Kovalenko – Alexander Donchenko	1-0
2.1	Alexey Sarana – Mark Smirnov	1-0
2.3	Maksim Chigaev – Igor Kovalenko	½-½
2.4	Aldiyar Ansat – Alua Nurman	½-½
2.5	Denis Makhnev – Sam Shankland	1-0
3.1	Sam Shankland – Alexey Sarana	½-½
3.2	Alua Nurman – Denis Makhnev	½-½
3.3	Igor Kovalenko – Aldiyar Ansat	½-½
4.1	Alexey Sarana – Alexander Donchenko	½-½
4.4	Denis Makhnev – Igor Kovalenko	½-½
4.5	Sam Shankland – Alua Nurman	1-0
5.1	Alua Nurman – Alexey Sarana	½-½
5.2	Igor Kovalenko – Sam Shankland	½-½
6.1	Alexey Sarana – Maksim Chigaev	½-½
6.4	Sam Shankland – Kazybek Nogerbek	½-½
6.5	Alua Nurman – Igor Kovalenko	½-½
7.1	Igor Kovalenko – Alexey Sarana	½-½
7.2	Kazybek Nogerbek – Alua Nurman	½-½
7.3	Mark Smirnov – Sam Shankland	1-0
8.1	Alexey Sarana – Aldiyar Ansat	1-0
8.3	Sam Shankland – Alexander Donchenko	½-½
8.4	Alua Nurman – Mark Smirnov	½-½
8.5	Igor Kovalenko – Kazybek Nogerbek	1-0
9.1	Kazybek Nogerbek – Alexey Sarana	0-1
9.2	Mark Smirnov – Igor Kovalenko	½-½
9.3	Alexander Donchenko – Alua Nurman	1-0
9.4	Maksim Chigaev – Sam Shankland	0-1

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

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