Chess Gambit 64

Oskemen Open 2025  — the premier chess tournament of East Kazakhstan! Dates: July 20 (arrival) – July 30 (departure), 2025 We warmly invite players from around the world to take part in this exciting international event! The championship features three FIDE-rated tournaments: ▪️ Masters ▪️ Challengers ▪️ Open Tournament Format: • 9 rounds, Swiss system • Time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move Total Prize Fund: $100,000 Apply by June 20, 2025: https://opencups.kazchess.kz

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina achieved another success. She won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - Second Leg in Shymkent. The player scored 7 points from 9 games and was half a point ahead of the second-placed GM Zhongyi Tan .  30.10-08.11.2024,  90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Shymkent, Kazakhstan

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Shymkent (Kazakhstan), 30.10-08.11.2024 Participants No Name         FideID Fed        Rg 3 GM Tan, Zhongyi 8603642 CHN 2551 10 GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 4147103 FID 2533 9 GM Koneru, Humpy 5008123 IND 2530 1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 14109336 FID 2527 2 IM Divya, Deshmukh 35006916 IND 2501 6 IM Assaubayeva, Bibisara 13708694 KAZ 2487 8 GM Paehtz, Elisabeth 4641833 GER 2458 7 IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula 4264312 GRE 2439 5 IM Salimova, Nurgyul 2915138 BUL 2405 4 IM Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 4900758 MGL 2344 Webpage: https://womengrandprix.fide.com/ Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr1028685.aspx?lan=1&art=0&fed=CHN&turdet=YES&flag=30

  Oskemen Open 2024 The winner of the Masters tournament and the prize money of 5 million tenge (10.500$) was the 29-year-old grandmaster from Ukraine Vitaly Bernadsky . Second place was taken by the grandmaster from China Bai Jinshi (2549), who received a prize of 3.5 million tenge. Third place and a prize of 2.5 million tenge was won by grandmaster Zhakhongir Vakhidov . Rk SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4  1 11 GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2530 8 58,5 0 6 2719 2 7 GM Bai, Jinshi CHN 2549 7,5 60,5 0 5 2655 3 6 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir UZB 2572 7,5 54,5 0 5 2590 4 51 IM Koziak, Vitali UKR 2341 7 59,5 0 5 2614 5 14 GM Pantsulaia, Levan GEO 2521 7 58 0 5 2553 6 16 GM Iljiushenok, Ilia FID 2519 7 57,5 0 5 2549 7 25 IM Ansat, Aldiyar KAZ 2456 7 57 0 5 2593 8 8 GM Gareyev, Timur NON 2541 7 54,5 0 5 2542 9 28 IM Ayush, Sharma IND 2444 7 49,5 0 5 2463 10 5 GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 2576 6,5 57 0 5 2544 Full results at chess results:...