2018-04-20

Kazakhstan Championships 2018


The 2018 Kazakhstan Championships  are taking place from 20-30 April in Almaty. The tournaments are organised by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and the Shakhmardan Yessenov Foundation.

The Kazakhstan Championship 2018  is a 12-player single round-robin.  The winner not only becomes the Kazakhstan Champion but also gains the right to play in the Asian Individual Championship and on the Kazakhstan team. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

The 2018 Kazakhstan Women's Championship is a 10-player round robin tournament which features the country's best female players. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

Official site

Schedule of the both tournaments: (UTC)

Round 1      Apr 20, 2018    09:00 
Round 2      Apr 21, 2018    09:00 
Round 3      Apr 22, 2018    09:00 
Round 4      Apr 23, 2018    09:00 
Round 5      Apr 24, 2018    09:00 
Round 6      Apr 25, 2018    09:00 
Round 7      Apr 26, 2018    09:00 
Round 8      Apr 27, 2018    09:00 
Round 9      Apr 28, 2018    09:00 
Round 10    Apr 29, 2018    09:00 
Round 11    Apr 30, 2018    09:00   


Kazhgaleyev Murtas won the Kazakhstan Championship 2018 Makhnev Denis took the second place and Kostenko Petr is third! Congratulations!

Watch the games of the Kazakhstan Championship 2018  and 2018 Kazakhstan Women's Championship with computer analysis on ChessBomb.