Aleksey Grebnev wins Oskemen Chess Masters

Aleksey Grebnev is the winner of Oskemen Chess Masters, one of the strongest summer opens of the year. Grebnev finished with 7,0/9, the same points as Richard Rapport, but won the gold on better tiebreak. The bronze is for S.P. Sethuraman.

Top women of the event are Zeinep Sultanbek and Xeniya Balabayeva with 4,5/9 and Alua Nurman with 4,0/9.

In a competition shaken by an earthquake and with many strong chess games, Oskemen produced curious results. Replay all games here and scroll down for the full standings.

🥇Aleksey Grebnev
🥈Richard Rapport
🥉Sethuraman @sethuramanchess https://t.co/d9j9UwJy1l

— Chessdom (@chessdom) July 29, 2025

Finished 3rd in the strong Oskemen International Open in Kazakhstan , missed the title by a whisker! Still happy to play good chess and remain undefeated. Thanks to ONGC and @CholaChess for the continued support! #OskemenOpen. pic.twitter.com/YAYE3FYTjZ

— Sethuraman (@sethuramanchess) July 29, 2025

Oskemen Masters final standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2582	7
2	GM	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2715	7
3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2554	6.5
4	GM	Bocharov, Dmitry	FID	2522	6.5
5	GM	Demchenko, Anton	SLO	2610	6
6	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2535	6
7	IM	Sapenov, Daniyal	KAZ	2414	6
8	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2497	6
9	IM	Uskov, Artem	FID	2500	6
10	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	BUL	2629	6
11	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2500	5.5
12	IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	KAZ	2483	5.5
13	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2429	5.5
14	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2597	5.5
15	IM	Tahbaz, Arash	IRI	2462	5.5
16	GM	Lobanov, Sergei	FID	2548	5.5
17	IM	Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2468	5.5
18	GM	Goganov, Aleksey	FID	2516	5.5
19	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	MGL	2380	5.5
20	IM	Pingin, Artem	FID	2468	5.5
21	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	SWE	2526	5.5
22	IM	Gan-Erdene, Sugar	MGL	2454	5.5
23	FM	Suleimen, Ergali	KAZ	2330	5
24	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2448	5
25	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	BLR	2517	5
26	IM	Davtyan, Artur	ARM	2471	5
27		Utegaliyev, Azamat	KAZ	2462	5
28	WIM	Sultanbek, Zeinep	KAZ	2067	4.5
29	WGM	Balabayeva, Xeniya	KAZ	2332	4.5
30	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2433	4.5
31	FM	Chinguun, Sumiya	MGL	2415	4.5
32	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2516	4.5
33	IM	Zverev, Lev	FID	2480	4.5
34	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2512	4.5
35	FM	Sahib, Singh	IND	2413	4.5
36	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan	KAZ	2394	4.5
37	IM	Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2489	4.5
38	GM	Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	2456	4.5
39	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2490	4.5
40	GM	Azarov, Sergei	FID	2590	4.5
41		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	IND	2451	4.5
42	IM	Lu, Maximillian	USA	2392	4.5
43	GM	Atabayev, Saparmyrat	TKM	2505	4
44	IM	Akhmedinov, Satbek	KAZ	2365	4
45	IM	Ravi, Teja S.	IND	2419	4
46	IM	Grachev, Alexey	FID	2416	4
47	WGM	Nurman, Alua	KAZ	2306	4
48	FM	Shogdzhiev, Roman	FID	2411	3.5
49	FM	Petukhov, Alan	KAZ	2313	3.5
50	WIM	Kairbekova, Amina	KAZ	2273	3.5
51	WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	UZB	2326	3.5
52	IM	Gasparyan, Erik R.	ARM	2372	3.5
53	IM	Amilal, Munkhdalai	MGL	2385	3.5
54	WFM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	KAZ	2336	3.5
55	IM	Abdilkhair, Abilmansur	KAZ	2397	3.5
56	WIM	Kaldarova, Ayaulym	KAZ	2138	3.5
57	IM	Batkhuyag, Munguntuul	MGL	2356	3.5
58	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2520	3.5
59	IM	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	MGL	2430	3
60	IM	Nazari, Arad	IRI	2405	3
61	IM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	2323	3
62	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2429	3
63	GM	Bilguun, Sumiya	MGL	2451	2.5
64	FM	Moldagali, Beksultan	KAZ	2397	2.5
65	WFM	Kaliakhmet, Elnaz	KAZ	2306	2.5
66	WIM	Serikbay, Assel	KAZ	2222	2
67	FM	Panesar, Vedant	IND	2462	1.5