The Kazakhstan Women Chess Championship 2025 takes place May 21 – June 1 in Astana. It is a single round robin tournament with 14 players, including IM Meruert Kamalidenova (2345), WIM Amina Kairbekova (2344), WGM Alua Nurman (2338), WGM Xeniya Balabayeva (2311), WFM Elnaz Kaliakhmet (2258), WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2246), WFM Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2235), WIM Assel Serikbay (2223), WFM Mariya Kholyavko (2130), WIM Ayaulym Kaldarova (2115), WFM Kristina Popandopulo (2061), WFM Zhaniya Nauanova (2031), Zhanbota Kamarova (1954), Asiya Assylkhan (1939). Open section here
The Kazakhstan Chess Championship is one of the national events on The Chess Calendar. See more events in Asia here
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