[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KKAZ"]
[Date "2026.07.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6
8. Qd3 Nf6 9. Nd4 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qc4 Rc8 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6+ Rxc6 16. Bd4 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. h4 h5 19. Rd4 Ne6
20. Rb4 Nc5 21. Rd1 e6 22. a4 Ke7 23. a5 Rb8 24. Kd2 Nd7 25. Na4 Ne5 26. b3
Rcc8 27. Nb6 Rc5 28. Ra4 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Re1 Rg8 31. Re2 Nc6 32. b4
Re5 33. Rf2 f4 34. c3 d5 35. Ra1 Kd6 36. Na4 Rg7 37. Nb2 Re3 38. Nd1 d4 39.
Kc2 Rc7 40. Rd2 Ke5 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. Re1 Nxb4+ 43. Kb3 Nd5 44. c4 Ne7 45.
g3 Nf5 46. gxf4+ Kxf4 47. Rdd1 Kxf3 48. Kc3 Ng3 49. Rd3 Ne2+ 50. Kb4 e5 51.
Rf1+ Ke4 52. Rd8 Nd4 53. Kc3 e2 54. Re1 Ke3 55. Re8 Nf3 56. Rb1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KKAZ"]
[Date "2026.07.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Mark"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bb3 g6 13. a4 a5 14. Bc4 Be6
15. Qb3 b6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. d5 Re8 20. Bd4 Bg7
21. Qc4 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Kh7 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Rad1 Qf6 26. Nfd4
Re7 27. f3 Qh4 28. Nc2 c5 29. Ne3 Ne5 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Rce8 32. Rf1 f5
33. Nd2 Nxd5 34. exd5 Re2 35. Ne4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Qe7 37. Rde1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1
Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Ke3 b5 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. e5 dxe5 44. axb5
e4 45. b6 Kd6 46. Rf6+ Kxd5 47. Rxg6 Rh8 48. b3 c4 49. bxc4+ Kxc4 50. Kxe4
Rb8 51. Rxh6 a4 52. g5 a3 53. g6 a2 54. Rh1 Rxb6 55. Kf5 Rb5+ 56. Kf4 Rb6
57. Ra1 Kb3 58. Kg5 Rb5+ 59. Kh6 Rb4 60. Kg5 Rb5+ 61. Kf6 Rb6+ 62. Kf5 Rb5+
63. Kg4 Rb4+ 64. Kh5 Rb5+ 65. Kh6 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KKAZ"]
[Date "2026.07.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nurman, Alua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 c6 13. Rd2 h6 14. Bf4
Nfd7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Rad1 g5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Re2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 a5 20. Qe2
Qf6 21. Bf3 a4 22. Bh5 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxa4 Qe5 25. Bg4 b5 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Nd5 Rb8 30. Nb4 Qc5 31. Nd3 Qa3 32. Qg4
Re8 33. Re2 Rc7 34. h4 gxh4 35. Qxh4 Kh7 36. Qh5 Rb8 37. Nf4 Re7 38. Qg6+
Kh8 39. Nxe6 Be5 40. Nf4 Bxf4 41. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KKAZ"]
[Date "2026.07.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. h4 h6 5. Bc1 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14.
Nd2 O-O 15. O-O Qd7 16. e4 d4 17. Rc1 b6 18. a3 Bg4 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Nc4
Bh3 21. Rce1 Rae8 22. Bd6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Na5 24. Nxa5 Qxd6 25. Nc4 Qc6 26.
f3 b5 27. Nd2 c4 28. Qb4 Nh5 29. Kh2 c3 30. bxc3 dxc3 31. Nb3 Qg6 32. g4
Nf4 33. Kg3 c2 34. Nc1 a5 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Qxa5 h5 37. Qd2 Rc4 38. e5 hxg4
39. Qd6 Nh5+ 40. Kh2 g3+ 41. Kg1 Qf5 42. f4 Rxf4 43. Rxf4 Nxf4 44. e6 Ne2+
45. Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KKAZ"]
[Date "2026.07.08"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ansat, Aldiyar"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 d6
8. Nxg7+ Kf8 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Nh5 Nf6 11. Ng3 h5 12. h4 Qe7 13. Nd2 d5 14.
Qf3 dxe4 15. Qf4 e3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Ng4 18. e4 Ne3 19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20.
Ke1 Ne3 21. Kf2 Ng4+ 22. Ke1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

