[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2026.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makhnev,Denis"]
[Black "Sarana,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]
[ECO "D80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5
8. e3 Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 f6
14. Bg3 Qb5+ 15. Qd3 Bg4+ 16. f3 Qb2+ 17. Qd2 Qxa1 18. fxg4 Rc8 19. Kf3 Qc3
20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Rc3 22. Be4 Bh6 23. Re1 b5 24. Re2 Kd7 25. h4 Re8 26.
Bf2 Ke6 27. Be1 Rc1 28. Kf2 Kd7 29. Kf3 Ke6 30. g3 Rec8 31. h5 Kf7 32. Bd5+
Kg7 33. Bb3 Bg5 34. e4 Rb1 35. Ba5 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rcc1 37. d5 Rg1+ 38. Kf3
Kf8 39. d6 Ke8 40. e5 Rgf1+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 Rhg1+ 44. Kh2
Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rhg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2026.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Ansat,Aldiyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nf2 e6 8. e4
Na6 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Bg5 b5 14. Qd2 Re8
15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Na2 Na6 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Nxb4
Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Ba6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rfb1 Nd7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Rec8 26.
Kf1 h5 27. Nd1 Rc5 28. Ra1 Qb6 29. Ne3 Rbc8 30. Qd2 Rc3 31. Kf2 R8c5 32.
Qd4 Bb7 33. Nc4 R5xc4 34. Qxb6 Nxb6 35. Bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rxb5 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Bc8
38. Rb8 Ne3 39. Raa8 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Kg7 41. Rxc8 Rd2 42. Rc1 Nd1 43. Kg1 Nf2
44. Rc6 h4 45. Rxd6 h3 46. Ra3 Nd1 47. f4 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Rxh2 49. Rc6 Nf2 50.
e5 Ng4 51. d6 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 h2 53. Rh3 Rxf4 54. d7 Re4+ 55. Kf1 Ne3+ 56. Kf2
Ng4+ 57. Kg3 Re3+ 58. Kxg4 Rxh3 59. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2026.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nurman,Alua"]
[Black "Chigaev,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bc4 Be6 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. Bxe6 Nxd1 11. Bxf7+ Kd7 12. Be6+ Ke8 13. Bf7+
Kd7 14. Be6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2026.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Donchenko,Alexa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. a3 a5 13. e4 Be7 14. Rfd1
Bb7 15. e5 Nd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf1 Nb8 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. Bb5 Na7 20. Bd3
Bc6 21. Nf1 Qd7 22. Qd2 Ba4 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Ne3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Re1
Bf8 27. h4 Qd8 28. Bb1 Bb5 29. Kh2 Ba6 30. Rg1 Qe8 31. Ng2 Nc6 32. Nf4 Ne7
33. h5 Rc6 34. g4 Kh8 35. g5 Nf5 36. g6 Ne7 37. gxf7 Qxf7 38. Nh4 Kg8 39.
Rg3 Qe8 40. Rf3 Bb5 41. Nfg6 Nxg6 42. Bxg6 Qd7 43. Qf4 Rc8 44. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "KazChess Masters 2026"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2026.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nogerbek,Kazybek"]
[Black "Smirnov,Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2026.06.30"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O
Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 c6 13. Bg5 Qc7
14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h4 b5 17. Qg5 Qa3 18. h5 h6 19. Qg6 Qxc3 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bxf5 Re1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Kh2 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qd2 25. Qe6+
Kh7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31.
Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

