The KazChess Masters in Almaty is a ten-player round-robin tournament featuring players from six countries. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Draw offers are not permitted before move 30.
The top seeds are Azerbaijan's Mahammad Muradli (2662) and Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov (2654). Other international players include Shamsiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan, Aram Hakobyan of Armenia and Denis Lazavik of Belarus. They face five players from host nation Kazakhstan.
Among them is 14-year-old Mark Smirnov, a two-time World Youth Champion. Another player to watch is IM Alua Nurman, the only woman in the field. The remaining Kazakh participants are GMs Denis Makhnev and Edgar Mamedov, and IM Sauat Nurgaliyev.
Games
How grandmasters win without fireworks: GM Jan Markos shows you 11 very practical tips from "How to play in a lost position" to "Be patient like Carlsen" that will improve your tournament chess.
Most chess books teach you what to think about. This series teaches you what to actually do when the clock is running and the result is on the line. Compiled from GM Jan Markos's acclaimed "Practical Tips for the Tournament Player" column in ChessBase Magazine, Volume 1 covers the decisions every tournament player faces before the position ever gets complicated: how you use your time, how you handle pressure, and how you think when the stakes are real.
Free Video Sample: How to use your time effectively
Schedule
- 26–31 October: Rounds 1–6, starting at 11:00 AM CET / 6:00 AM ET / 3:30 PM IST
- 1–2 November: Rounds 7–8, starting at 11:00 AM CET / 5:00 AM ET / 3:30 PM IST
- 3 November: Round 9, starting at 7:00 AM CET / 1:00 AM ET / 11:30 AM IST
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