Almaty, Kazahstan, 30.06-8.07.2026.
U drugom kolu odlučene su tri partije. Denis Makhnev je poslije lijepe kombinacije (od sedam poteza) pobijedio Samuela Shanklanda i probio se na diobu prvog mjesta sa 1,5 poen. Sarana je efektno, u završnici, pobijedio Marka Smirnova pa i on ima 1,5 poen, kao i Igor Kovalenko koji je remizirao sa Maksimom Chigaevom. Aleksandar Donchenko je relativno lako nadigrao i pobijedio domaćeg šahistu Kazybeka Nogerbeka pa se trenutno, sa 1 poenom nalazi na diobi 4-7 mjesta.
| 2. kolo 2026/07/01 u 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | ФЕД | Рейт | White | Результат | Black | ФЕД | Рейт | |||||
| 1 | SRB | 2668 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 1 – 0 | IM | Smirnov, Mark | KAZ | 2436 | |||
| 2 | GER | 2640 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | 1 – 0 | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | KAZ | 2513 | |||
| 3 | ESP | 2644 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | ½ – ½ | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | UKR | 2672 | |||
| 4 | KAZ | 2485 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | ½ – ½ | IM | Nurman, Alua | KAZ | 2435 | |||
| 5 | KAZ | 2551 | GM | Makhnev, Denis | 1 – 0 | GM | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2647 | |||
Stanje posle 2.kola
| Ст.ном | Имя | ФЕД. | Рейт. | Очки | |
| 1 | GM | Makhnev, Denis | KAZ | 2551 | 1,5 |
| 2 | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | UKR | 2672 | 1,5 |
| 3 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2668 | 1,5 |
| 4 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | ESP | 2644 | 1 |
| 5 | IM | Nurman, Alua | KAZ | 2435 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2647 | 1 |
| GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2640 | 1 | |
| 8 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2485 | 0,5 |
| 9 | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | KAZ | 2513 | 0,5 |
| IM | Smirnov, Mark | KAZ | 2436 | 0,5 |
Sarana,Alexey (2664) – Smirnov,Mark (2422) [E20]
Round 2: Sarana, Alexey – Smirnov, Mark https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (2.1), 28.06.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Bxc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.Nge2 a6 12.Be3 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Kc2 Ke7 15.Nf4 Nbd7 16.Nd3 Ne5 17.Nc5 Bc6 18.Rad1 Nfd7 19.h3 Rhc8 20.f4 Bxc5 21.bxc5 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.f5 Bb7 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rb1 Rab8 26.Rb4 a5 27.Rb2 Ba8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Rd4 e5 31.Rd6 Nxc5 32.Bxc5 Rxc5 33.Ra6 Bc6 34.Ra7+ Bd7 35.Nd5+ Kd6 36.Kc3 Bc6 37.Rxg7 Bxd5 38.exd5 Kxd5 39.Rd7+ Ke4 40.Rxh7 Kf4 41.Rf7+ Kg3 42.Rg7+ Kf2 43.Rg5 a4 44.h4 Rb5 45.h5 Rb3+ 46.Kxc4 Rxa3 47.h6 Ra1 48.Rh5 Rc1+ 49.Kb4 Rc8 50.h7 Rh8 51.g4 Kg3 52.g5 Kg4
53.g6 Kxh5 54.g7 Rxh7 55.g8Q 1–0
Donchenko,Alexander (2635) – Nogerbek,Kazybek (2494) [C54]
Round 2: Donchenko, Alexander – Nogerbek https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (2.2), 01.07.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 Bc5 6.0–0 d6 7.Re1 0–0 8.h3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Ng3 Ne7 14.d4 Ng6 15.Be3 exd4 16.Bxd4 c6 17.Bf1 d5 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.e5 Nh7 20.Qd4 Qc7 21.Bd3 Nhf8 22.Bc2 Re7 23.Re3 Rae8 24.Rae1 Ne6 25.Qa7 c5 26.Nf5 Rb8 27.N3h4 Ree8 28.Nxg6 fxg6 29.Nd6 Rf8 30.Bxg6 Qd8 31.Bf5 Rxf5 32.Nxf5 Kf8 33.Rf3 Kg8
34.Ne7+ Kh7 35.Nxd5 Bc6 36.c4 Ra8 37.Qb6 Qh4 38.Qb3 Nd4 39.Qd3+ 1–0
Makhnev,Denis (2562) – Shankland,Sam (2658) [D91]
Round 2: Makhnev, Denis – Shankland, Sam https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (2.5), 01.07.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 Qd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0–0 Nd7 11.Bxc7 Rc8 12.Bg3 Qa5 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.a4 0–0 15.Ra3 e5 16.e4 Be6 17.d5 Bd7 18.Qa1 Rfe8 19.Rb1 f5 20.h3 Bf8 21.Ra2 Rc7 22.Kh2 f4 23.Bh4 h6 24.f3 Rec8 25.Bf2 g5
26.d6 Bxd6 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Nxc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4+ Rxc4 30.Rd1 Rc6 31.Rad2 Qc5 32.Qa2+ Kh8
33.Qf7 1–0
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