Almaty, Kazahstan, 30.06-8.07.2026.
Sedmog jula odigrano je pretposlednje kolo na turniru u Kazahstanu. Tri su partije odlučene. Pobjede su ostvarili GM Aleksej Sarana, GM Maksim Chigaev i GM Kovalenko Igor. Uoči poslednjeg kola na vrhu tabele su trojica šahista: Kovalenko, Sarana i Donchenko sa 5 poena. Odluka o pobjedniku pašće u devetom kolu u kojem Donchenko i Kovalenko imaju nešto slabije protivnike (internacionalne majstore iz Kazahstana) od Sarane čiji je protivnik GM Kazybek Nogerbek.
| 8.kolo 2026/07/07 u 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | ФЕД | Рейт | White | Результат | Black | ФЕД | Рейт | |||||
| 1 | SRB | 2668 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 1 – 0 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2485 | |||
| 2 | KAZ | 2551 | GM | Makhnev, Denis | 0 – 1 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | ESP | 2644 | |||
| 3 | USA | 2647 | GM | Shankland, Sam | ½ – ½ | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2640 | |||
| 4 | KAZ | 2435 | IM | Nurman, Alua | ½ – ½ | IM | Smirnov, Mark | KAZ | 2436 | |||
| 5 | UKR | 2672 | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | 1 – 0 | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | KAZ | 2513 | |||
Stanje posle 8.kola
| Ст.ном | Имя | ФЕД. | Рейт. | Очки | |
| 1 | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | UKR | 2672 | 5 |
| 2 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2668 | 5 |
| 3 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2640 | 5 |
| 4 | GM | Makhnev, Denis | KAZ | 2551 | 4,5 |
| 5 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | ESP | 2644 | 4,5 |
| 6 | GM | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2647 | 4 |
| 7 | IM | Nurman, Alua | KAZ | 2435 | 3,5 |
| 8 | IM | Smirnov, Mark | KAZ | 2436 | 3,5 |
| 9 | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | KAZ | 2513 | 3 |
| 10 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2485 | 2 |
Parovi 9.kola
| 9.kolo 2026/07/08 u 11:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | ФЕД | Рейт | White | Результат | Black | ФЕД | Рейт | |||||
| 1 | KAZ | 2513 | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | GM | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2668 | ||||
| 2 | KAZ | 2436 | IM | Smirnov, Mark | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | UKR | 2672 | ||||
| 3 | GER | 2640 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | IM | Nurman, Alua | KAZ | 2435 | ||||
| 4 | ESP | 2644 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | GM | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2647 | ||||
| 5 | KAZ | 2485 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | GM | Makhnev, Denis | KAZ | 2551 | ||||
U vrlo oštroj partiji Sarana je izveo nekoliko neočekivanih taktičkih udara i pobjedio IM Ansata Aldiyara.
Sarana,Alexey (2664) – Ansat,Aldiyar (2500) [B38]
Round 8: Sarana, Alexey – Ansat, Aldiyar https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (8.1), 28.06.2026
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qd8 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nf6 10.Bd3 d6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Bd2 e5 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Rg8 15.Qf3 Bd7 16.h3 Nf6 17.g4 e4 18.Qe3 Ne5 19.Be2 Bc6 20.0–0–0 Nfd7 21.Rhe1 Qc7 22.Qd4 a5 23.Bf4 a4 24.Na1 0–0–0 25.Nc2 Nc5 26.Nb4 Ncd3+ 27.Bxd3 Nf3
28.Nd5 Nxd4 29.Nxc7 exd3 30.cxd4 Kxc7 31.d5 Bd7 32.Re7 Rde8 33.Rxf7 Re4 34.Rf1 Rxc4+ 35.Kd2 Kd8 36.Bxd6 Bb5 37.Rxb7 Rc2+ 38.Kd1 Rb2 39.Kc1 Rc2+ 40.Kb1 Bc4
41.f6 Bxa2+ 42.Ka1 d2 43.f7 Rf8 44.Bxf8 Rc1+
45.Rb1 Bxb1 46.Be7+ Kc7 47.f8Q Bf5+ 48.Kb2 Rxf1 49.Bd6+ Kb6 50.Qb8+ Ka6 51.Qa8+ Kb6 52.Qc6+
1–0
Makhnev,Denis (2562) – Chigaev,Maksim (2648) [E73]
Round 8: Makhnev, Denis – Chigaev, Maksi https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (8.2), 07.07.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Nf3 e5 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Nh4 Nf6 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Qd2 a5 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.g4 f4 17.a3 Na6 18.Bd3 Nc5 19.Bc2 Bd7 20.0–0–0 b5 21.cxb5 Bxb5 22.Nf5 Bd3 23.Kb1 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Rb8 25.Qc2 Nfd7 26.Ka2 Nb6 27.Be4 Rb7 28.Rb1 Qf7 29.Rgd1 Rfb8 30.Qe2 Qe8 31.Rdc1 Nba4 32.Nxa4 Qxa4 33.Rc4 Qb3+ 34.Ka1 Nxe4 35.Qxe4
35…Rb4 36.Qf5 Qxc4 37.Bf6 Rf8 38.Bxg7+ Kxg7 39.Qd7+ Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.g5 Qc2 42.g6 hxg6 0–1
Kovalenko,Igor (2672) – Nogerbek,Kazybek (2494) [C85]
Round 8: Kovalenko, Igor – Nogerbek, Kaz https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (8.5), 07.07.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qd6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Ng5 Nd7 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Nc4 Nb6 12.Ne3 g6 13.Qg4 Kd7 14.a4 a5 15.Bd2 Qxg4 16.Nxg4 f6 17.f4 h5 18.Ne3 Rhf8 19.b3 Bc5 20.Rae1 Ke7 21.h4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Nd7 23.Bc3 Bd6 24.Rf3 Ne5 25.Rh3 c5 26.Rf1 c6 27.Kf2 Ng4+ 28.Nxg4 hxg4 29.Rhh1 Rf7 30.h5 g5 31.e5 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 fxe5+ 33.Kg3 Rf4 34.Rxf4 gxf4+ 35.Kxg4 Kf6 36.h6 Kg6 37.h7 Rh8 38.Rh5 Rxh7 39.Rxe5 Rh2 40.Re2 Kf6 41.Kxf4 Rh1 42.g4 Rf1+ 43.Ke4 Rg1 44.Rf2+ Ke6 45.Kf4 Kf6 46.Rh2 Kg6
47.Ke5 Rxg4 48.Kd6 Rg5 49.Kc7 1–0