Ramazan Zhalmakhanov
| Ramazan Zhalmakhanov | |
|---|---|
 Zhalmakhanov in 2023 | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Born | November 6, 2002[1] Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2024) |
| FIDE rating | 2474 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2510 (July 2024) |
Ramazan Zhalmakhanov is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster. He was awarded the FIDE master title in 2017 and the international master title in 2021.
Chess career
[edit]Zhalmakhanov played in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021 as part of Kazakhstan's juniors team. The team faced the American team in the first quarterfinals, where Zhalmakhanov defeated Awonder Liang.[2] The team took first place in Group A of the Top Division.[3]
Zhalmakhanov played for Kazakhstan in the team section of the 2022 Asian Games. They faced India in the third round, where he held super-grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi to a draw.[4]
Zhalmakhanov competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023.[5] In the first two rounds of the event, he defeated Alan Pichot and Bassem Amin, both of whom were rated over 200 points higher than him.[6] He then held super-grandmaster Alireza Firouzja to a draw in the third round. He finished the event in 69th place out of 114 competitors, with a score of 5/11.[7]
Zhalmakhanov competed in the 2024 Sardinia World Chess Festival, placing 16th with a score of 6/9. With a performance rating of 2614, he gained 15.2 rating points to pass the 2500 rating barrier for the first time.[8] This also marked his final GM norm, and he was formally awarded the GM title in August 2024.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ ChessBase India (October 28, 2023). "This IM has beaten two 2650+ players and drawn with Firouzja - IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov". YouTube. Timestamp 2:02.
- ^ "FIDE Online Olympiad Quarterfinals: China, India, Russia, USA Advance To Semifinals". September 13, 2021.
- ^ Shayakhmetova, Zhanna (September 13, 2021). "Kazakhstan Chess Team Leads in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Before Playoffs".
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (October 2, 2023). "19th Asian Games 2022 Team R3: India decimates Kazakhstan and Indonesia".
- ^ "Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023: preliminary lineups and World Cup passes". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ Colodro, Carlos (October 27, 2023). "Grand Swiss: Seven perfect scores".
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Sardinia World Chess Festival - Open A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Daniel Dardha wins Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-07-26.