The Kazakhstani Chess Championship is currently organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation. Chess was one of the sports contested at the second Kazakhstan Spartakiad held in Alma-Ata in 1933: Gubaydula Mendeshev was the winner. [1] The first official Kazakhstani championships for men, women and juniors were held in Alma-Ata in 1934. [2] Anatoly Ufimtsev holds the record for the most titles won with eleven.
Year | Champion [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] | Notes |
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1934 | Isidor Lopatnikov | |
1935 | Sergey Freiman | |
1937 | Aleksey Shapovalov | |
1938 | Shamshidov Murzagaliev | |
1939 | Shamshidov Murzagaliev | Murzagaliev defeated Konstantin Kokhanov in a match after they tied for first in the round robin. |
1940 | Shamshidov Murzagaliev | |
1947 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1948 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1949 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1950 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | Vitaly Tarasov and Ratmir Kholmov participated as non-Kazakhstani invitees. Tarasov won the overall tournament; Ufimtsev tied for second with Kholmov and received the national title as a result. |
1951 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1952 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1953 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1954 | Anatoly Ufimtsev, K. Kurkleitis | Ufimtsev and Kurkleitis were declared co-champions. |
1955 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1956 | Yury Nikolaevich Yakovlev | Yakovlev defeated Anatoly Ufimtsev in a match after they tied for first in the round robin. |
1957 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | Evgeny Vasiukov participated as a non-Kazakhstani invitee and won the overall tournament; Ufimtsev tied for second with V. Marantsman and defeated him in a playoff match. |
1958 | Boris Katalimov, Isay Goliak | Katalimov and Goliak were declared co-champions. |
1959 | Vladimir Muratov | |
1960 | Boris Katalimov | |
1961 | Boris Katalimov | |
1962 | Gennady Movshovich | |
1963 | Valentin Konstantinov | |
1964 | Alexander Noskov | Noskov won a playoff over Yuri Nikitin and Nikolai Gusev after all three players tied for first in the round robin. |
1965 | Valentin Konstantinov | |
1966 | Vladimir Seredenko | Vladimir Antoshin participated as a non-Kazakhstani invitee and won the overall tournament; Seredenko finished second overall and received the national title. |
1967 | Alexander Noskov | |
1968 | Yuri Nikitin | |
1969 | Yuri Nikitin | |
1970 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | |
1971 | Vladimir Muratov | |
1972 | Mikhail Mukhin | |
1973 | Vladimir Liavdansky | Liavdansky was from Leningrad, not Kazakhstan, but was nonetheless recognized as the winner; Eduard Bukhman, also from Leningrad, placed second; Oleg Dzuban finished third and was the highest-placed Kazakhstani player. [8] |
1974 | Boris Katalimov | |
1975 | ? | |
1976 | Boris Katalimov | |
1977 | Boris Katalimov, Vladimir Seredenko | Katalimov and Seredenko were declared co-champions. |
1978 | Oleg Dzuban | |
1980 | Boris Katalimov | |
1981 | Oleg Dzuban | |
1982 | Oleg Dzuban, Bolat Asanov | Dzuban and Asanov were declared co-champions. |
1983 | Oleg Dzuban | |
1984 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | |
1985 | Serikbay Temirbayev | |
1986 | Serikbay Temirbayev | |
1987 | Yevgeniy Vladimirov | |
1988 | Yevgeniy Vladimirov | |
1989 | Vladimir Seredenko | |
1990 | Oleg Dzuban | |
1991 | Vladislav Tkachiev | |
1992 | Vladislav Tkachiev | The first national championship of independent Kazakhstan. |
1993 | Serikbay Temirbayev | |
1994 | Pavel Kotsur | |
1995 | Serikbay Temirbayev | |
1996 | Serikbay Temirbayev | |
1997 | Pavel Kotsur | |
1998 | Petr Kostenko | |
2000 | Petr Kostenko | |
2001 | Darmen Sadvakasov | |
2002 | Petr Kostenko | Kostenko defeated Pavel Kotsur in a playoff match after they tied for first in the main tournament. [9] |
2003 | Darmen Sadvakasov | |
2004 | Darmen Sadvakasov | |
2005 | Ospan Omarov | |
2006 | Darmen Sadvakasov | |
2007 | Darmen Sadvakasov | |
2008 | Anuar Ismagambetov | |
2009 | Yevgeniy Pak | |
2010 | Kirill Kuderinov | |
2011 | Pavel Kotsur | Kotsur finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev on tiebreaks. |
2012 | Anuar Ismagambetov | |
2013 | Kirill Kuderinov | |
2014 | Rinat Jumabayev | |
2015 | Murtas Kazhgaleyev | |
2016 | Petr Kostenko | Kostenko finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev and Murtas Kazhgaleyev on tiebreaks. [10] |
2017 | Rinat Jumabayev | |
2018 | Murtas Kazhgaleyev | Kazhgaleyev finished ahead of Denis Makhnev on tiebreaks. |
2019 | Nurlan Ibrayev | |
2020 | Murtas Kazhgaleyev | |
2021 | Denis Makhnev | |
2022 | Ramazan Zhalmakhanov | |
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