Kazakhstani Chess Championship


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. The first official Kazakhstani championships for men, women and juniors were held in Alma-Ata in 1934. Anatoly Ufimtsev holds the record for the most titles won with eleven.

List of national championship winners

YearChampionNotes
1934Isidor Lopatnikov
1935Sergey Freiman
1937Aleksey Shapovalov
1938Shamshidov Murzagaliev
1939Shamshidov MurzagalievMurzagaliev defeated Konstantin Kokhanov in a match after they tied for first in the round robin.
1940Shamshidov Murzagaliev
1947Anatoly Ufimtsev
1948Anatoly Ufimtsev
1949Anatoly Ufimtsev
1950Anatoly UfimtsevVitaly 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.
1951Anatoly Ufimtsev
1952Anatoly Ufimtsev
1953Anatoly Ufimtsev
1954Anatoly Ufimtsev, K. KurkleitisUfimtsev and Kurkleitis were declared co-champions.
1955Anatoly Ufimtsev
1956Yury Nikolaevich YakovlevYakovlev defeated Anatoly Ufimtsev in a match after they tied for first in the round robin.
1957Anatoly UfimtsevEvgeny 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.
1958Boris Katalimov, Isay GoliakKatalimov and Goliak were declared co-champions.
1959Vladimir Muratov
1960Boris Katalimov
1961Boris Katalimov
1962Gennady Movshovich
1963Valentin Konstantinov
1964Alexander NoskovNoskov won a playoff over Yuri Nikitin and Nikolai Gusev after all three players tied for first in the round robin.
1965Valentin Konstantinov
1966Vladimir SeredenkoVladimir Antoshin participated as a non-Kazakhstani invitee and won the overall tournament; Seredenko finished second overall and received the national title.
1967Alexander Noskov
1968Yuri Nikitin
1969Yuri Nikitin
1970Alexander Ufimtsev
1971Vladimir Muratov
1972Mikhail Mukhin
1973Vladimir LiavdanskyLiavdansky 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.
1974Boris Katalimov
1975?
1976Boris Katalimov
1977Boris Katalimov, Vladimir SeredenkoKatalimov and Seredenko were declared co-champions.
1978Oleg Dzuban
1980Boris Katalimov
1981Oleg Dzuban
1982Oleg Dzuban, Bolat AsanovDzuban and Asanov were declared co-champions.
1983Oleg Dzuban
1984Nukhim Rashkovsky
1985Serikbay Temirbayev
1986Serikbay Temirbayev
1987Yevgeniy Vladimirov
1988Yevgeniy Vladimirov
1989Vladimir Seredenko
1990Oleg Dzuban
1991Vladislav Tkachiev
1992Vladislav Tkachiev
1993–1997?
1998Petr Kostenko
2000Petr Kostenko
2001Darmen Sadvakasov
2002Petr KostenkoKostenko defeated Pavel Kotsur in a playoff match after they tied for first in the main tournament.
2003Darmen Sadvakasov
2004Darmen Sadvakasov
2005Ospan Omarov
2006Darmen Sadvakasov
2007Darmen Sadvakasov
2008Anuar Ismagambetov
2009Yevgeniy Pak
2010Kirill Kuderinov
2011Pavel KotsurKotsur finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev on tiebreaks.
2012Anuar Ismagambetov
2013Kirill Kuderinov
2014Rinat Jumabayev
2015Murtas Kazhgaleyev
2016Petr KostenkoKostenko finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev and Murtas Kazhgaleyev on tiebreaks.
2017Rinat Jumabayev
2018Murtas KazhgaleyevKazhgaleyev finished ahead of Denis Makhnev on tiebreaks.
2019Nurlan Ibrayev