Aleksey Grebnev wins Oskemen Open 2025 Masters, Sethuraman third
GM Aleksey Grebnev and GM Richard Rapport (HUN) scored an unbeaten 7/9 each at Oskemen Open Masters 2025. Grebnev won the tournament due to better tie-break score, Rapport was placed second. GM Sethuraman S P and GM Dmitry Bocharov scored 6.5/9 each. They secured third and fourth place respectively. Sethuraman also remained undefeated. The total prize fund was US$ 100000, $78000 in Masters. The top three prizes were $18000, $14000 and $10000 along with a trophy each. The nine-day nine round rating tournament was organized by Kazakhstan Chess Federation at D Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University in Oskemen, Kazakhstan from 21st to 29th July 2025. Photo: Dastan Kapayev
Top three remains undefeated
The tournament witnessed the total participation of 257 players, 67 in Masters, 82 in Challengers and 108 in Open.
A total of 67 players including 19 GMs, 30 IMs, 2 WGMs and 5 WIMs took part from 13 countries across the world. The nine-day nine round rating tournament was organized by Kazakhstan Chess Federation at D Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University in Oskemen, Kazakhstan from 21st to 29th July 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Final standings in Masters
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Grebnev, Aleksey | FID | 2582 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 2702 | ||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2715 | 7 | 43,5 | 0 | 5 | 2681 | ||
| 3 | 7 | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | IND | 2554 | 6,5 | 46,5 | 0 | 4 | 2677 | ||
| 4 | 11 | GM | Bocharov, Dmitry | FID | 2522 | 6,5 | 42,5 | 0 | 6 | 2625 | ||
| 5 | 3 | GM | Demchenko, Anton | SLO | 2610 | 6 | 43,5 | 0 | 5 | 2615 | ||
| 6 | 9 | GM | Makhnev, Denis | KAZ | 2535 | 6 | 43,5 | 0 | 3 | 2579 | ||
| 7 | 43 | IM | Sapenov, Daniyal | KAZ | 2414 | 6 | 41,5 | 0 | 5 | 2532 | ||
| 8 | 20 | GM | Suleymenov, Alisher | KAZ | 2497 | 6 | 40,5 | 0 | 3 | 2557 | ||
| 9 | 19 | IM | Uskov, Artem | FID | 2500 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 2508 | ||
| 10 | 2 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | BUL | 2629 | 6 | 38,5 | 0 | 5 | 2569 |
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