Ramazan Zhalmakhanov Explained

Country:Kazakhstan
Birth Place:Almaty, Kazakhstan
Grandmaster (2024)
Peakrating:2510 (July 2024)
Fideid:13706357

Ramazan Zhalmakhanov is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster (2024). He was awarded the FIDE master title in 2017 and the international master title in 2021.

Chess career

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.[1] The team took first place in Group A of the Top Division.[2]

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.[3]

Zhalmakhanov competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023.[4] 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.[5] He finished the event in 69th place out of 114 competitors, with a score of 5/11.[6]

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.[7] This also marked his final GM norm.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIDE Online Olympiad Quarterfinals: China, India, Russia, USA Advance To Semifinals. September 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: Kazakhstan Chess Team Leads in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Before Playoffs. Zhanna. Shayakhmetova. September 13, 2021.
  3. Web site: 19th Asian Games 2022 Team R3: India decimates Kazakhstan and Indonesia. October 2, 2023. Shahid. Ahmed.
  4. Web site: Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023: preliminary lineups and World Cup passes. 2023-07-25. www.fide.com . en.
  5. Web site: Grand Swiss: Seven perfect scores. Carlos. Colodro. October 27, 2023.
  6. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss . 2024-05-05 . chess-results.com.
  7. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Sardinia World Chess Festival - Open A . 2024-05-05 . chess-results.com.
  8. Web site: 2024-05-08 . Daniel Dardha wins Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 - ChessBase India . 2024-07-26 . www.chessbase.in.