On May 1 Rapid Chess and Blitz Chess Kazakhstan Championship among women starts in Almaty, and participants with a rating of ELO 2000 and above will compete for the winners’ pot of 350 000 tenge. The competition is held in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system.
The rapid chess games will take place from May 1 to 2, and the blitz tournament will take place on May 3. The first three places in each type of chess will receive medals, diplomas and pay-outs.
Applications for participation must be submitted by April 5, 2019 to the following email address:
The number of participants is limited to 40 people, the players with the highest rating as of April 01, 2019 have the advantage.
Learn more about the championship:
Download the Tournament policy
The general partner of KCF is SWF “Samruk- Kazyna” JSC, the social partner is “Samruk-Kazyna Trust”, a Social Projects Development Fund.
The general sponsor of the “Kazakhstan chess federation” Republican Public Association is the Scientific and Educational Foundation named after Academician Shakhmardan Yessenov