The 9th and final day of the Oskemen Open 2026 in Kazakhstan has concluded. After 7 rounds, Andrey Esipenko scored 5 wins and 4 draws. He won the tournament with 7/9 points. Esipenko is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up Polina Shuvalova.

🇷🇺 IM Polina Shuvalova played with a 2682 performance and earned her second GM norm. Shuvalova gained +24.0 Classical points and rose to 10th place in the women’s world live ranking.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 7 $18,900
2. 🇷🇺 IM Polina Shuvalova 6.5 $14,700
3. 🇷🇺 GM David Paravyan 6.5 $10,500
4. 🇷🇺 IM Lev Zverev 6.5 $7,300
5. 🇷🇺 GM Nikita Afanasiev 6 $6,300
6. 🇮🇳 GM Ilamparthi R 6 $5,200
7. 🇮🇷 GM Mahdi Orimi 6 $4,200
8. 🇦🇲 GM Shant Sargsyan 6 $3,100
9. 🇷🇺 GM Maxim Matlakov 6 $2,100
10. 🇪🇸 GM Maksim Chigaev 6 $1,700

The Oskemen Open 2026 took place from July 21 to 29, in the city of Oskemen, Kazakhstan. The event featured a 90+30 time control over 9 Swiss rounds between 77 players. The tournament prize fund was $94,600 with $18,900 for first place.

Credit: Michal Walusza / FIDE