The 9th and final day of the KazChess Masters Almaty October 2026 in Kazakhstan has concluded. Denis Lazavik scored 4 wins and 5 draws after 9 rounds. He won the tournament with 6.5/9 points. Lazavik is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up Daniil Dubov.

Denis Lazavik did not lose a single game during the event. He gained +11.8 Classical points and moved up 13 positions in the live rating. Lazavik is World’s No. 72 with 2647.8 points.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇧🇾 GM Denis Lazavik 6.5 $15,500
2. 🇷🇺 GM Daniil Dubov 6 $11,000
3. 🇺🇿 GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 5.5 $7,700
4. 🇰🇿 IM Mark Smirnov 5.5 $5,500
5. 🇰🇿 GM Edgar Mamedov 4.5 $4,400
6. 🇦🇲 GM Aram Hakobyan 4.5 $3,300
7. 🇰🇿 GM Denis Makhnev 4.5 $2,750
8. 🇦🇿 GM Mahammad Muradli 4 $2,200
9. 🇰🇿 IM Sauat Nurgaliyev 3 $1,650
10. 🇰🇿 IM Alua Nurman 1 $1,100

The KazChess Masters Almaty October 2026 took place from October 26 to November 3, at the Time Square Business Center in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event featured a 90+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over a single Round-Robin between 10 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes / FIDE