Kazakhstani Chess Championship

The Kazakhstani Chess Championship is currently organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation. Chess was one of the sports contested at the second Kazakhstan Spartakiad held in Alma-Ata in 1933: Gubaydula Mendeshev was the winner.^[1] The first official Kazakhstani championships for men, women and juniors were held in Alma-Ata in 1934.^[2] Anatoly Ufimtsev holds the record for the most titles won with eleven.

List of national championship winners

Year	Open[3][4][5][6][7]	Women	Notes
1934	Isidor Lopatnikov
1935	Sergey Freiman
1937	Aleksey Shapovalov
1938	Shamshidov Murzagaliev
1939	Shamshidov Murzagaliev		Murzagaliev defeated Konstantin Kokhanov in a match after they tied for first in the round robin.
1940	Shamshidov Murzagaliev
1947	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1948	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1949	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1950	Anatoly Ufimtsev		Vitaly Tarasov and Ratmir Kholmov participated as non-Kazakhstani invitees. Tarasov won the overall tournament; Ufimtsev tied for second with Kholmov and received the national title as a result.
1951	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1952	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1953	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1954	Anatoly Ufimtsev, K. Kurkleitis		Ufimtsev and Kurkleitis were declared co-champions.
1955	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1956	Yury Nikolaevich Yakovlev		Yakovlev defeated Anatoly Ufimtsev in a match after they tied for first in the round robin.
1957	Anatoly Ufimtsev		Evgeny Vasiukov participated as a non-Kazakhstani invitee and won the overall tournament; Ufimtsev tied for second with V. Marantsman and defeated him in a playoff match.
1958	Boris Katalimov, Isay Goliak		Katalimov and Goliak were declared co-champions.
1959	Vladimir Muratov
1960	Boris Katalimov
1961	Boris Katalimov
1962	Gennady Movshovich
1963	Valentin Konstantinov
1964	Alexander Noskov		Noskov won a playoff over Yuri Nikitin and Nikolai Gusev after all three players tied for first in the round robin.
1965	Valentin Konstantinov
1966	Vladimir Seredenko		Vladimir Antoshin participated as a non-Kazakhstani invitee and won the overall tournament; Seredenko finished second overall and received the national title.
1967	Alexander Noskov
1968	Yuri Nikitin
1969	Yuri Nikitin
1970	Anatoly Ufimtsev
1971	Vladimir Muratov
1972	Mikhail Mukhin
1973	Vladimir Liavdansky		Liavdansky was from Leningrad, not Kazakhstan, but was nonetheless recognized as the winner; Eduard Bukhman, also from Leningrad, placed second; Oleg Dzuban finished third and was the highest-placed Kazakhstani player.[8]
1974	Boris Katalimov
1975	?
1976	Boris Katalimov
1977	Boris Katalimov, Vladimir Seredenko		Katalimov and Seredenko were declared co-champions.
1978	Oleg Dzuban
1980	Boris Katalimov
1981	Oleg Dzuban
1982	Oleg Dzuban, Bolat Asanov		Dzuban and Asanov were declared co-champions.
1983	Oleg Dzuban
1984	Nukhim Rashkovsky
1985	Serikbay Temirbayev
1986	Serikbay Temirbayev
1987	Yevgeniy Vladimirov
1988	Yevgeniy Vladimirov
1989	Vladimir Seredenko
1990	Oleg Dzuban
1991	Vladislav Tkachiev
1992	Vladislav Tkachiev		The first national championship of independent Kazakhstan.
1993	Serikbay Temirbayev
1994	Pavel Kotsur
1995	Serikbay Temirbayev
1996	Serikbay Temirbayev
1997	Pavel Kotsur
1998	Petr Kostenko
2000	Petr Kostenko
2001	Darmen Sadvakasov
2002	Petr Kostenko		Kostenko defeated Pavel Kotsur in a playoff match after they tied for first in the main tournament.[9]
2003	Darmen Sadvakasov
2004	Darmen Sadvakasov
2005	Ospan Omarov
2006	Darmen Sadvakasov
2007	Darmen Sadvakasov
2008	Anuar Ismagambetov
2009	Yevgeniy Pak
2010	Kirill Kuderinov
2011	Pavel Kotsur		Kotsur finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev on tiebreaks.
2012	Anuar Ismagambetov
2013	Kirill Kuderinov
2014	Rinat Jumabayev
2015	Murtas Kazhgaleyev
2016	Petr Kostenko		Kostenko finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev and Murtas Kazhgaleyev on tiebreaks.[10]
2017	Rinat Jumabayev
2018	Murtas Kazhgaleyev		Kazhgaleyev finished ahead of Denis Makhnev on tiebreaks.
2019	Nurlan Ibrayev
2020	Murtas Kazhgaleyev
2021	Denis Makhnev
2022	Ramazan Zhalmakhanov
2023	Aldiyar Ansat
2024	Denis Makhnev
2025	Kazybek Nogerbek	Elnaz Kaliakhmet[11]	Aged 14, Kaliakhmet became the youngest Kazakhstani champion