Winners of Ashgabat qualifying round for Turkmenistan Chess Championship determined
Regional selections for the national chess championship, also called the "II League" among chess players, are being held in the country for the second year. Based on the results of each stage, the top 10 chess players from each region will be selected to participate in the I League of the 2025 Turkmenistan Championship, which is scheduled to be held early next year.
At the Ashgabat stage, in the open category, in which both men and women participate, the student of the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management Kadyr Jumayev from Turkmenabat won, scoring 7.5 points out of 9 possible. Four players were half a point behind the winner, but according to additional indicators, the second place was taken by the student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Education and Sports Ybrayim Serdarov. The top three was closed by 15-year-old schoolgirl from the Mary velayat Jennet Yalkanova. In addition to Jennet, two more participants in the open category, Ashgabat schoolgirls Makhrijemal Gurbangeldiyeva and Zalina Iminova, were able to get into the top ten best players in the city of Ashgabat and received the right to participate in the open category of the 1st league of the 2025 Turkmenistan Championship. According to the Secretary General of the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan, FIDE Master Mergen Kakabaev, this fact is significant and indicates the growth of women's chess in the country.
All interested persons from other regions of the country can also take part in all other stages of the selection, but without the right to claim entry to the next stage from another velayat.
In total, 99 athletes took part in the Ashgabat qualification stage, 79 of whom were in the open category, and 20 in the women's category. The winners of the tournament were awarded cash prizes, medals, diplomas, as well as gifts from sponsors.
Sponsors of all regional qualifying stages are the Ynamdar online store, B2B marketplace📈 ALSAT, the robotics educational center ImdatBot, the certification center HIL-TM, the consulting company Standart Hyzmat and the media agency ORIENT.
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