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. The first official Kazakhstani championships for men, women and juniors were held in Alma-Ata in 1934. Anatoly Ufimtsev holds the record for the most titles won with eleven.
List of national championship winners
Year Open 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 UfimtsevEvgeny 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 GoliakKatalimov and Goliak were declared co-champions. 1959 Vladimir Muratov 1960 Boris Katalimov 1961 Boris Katalimov 1962 Gennady Movshovich 1963 Valentin Konstantinov 1964 Alexander NoskovNoskov 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. 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 TkachievThe 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 KostenkoKostenko defeated Pavel Kotsur in a playoff match after they tied for first in the main tournament. 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 KotsurKotsur finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev on tiebreaks. 2012 Anuar Ismagambetov 2013 Kirill Kuderinov 2014 Rinat Jumabayev 2015 Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2016 Petr KostenkoKostenko finished ahead of Rinat Jumabayev and Murtas Kazhgaleyev on tiebreaks. 2017 Rinat Jumabayev 2018 Murtas KazhgaleyevKazhgaleyev 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 Aged 14, Kaliakhmet became the youngest Kazakhstani champion 2026 Sauat Nurgaliyev Zarina Nurgaliyeva
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