GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev Full name Murtas Kazhgaleyev Born 1973 (age 52) Place of birth Federation Kazakhstan Profiles # World Ranking 2521 Classical 2493 Rapid 2454 Blitz Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation (38 games) Slav Defense (36 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (14 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (13 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Bishop Attack, Classical Defense (12 games) Black Pieces Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (28 games) Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (22 games) Pirc Defense (14 games) King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (13 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (10 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2495) Victor Plotkin (2259) 1-0 58 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2495) Lubomir Ftacnik (2438) 1-0 51 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2500) Alimzhan Amirkul (2357) 1-0 43 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2500) Iren Lyutsinger (2261) 1-0 33 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2500) Ivan Zemlyanskii (2585) 1-0 59 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2521) Claudiu Zetocha (2267) 1-0 36 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2521) Adharsh K (2346) 1-0 41 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2518) Baard Dahl (2104) 1-0 28 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2518) Frank Zeller (2312) 1-0 35 2025 Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2518) Martin Martens (2300) 1-0 46 2025 Show All Games