Mai Nowemapa 1 a i Nowemapa 10, 2026, ua mālama ʻia ka lua o ka pae o ka Turkmenistan Grand Prix Chess Championship ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Turkmenabat. ʻO 181 mau mea pāʻani mai nā velayats āpau o ka ʻāina a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ashgabat i komo i nā hoʻokūkū i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke keʻena olakino a me nā ʻoliʻoli o nā keiki "Bagtyyarlyk". Ma ka hoʻokûkû, he ʻeiwa puni, ua hoʻokûkû nâ pâʻani chess no ka makana ma nâ hoʻokûkû kanaka a hui.
Ua hui ka hoʻokūkū i nā mea pāʻani chess o nā makahiki like ʻole. ʻO nā mea pāʻani mai nā keiki ʻeono makahiki a i nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine he 18 makahiki i komo i loko o ia mau mea. Ma ka māhele wehe, ua hōʻike nā mea pāʻani chess 125 i ko lākou hiki, a ma ka māhele wahine - 56 mau mea komo.
Ma ka māhele ākea, ua loa'a ka hopena i'ike nui'ia e kahi keiki kula mai ka Dyanevsky etrap, ka moho no ka haku o ka ha'uki Shageldy Gurbandurdyev. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā helu 8 mai ka 9 hiki, ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o kona mau hoa paio me ka helu kiʻekiʻe a lanakila i ka mekala gula o ka hoʻokūkū. Ua loaʻa iā Ilkhan Charyev ka lua me ka helu o 7.5 helu. ʻO ke kolu o ka wahi i loaʻa iā FIDE master Mergen Kakabaev, nāna i loaʻa nā helu 7.
Ua wehe ʻia kahi hakakā ʻoi aku ma waena o nā wahine. Ua loaʻa i ʻelua mau mea pāʻani chess i nā helu 8 i kēlā me kēia, e hōʻike ana i ka hopena maikaʻi loa. Wahi a nā hōʻailona hou, ua lanakila ka wahi mua a me ka mekala gula e ka ʻelele o Mary velayat, ʻo Jennet Elkanova. Hāʻawi ʻia ka mekala kālā i ka ʻōpio ʻōpio o ka Kyusht älemi Academy Nurana Soyunova. Ua lawe ka Lunamakaainana o Lebap velayat Mahri Agamyradova i ke kolu o ka wahi a loaʻa iā ia ka mekala keleawe.
Ma muli o nā hopena o ka hoʻokūkū, ua hoʻoholo pū ʻia nā mea pāʻani chess ikaika loa ma ʻehiku mau makahiki. Ua hōʻike ka poʻe ʻōpio i komo i kēia mau ʻāpana i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka mākaukau a me ka makemake e lanakila.
