Kazhgaleyev Murtas (17.11.1973)

Kazakh Grandmaster (1998). Kazakh Champion in 2015. The winner of the gold at the Individual Men’s Rapid Chess of the Asian Games in 2006.

Best results: Open of Nice 2001 1^th; Cannes Carlton 2001, 2^nd; Intl of Novokuznetsk 2001, 1^th; Issy Les Moulineaux 2004, 1^th; Fourmies 2004, 1^th; Paris Championship 2004, 2^nd; Ivry Open 2004, 1^th; Paris Championship 2006 and 2009, 1^th, Pichay Cup 2010 2^nd; 2014 Australasian Masters, 1^th.

Kazhgaleyev has participated in six Olympiads since 1996 and in the World Team Championship in 1997.

Peak rating: 2653 in 2009.