ABDUMALIK Zhansaya

Date of Birth: 12 Jan 2000

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.68/5'6''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Chess	Women's Individual	8
	Women's Team KAZ Kazakhstan	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 3	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 4	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 5	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 6	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 7	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 8	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Individual Round 9	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 3	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 4	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 5	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 6	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 7	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 8	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 9	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championship
5	Women's Individual	2018	Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS

Previous names:

Zhansaya Ashirova

Hiking. (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Politician

Languages spoken:

English, Kazakh, Russian

OSG Baden-Baden [Germany]

Sporting relatives:

Her father Daniyar Ashirov and her mother Alma Ashirova have both received the title of Honoured Coach of Kazakhstan in chess. (chessacademy.kz, 01 Jan 2022)

She began playing chess in 2005. (chessacademy.kz, 01 Jan 2022)

All of her family members played chess. "My dad enrolled me in chess. At first he taught chess to my elder brother Sanzhar. I always watched them from the side. I didn't understand what was happening on the board, but it was interesting. When dad started teaching me, I liked the game. There was no feeling that it was something complicated. I remember that for a long time I could not understand what a checkmate was, but I was lucky that my father had been playing chess for eight years and had an amazing ability to explain complex things in simple terms." (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021; centrasia.ru, 15 Aug 2008)

To become world champion. (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021)

She trains for up to six hours a day. (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021)

Winning gold among U8 girls at the 2008 World Youth Championships in Vung Tau, Vietnam. (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021)

Hungarian chess player Judit Polgar. (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021)

She was named Leader of the Year 2022 at the KazChess Awards held by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation. (sportsarena.kz, 15 Mar 2023)

Additional Information

General
PRESIDENT
In 2022 she became president of the Chess Federation in Almaty, Kazakhstan. "The federation plans to develop four main areas until 2024: mass sports among citizens, chess in school education, elite sports, as well as support for veterans." (forbes.kz, 20 Apr 2022)

POLITICIAN
In 2021 she was elected deputy to the Almaty City Maslihat [local parliament] in Kazakhstan. "A new world has opened up for me, I am constantly learning. I have good colleagues, from whom I feel only support. I am a member of the commission where I am responsible for sports and youth policy." (harpersbazaar.kz, 17 Sep 2021; tengrinews.kz, 14 Jan 2021)

ACADEMY
In 2014 her parents founded the Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (chessacademy.kz, 01 Jan 2022)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event