GMAldiyar Ansat

Aldiyar Ansat learned chess from his father at four and joined a chess club at five. His education included Astana's Lyceum No. 70. In an interview, he credited his parents' support and teachers' flexibility with helping him combine school and international competition. He became an international master in 2021. In 2022 he won bronze at the World Under-14 Championship. The following year, aged fifteen, he became Kazakhstan's national champion after defeating Arystanbek Urazaev and Denis Makhnev in rapid tiebreaks. Victory in the 2025 Asian Zone 3.4 championship qualified him for the World Cup. There he drew both classical games against Jorge Cori before losing their rapid playoff. He completed the grandmaster requirements in 2026, the year recorded for the title by FIDE.