Earthquake stops the round in Oskemen Chess Open

Oskemen Open 2025 (live games) is taking place July 20 – July 30 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. With a $100,000 prize fund, Oskemen Open is one of the major events this summer on The Chess Calendar.

Today, round 3 was abandoned due to an earthquake in the region. Round 3 and 4 will be played tomorrow.

The earthquake data

Magnitude	5.2
Region	EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN
Date time	2025-07-23 10:37:22.0 UTC
Location	49.220 ; 82.333
Depth	11 km
Distance	86 km S of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan / pop: 319,000 / local time: 15:37:22.0 2025-07-23 56 km E of Kalbatau, Kazakhstan / pop: 22,000 / local time: 15:37:22.0 2025-07-23

An earthquake stops the Oskemen Chess Open The round has been postponed and double round will be played tomorrow https://t.co/VCEtLcEpPm pic.twitter.com/aFRFK15Vi2

— Chessdom (@chessdom) July 23, 2025

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