The Republic of Kazakhstan Chess Federation occupies 25 place in tne world’s rating-list. Active players (which played at least in one tournament in the last year): grand masters – 8, international masters – 15. The biggest chess-clubs in Astana (republic), Almaty, Pavlodar, Kostanay.

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two players. Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from its predecessors and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games of Indian and Persian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide in clubs, online, by correspondence, in tournaments and informally.