[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":133},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-bekmu":3},{"id":4,"aboutLong":5,"age":6,"botId":7,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"dataHash":10,"dateModified":11,"elo":12,"extension":13,"faq":14,"favoriteQuote":24,"gender":25,"hello":26,"introduction":27,"isTrophy":28,"liveDate":29,"luckyCharm":30,"meta":31,"name":32,"occupation":33,"openingAxes":34,"openingsAnalysis":36,"playstyle":37,"playstyleSummary":41,"ratingHistory":42,"shortName":95,"similar":96,"stem":130,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":131,"__hash__":132},"bots/bots/bekmu.json","Yerlan Bekmuratov is an 80-year-old traditional falconer from Almaty, Kazakhstan, who has trained golden eagles on the steppe at the foot of the Tian Shan mountains for more than sixty years. He came to chess late and only as a quiet pastime, playing a few games by the yurt fire on still evenings rather than studying the board with any seriousness. His estimated rating of 437 places him at the absolute beginner level: he knows how the pieces move and understands basic captures, but he frequently leaves pieces undefended and misses simple threats from one move to the next. He has no opening repertoire on file and treats each game like a slow, patient walk across open country rather than a prepared line of theory. Visitors facing Yerlan should expect a calm, unhurried opponent who will offer plenty of tactical chances and overlook many of his own.","80","bekmu","Kazakhstan","kz","cab5da6f0f43394105212b8a50eaa322db5abb39bb8faf469f037e799cdd82ad","2026-07-06",437,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Yerlan?","Yerlan has an estimated rating of 437, which places him at the absolute beginner level. He knows the rules and basic captures but regularly hangs pieces and misses obvious threats. He is a suitable opponent for players who are still learning the fundamentals of the game.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Yerlan play?","Yerlan has no fixed opening repertoire on file. He plays casually and chooses his early moves by instinct rather than studied theory, so games against him can begin in many different ways. Expect unprepared, offbeat positions rather than mainline opening lines.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"Is Yerlan a good first opponent for someone learning chess?","Yes, Yerlan is well suited as an early opponent for players who have just learned the rules. At 437 he overlooks threats and leaves pieces undefended often enough that a new player can practice spotting tactics and finishing won positions. His aggressive, tension-keeping style also gives beginners useful practice handling a busy board.","Patience flies higher than the wind.","male","Welcome, traveller. Sit by the fire. I am Yerlan, an old falconer from the steppe outside Almaty, and I play this game the way I hunt, slowly, with patience. My young eagles are not clever, but they fly when called. The steppe is wide. Let us begin.","Yerlan has hunted with golden eagles on the steppe outside Almaty for more than sixty years, training each bird from a fledgling and releasing her back to the wild after seven seasons. He learned the craft from his father at the foot of the Tian Shan mountains and now passes the old ways on to his grandchildren. He plays chess by the yurt fire on quiet evenings, treating each game like a slow patient hunt across the open plain.",false,"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","A small braided leather bell-tassel from the jess of his first eagle, kept knotted around his belt",{},"Yerlan Bekmuratov","Almaty traditional falconer",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},0.95,0.96,5,"Yerlan plays with a sharply aggressive hand for someone of his rating, pushing his pieces forward and keeping the position tangled rather than trading down into quiet endings. He avoids simplifications and lets the tension build across the board. He has no fixed opening preference and chooses moves by feel rather than theory, balanced evenly between solid and sharp lines depending on the mood of the evening.",[43,46,49,52,54,57,60,63,66,69,72,75,77,80,83,85,87,89,91,93],{"rating":44,"msSinceEpoch":45},430,1778355106183,{"rating":47,"msSinceEpoch":48},424,1778365134978,{"rating":50,"msSinceEpoch":51},418,1778365352207,{"rating":50,"msSinceEpoch":53},1778378794595,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":56},409,1778439267237,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":59},403,1778446928425,{"rating":61,"msSinceEpoch":62},396,1778630256906,{"rating":64,"msSinceEpoch":65},388,1778720095026,{"rating":67,"msSinceEpoch":68},387,1778724556140,{"rating":70,"msSinceEpoch":71},379,1778866312664,{"rating":73,"msSinceEpoch":74},372,1778866991552,{"rating":73,"msSinceEpoch":76},1778911560231,{"rating":78,"msSinceEpoch":79},364,1778936229640,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":82},363,1778944647114,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":84},1778955487375,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":86},1779013222328,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":88},1779013340830,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":90},1779013411684,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":92},1779194999220,{"rating":81,"msSinceEpoch":94},1779201816956,"Yerlan",{"sameStyle":97,"different":116},[98,104,110],{"botId":99,"name":100,"elo":101,"country":102,"countryCode":103,"category":40},"hadda","Tarek Haddad",417,"Lebanon","lb",{"botId":105,"name":106,"elo":107,"country":108,"countryCode":109,"category":40},"cheah","Cheah Soo Beng",458,"Malaysia","my",{"botId":111,"name":112,"elo":113,"country":114,"countryCode":115,"category":40},"layne","Kwesi Layne",399,"Trinidad and Tobago","tt",[117,123],{"botId":118,"name":119,"elo":12,"country":120,"countryCode":121,"category":122},"pretn","Bojan Pretnar","Slovenia","si",3,{"botId":124,"name":125,"elo":126,"country":127,"countryCode":128,"category":129},"davlat","Farrukh Davlatov",441,"Tajikistan","tj",1,"bots/bekmu","Yerlan is a friendly match for true beginners and casual players rated roughly 200 to 600, especially anyone still learning to spot hanging pieces and basic tactics. Because he pushes forward and keeps the position complicated rather than trading down, players who want practice converting a material advantage and defending against unprepared attacks will get steady, low-pressure repetitions against him without facing any opening theory.","lqUEGLqxC8FuMn2_mf-qz904B2ElkUcgZYngUg7Uq4I",1784753885058]