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Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakh: Мұртас Мұратұлы Қажығалиев; born 17 November 1973) is a chess Grandmaster (1998) from Kazakhstan.He played for Kazakhstan in the Chess Olympiads of 1996 1998 2000 and 2008. In 2004 he tied for first with Slim Belkhodja in the 27th Syre Memorial in Issy les Moulineaux. In 2006 he won the men’s rapid tournament in the 15th Asian Games in Doha.