In the 2017 KZCC Master Open, five players share 1st place after seven rounds GM Eltaj Safarli, GM Alexander Motylev, GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov, GM Ferenc Berkes and GM Gadir Guseinov. Winner on tiebreak is the Azeri Eltaj Safarli, who drew his last round game against Gadir Guseinov and thus came ahead of the Russian Alexander Motylev, who beat Evgeny Romanov. Best Swiss player was FM Jonas Wyss who finished 18th. Top favorite Alexei Shirov won his last game and finished with 5 points out of seven on rank 12.
Final Ranking crosstable after 7 Rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | 7.Rd | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 21w1 | 25b½ | 28w1 | 14w1 | 7b½ | 13b1 | 5w½ | 5,5 | 32,0 | 200,0 | 22,5 |
| 2 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 48b1 | 23w1 | 8b½ | 9w½ | 19b1 | 7w½ | 15b1 | 5,5 | 31,0 | 205,0 | 23,0 |
| 3 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 35w1 | 27b½ | 37w1 | 17b1 | 13w½ | 10b1 | 6w½ | 5,5 | 30,0 | 205,5 | 21,5 |
| 4 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 47w1 | 41b1 | 16w1 | 13b½ | 10w½ | 9b½ | 17w1 | 5,5 | 30,0 | 200,0 | 22,0 |
| 5 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 63b1 | 38w1 | 14b0 | 24w1 | 26b1 | 8w1 | 1b½ | 5,5 | 29,0 | 199,5 | 21,0 |
| 6 | GM | Van Wely Loek | NED | 29b1 | 26w1 | 9b½ | 8w½ | 14b1 | 15w½ | 3b½ | 5,0 | 33,0 | 206,0 | 23,5 |
| 7 | GM | Bauer Christian | FRA | 40w1 | 44b1 | 11w1 | 10b½ | 1w½ | 2b½ | 9w½ | 5,0 | 33,0 | 198,5 | 24,0 |
| 8 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 33w1 | 34b1 | 2w½ | 6b½ | 27w1 | 5b0 | 29w1 | 5,0 | 32,5 | 186,5 | 23,0 |
| 9 | GM | Hera Imre (junior) | HUN | 46w1 | 43b1 | 6w½ | 2b½ | 25w1 | 4w½ | 7b½ | 5,0 | 31,5 | 203,5 | 23,0 |
| 10 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | SRB | 53b1 | 24w1 | 19b1 | 7w½ | 4b½ | 3w0 | 23b1 | 5,0 | 31,5 | 197,0 | 23,0 |
| 11 | IM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 49b1 | 55w1 | 7b0 | 31w1 | 15b0 | 24w1 | 32b1 | 5,0 | 27,5 | 185,0 | 19,5 |
| 12 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 36b½ | 64w1 | 17w½ | 20b½ | 39w1 | 16b½ | 25w1 | 5,0 | 27,0 | 184,0 | 20,0 |
| 13 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | RUS | 77b1 | 31w1 | 15b1 | 4w½ | 3b½ | 1w0 | 19b½ | 4,5 | 31,5 | 188,5 | 24,0 |
| 14 | GM | Pavlovic Milos | SRB | 42w1 | 45b1 | 5w1 | 1b0 | 6w0 | 28b½ | 27w1 | 4,5 | 31,0 | 188,0 | 22,0 |
| 15 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 67w1 | 39b1 | 13w0 | 32b1 | 11w1 | 6b½ | 2w0 | 4,5 | 30,0 | 191,0 | 22,0 |
| 16 | GM | Perunovic Milos | SRB | 57b1 | 18w1 | 4b0 | 38w1 | 23b0 | 12w½ | 44b1 | 4,5 | 29,0 | 179,5 | 20,5 |
| 17 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 70b1 | 68w1 | 12b½ | 3w0 | 18b1 | 23w1 | 4b0 | 4,5 | 28,5 | 190,0 | 21,0 |
| 18 | FM | Wyss Jonas | SUI | 58w1 | 16b0 | 42w½ | 46b1 | 17w0 | 40b1 | 39w1 | 4,5 | 25,5 | 174,5 | 18,0 |
| 19 | GM | Jenni Florian | SUI | 50w1 | 76b1 | 10w0 | 55b1 | 2w0 | 52b1 | 13w½ | 4,5 | 24,5 | 186,5 | 18,0 |
| 20 | IM | Klundt Klaus | GER | 78w½ | 51b1 | 25w½ | 12w½ | 36b½ | 35b½ | 37w1 | 4,5 | 24,0 | 178,5 |
....(80 players)
In the Open Section, the win was shared between the three Swiss players Markus Hirt, Vital Studer and Heinz Vifian, who scored 6 points each. Hirt became winner on tiebreaks
Final Ranking crosstable after 7 Rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | 7.Rd | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Hirt Markus | SUI | 43w1 | 45b1 | 7w½ | 6b1 | 16w1 | 5b1 | 2w½ | 6,0 | 32,5 | 200,0 | 23,0 |
| 2 | Studer Vital | SUI | 47w½ | 57b1 | 38w1 | 7b1 | 23w1 | 3b1 | 1b½ | 6,0 | 31,0 | 201,0 | 22,0 |
| 3 | Vifian Heinz | SUI | 64b1 | 41w1 | 25b1 | 24w1 | 13b1 | 2w0 | 8w1 | 6,0 | 30,0 | 195,5 | 21,0 |
| 4 | Labelle Ambroise | FRA | 74b1 | 56w0 | 60b1 | 58w1 | 11b½ | 37w1 | 13w1 | 5,5 | 24,5 | 183,0 | 17,5 |
| 5 | Brandis Benjamin | SUI | 54b1 | 11w½ | 12b½ | 20w1 | 30b1 | 1w0 | 24b1 | 5,0 | 31,0 | 196,0 | 21,5 |
| 6 | Juciute Einora | LTU | 73b1 | 9w1 | 32b1 | 1w0 | 14w1 | 8b0 | 23w1 | 5,0 | 31,0 | 193,0 | 22,5 |
| 7 | Barth Can-Elian | SUI | 83w1 | 68b1 | 1b½ | 2w0 | 19b1 | 12w½ | 27b1 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 197,0 | 21,5 |
| 8 | Brand Thomas | SUI | 87b1 | 15w1 | 56b1 | 13w0 | 24b1 | 6w1 | 3b0 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 190,0 | 21,0 |
| 9 | Thode Gilda | SUI | 58w1 | 6b0 | 43w1 | 11w½ | 40b1 | 26b½ | 17w1 | 5,0 | 28,5 | 192,5 | 20,0 |
| 10 | Stief Volker | SUI | 38w½ | 67b1 | 40w½ | 45b1 | 17w½ | 13b½ | 26w1 | 5,0 | 26,0 | 193,0 | 19,0 |
| 11 | Sandhya Goli | IND | 48w1 | 5b½ | 26w1 | 9b½ | 4w½ | 23b½ | 14w½ | 4,5 | 31,5 | 196,0 | 22,5 |
| 12 | Honold Felix | SUI | 35w1 | 17b½ | 5w½ | 15b½ | 33w1 | 7b½ | 16w½ | 4,5 | 31,5 | 186,0 | 22,5 |
| 13 | Zaldivar Gustavo | SUI | 70b1 | 49w1 | 42b1 | 8b1 | 3w0 | 10w½ | 4b0 | 4,5 | 31,0 | 183,5 | 22,5 |
| 14 | Angst Oliver | SUI | 59b1 | 20w1 | 24b0 | 31w1 | 6b0 | 34w1 | 11b½ | 4,5 | 29,0 | 186,0 | 21,0 |
| 15 | Tregoubov Maxime | FRA | 46w1 | 8b0 | 61w1 | 12w½ | 27b½ | 42w1 | 18b½ | 4,5 | 28,0 | 187,0 | 20,0 |
| 16 | Ly Nguyen | SUI | 77w1 | 60b1 | 39w1 | 23b½ | 1b0 | 18w½ | 12b½ | 4,5 | 27,5 | 194,5 | 19,5 |
| 17 | Ramadani Sarah | SLO | 88b1 | 12w½ | 18b½ | 42w1 | 10b½ | 21w1 | 9b0 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 180,5 | 22,0 |
| 18 | Meier Franz | SUI | 44w½ | 71b1 | 17w½ | 34b½ | 39w1 | 16b½ | 15w½ | 4,5 | 27,0 | 180,0 | 20,0 |
| 19 | Frank Tena | GER | 65b1 | 24w0 | 44w1 | 40b½ | 7w0 | 50b1 | 25b1 | 4,5 | 26,5 | 182,5 | 18,5 |
| 20 | Tellenbach Erwin | SUI | 86w1 | 14b0 | 67w1 | 5b0 | 48w1 | 35b1 | 22w½ | 4,5 | 25,5 | 171,5 | 19 |
...(88 players)
