Last week all the members of Gambit CS:GO won their local qualifiers and will represent their countries at regional LAN-qualifiers for the World Electronic Sports Games, a Chinese tournament with a prize pool of $1,5 million.

First players to secure their spot at regional finals were Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev and Rustem "mou" Telepov, who won the Central Asia qualifiers under the legendary name of k23.

k23 roster: AdreN, mou, HObbitt, keeN, fitch

 k23 [2:0]  TBA | 16:12 @ de_mirage; 16:12 @ de_cache
 k23 [2:0]  zARLANS | 16:7 @ de_cache;  16:8 @ de_overpass

Now the Kazakhstan team will play at the Asia-Pacific regional LAN-finals, which will be held on November 10-13 in Goyang, South Korea. Eighteen teams will fight for 6 spots in the WESG finals and a $75 000 prize pool.

The rest of our CS:GO team (Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov, Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov and Emil "kUcheR" Akhundov) won the Russian qualifiers under the name .Russia.

.Russia roster: hooch, Dosia, kUcheR, WorldEdit, electronic

 .Russia [1:0]  eBalls
 .Russia [1:0]  Shadows
 .Russia [1:0]  dumbDEAD | 16:1 @ de_cbble
 .Russia [1:0]  wickeds1ck | 16:4 @ de_overpass
 .Russia [2:0]  USSR | 16:12 @ de_mirage;  16:9 @ de_train
 .Russia [2:0]  EYESPORTS | 16:2 @ de_overpass; 16:8 @ de_cbble

Next week the team will go to the regional finals in Kiev, where 20 European teams will play against each other with 8 spots in the grand-finals and $75 000 at stake. The Kiev finals will be held on October 6-9 in Stereo Plaza.

About the tournament:
Alibaba, a major Chinese company, announced holding a tournament with a huge prize pool of $5,5 million. CS:GO teams will fight for $1,5 million, just as Dota2 players. The other games represented at the tournament will be StarCraft 2 and Hearthstone. The tournament will end with the grand finals in Shanghai in December. The winners of the CS:GO part of the WESG will get a record prize pool of $800 000.