2025 Turkiye Armed Forces Chess Championship

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 May 2025 to 16 May 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1857, and top seed was Muhammed Kaan Bacak (🇹🇷 TUR, CM, 2063).

Tolga Akin (🇹🇷 TUR, 1851) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Muhammed Kaan Bacak (8.0) and Mert Sakarya (6.0). Akin shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Yigit Kalender (1635) beat Devrim Alaslar (2060), a +425-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey

Dates

12 May 2025 → 16 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇷CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak2063

Avg top 10

1,857

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×27

Top 3

🥇
Tolga Akin
🇹🇷TUR·1851
8.0pts·2132perf+48.6
🥈
CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak
🇹🇷TUR·2063
8.0pts·2122perf+11.6
🥉
Mert Sakarya
🇹🇷TUR·1793
6.0pts·1863perf+14.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Bacak8Akin8Sakarya6Vatansever5.5Kaygisiz5.5Kalender5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Akin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Muhammed Kaan Bacak drew with Tolga Akin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Muhammed Kaan Bacak 3+4 wins (R2–R4, R6–R9)Tolga Akin 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak	*	½	1	—
2Tolga Akin	½	*	½	1
3Mert Sakarya	0	½	*	½
4Ugur Vatansever	—	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Akin, Tolga	1851	TUR	+25B	+19N	+6B	+5N	=2B	=3N	+4B	+10N	+8B	8.0	44.5	48.5	41.50	2132	+48.6
2	Bacak, Muhammed KaanCM	2063	TUR	=17B	+20N	+8N	+7B	=1N	+9B	+3B	+11N	+6B	8.0	43.5	47.5	41.25	2122	+11.6
3	Sakarya, Mert	1793	TUR	+31B	=7N	+12B	+17N	=6B	=1B	−2N	+13N	=4B	6.0	46.0	47.5	27.75	1863	+14.8
4	Vatansever, Ugur	1813	TUR	−27N	+23B	+22N	=9B	+7N	=11B	−1N	+14B	=3N	5.5	42.0	45.5	26.00	1851	+8.4
5	Kaygisiz, Ozgur Can	1668	TUR	+29N	=10B	+27N	−1B	−14N	+23B	=12N	+9B	=7N	5.5	40.5	43.5	23.00	1667	-1.4
6	Arcasoy, Tugrul	1860	TUR	+32N	+9B	−1N	+21B	=3N	=14B	=11N	=8B	−2N	5.0	46.0	46.5	20.00	1778	-15.8
7	Cakir, Semih	1591	TUR	+18B	=3B	+10N	−2N	−4B	−13N	+30B	+21N	=5B	5.0	43.5	46.0	21.75	1695	+25.6
8	Kalender, Yigit	1635	TUR	+28B	+11N	−2B	−18N	=21B	+24N	+17B	=6N	−1N	5.0	43.0	46.5	21.50	1877	+34.0
9	Kamisli, Yigit	1640	TUR	+16B	−6N	+24B	=4N	+20B	−2N	+18B	−5N	=11B	5.0	42.5	46.5	22.75	1760	+17.2
10	Ulken, Neset Taha	1902	TUR	+24B	=5N	−7B	+12N	=17B	=18N	+21B	−1B	=15N	5.0	41.5	45.5	22.75	1641	-36.6
11	Alaslar, Devrim	2060	TUR	+22N	−8B	=26N	+27B	+18B	=4N	=6B	−2B	=9N	5.0	41.0	44.5	21.75	1729	-46.6
12	Cankaya, Galip Berhan	1606	TUR	+21N	=14B	−3N	−10B	+15N	+20N	=5B	=19N	=13B	5.0	40.0	44.0	23.00	1697	+30.8
13	Ulu, Ekrem	1754	TUR	=15N	=27B	−18N	=24B	+26N	+7B	+14N	−3B	=12N	5.0	38.5	42.0	22.75	1726	-3.2
14	Yuzsever, Ihsan Cenk	1753	TUR	+30B	=12N	−17B	+23N	+5B	=6N	−13B	−4N	+22B	5.0	38.5	41.0	21.00	1644	-20.8
15	Yuksel, Mehmet	0	TUR	=13B	−17N	−20B	+31N	−12B	+25N	+29B	+24N	=10B	5.0	34.5	36.0	17.50	1561	0.0
16	Anbarci, Muzaffer	0	TUR	−9N	+32B	−23N	−22B	+25N	−21N	+27B	+28B	+17N	5.0	32.5	33.0	16.00	1475	0.0
17	Gul, Omer	1605	TUR	=2N	+15B	+14N	−3B	=10N	=22B	−8N	+20N	−16B	4.5	43.0	47.0	22.50	1767	+53.6
18	Canbaz, Umut	0	TUR	−7N	+31N	+13B	+8B	−11N	=10B	−9N	=22B	=19N	4.5	38.5	40.0	18.25	1679	0.0
19	Vatansever, Ozgur	1633	TUR	+26N	−1B	−21N	+25B	−22N	=29B	+23N	=12B	=18B	4.5	37.5	40.5	18.25	1398	-34.8
20	Coker, Emir Ahmet	1724	TUR	=23N	−2B	+15N	+26B	−9N	−12B	+22N	−17B	=21N	4.0	39.5	43.5	17.00	1454	-71.2
21	Deveci, Fatih Murat	0	TUR	−12B	+30N	+19B	−6N	=8N	+16B	−10N	−7B	=20B	4.0	38.5	41.0	16.50	1550	0.0
22	Babur, Ahmet Erdi	1556	TUR	−11B	+28N	−4B	+16N	+19B	=17N	−20B	=18N	−14N	4.0	38.0	41.5	17.50	1554	-2.2
23	Tural, Kerim	0	TUR	=20B	−4N	+16B	−14B	+27N	−5N	−19B	+30N	=24B	4.0	37.0	39.5	15.00	1413	0.0
24	Degirmenci, Berhan	1527	TUR	−10N	+29B	−9N	=13N	+30B	−8B	+28N	−15B	=23N	4.0	35.5	38.0	13.50	1411	-20.0
25	Kucukkurt, Fahri	0	TUR	−1N	−26B	+28N	−19N	−16B	−15B	+32N	+31N	+29B	4.0	34.5	35.0	8.50	942	0.0
26	Kaya, Mirac	0	TUR	−19B	+25N	=11B	−20N	−13B	−30N	+31B	=29N	+32N	4.0	29.5	30.0	10.00	1471	0.0
27	FIDE 525027905	0	—	+4B	=13N	−5B	−11N	−23B	−28B	−16N	+32B	+31N	3.5	35.0	35.5	10.00	1737	0.0
28	FIDE 525031970	0	—	−8N	−22B	−25B	=32N	+31B	+27N	−24B	−16N	+30B	3.5	29.5	30.0	7.75	773	0.0
29	Mutlu, Izzet Eren	0	TUR	−5B	−24N	=31B	=30N	+32B	=19N	−15N	=26B	−25N	3.0	31.0	31.5	6.75	1336	0.0
30	FIDE 525031996	0	—	−14N	−21B	+32N	=29B	−24N	+26B	−7N	−23B	−28N	2.5	32.5	33.0	6.00	824	0.0
31	FIDE 34553754	0	—	−3N	−18B	=29N	−15B	−28N	+32B	−26N	−25B	−27B	1.5	33.5	34.0	2.00	993	0.0
32	FIDE 525032011	0	—	−6B	−16N	−30B	=28B	−29N	−31N	−25B	−27N	−26B	0.5	30.5	32.0	1.75	1060	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gul, OmerTUR
+53.6
4.5 pts · #7
2Akin, TolgaTUR
+48.6
8.0 pts · #2
3Kalender, YigitTUR
+34.0
5.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Coker, Emir AhmetTUR
-71.2
4.0 pts · #23
2Alaslar, DevrimTUR
-46.6
5.0 pts · #14
3Ulken, Neset TahaTUR
-36.6
5.0 pts · #13

Biggest upsets

R2+425 Elo gap
Kalender, Yigit1635 beat Alaslar, Devrim2060
R3+311 Elo gap
Cakir, Semih1591 beat Ulken, Neset Taha1902
R3+148 Elo gap
Gul, Omer1605 beat Yuzsever, Ihsan Cenk1753