2025 Turkiye Veterans Chess Championship - Open A

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48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 23 May 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1916, and top seed was Bulent Ersahin (🇹🇷 TUR, CM, 2100).

Bulent Ersahin (🇹🇷 TUR, CM, 2100) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Tufan Can Uzuner (7.0) and Cem Onem (6.5). Ersahin shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yusuf Erkan Yenice (1553) beat Tufan Can Uzuner (CM, 1886), a +333-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey

Dates

17 May 2025 → 23 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇷CMBulent Ersahin2100

Avg top 10

1,916

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×47

Top 3

🥇
CMBulent Ersahin
🇹🇷TUR·2100
8.0pts·2142perf+5.6
🥈
CMTufan Can Uzuner
🇹🇷TUR·1886
7.0pts·1984perf+22.8
🥉
Cem Onem
🇹🇷TUR·1932
6.5pts·2005perf+18.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Bulent Ersahin led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Ersahin8Uzuner7Onem6.5Ciftci6.5Guner6Korkmaz6

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Bulent Ersahin never relinquished the lead after R8; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Bulent Ersahin 5 wins (R2–R6)CM Tufan Can Uzuner 4+3 wins (R2–R5, R7–R9)Cem Onem 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMBulent Ersahin	*	—	½	1
2CMTufan Can Uzuner	—	*	0	—
3Cem Onem	½	1	*	0
4Ergin Ciftci	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ersahin, BulentCM	2100	TUR	=5N	+33B	+20N	+21B	+6N	+7B	=3N	+9B	+4B	8.0	45.5	48.5	42.25	2142	+5.6
2	Uzuner, Tufan CanCM	1886	TUR	−20N	+5B	+41N	+14B	+25N	−3N	+12B	+10B	+9N	7.0	42.0	44.0	33.00	1984	+22.8
3	Onem, Cem	1932	TUR	+28N	+25B	+12N	+9B	=7N	+2B	=1B	−4N	=6N	6.5	48.0	52.0	35.50	2005	+18.2
4	Ciftci, Ergin	1867	TUR	+46B	+15N	−7B	=16N	+26B	+12B	+6N	+3B	−1N	6.5	45.5	46.5	30.00	1982	+28.2
5	Korkmaz, Turhan	1717	TUR	=1B	−2N	+30B	+23N	+11B	−13N	+14B	=19N	+12B	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.00	1935	+50.8
6	Caglar, Mehmet Halil	1780	TUR	+45N	=22B	+8N	+26B	−1B	+16N	−4B	+20N	=3B	6.0	45.0	46.0	26.00	1926	+30.0
7	Aysoy, Veysi	1833	TUR	+39B	+37N	+4N	+22B	=3B	−1N	−9B	+13N	=8N	6.0	44.5	47.0	27.25	1939	+27.2
8	Guner, Bulent	1914	TUR	+23B	=34N	−6B	=29N	+27B	+15N	=13B	+21N	=7B	6.0	39.0	42.0	27.00	1851	-11.8
9	Celebi, Orhan	1863	TUR	+32N	+36B	+10N	−3N	=13B	+21B	+7N	−1N	−2B	5.5	46.0	49.0	25.00	1904	+12.0
10	Tasan, Mehmet Askin	1884	TUR	+43B	+14N	−9B	−13N	+29B	+36N	+23B	−2N	=11B	5.5	39.5	41.5	21.25	1814	-12.8
11	Bitirgen, Bilent	1825	TUR	+30N	=20B	−21N	+28B	−5N	+17B	=22N	+35B	=10N	5.5	37.5	40.5	22.75	1725	-18.4
12	Karadag, Eflatun CemFM	1842	TUR	+29B	+16N	−3B	+15N	+36B	−4N	−2N	+17B	−5N	5.0	45.0	48.0	22.00	1787	-11.6
13	Ercan, Mehmet Fahri	1785	TUR	−33N	+30B	+43N	+10B	=9N	+5B	=8N	−7B	F	5.0	40.5	42.5	22.75	1904	+25.0
14	Asilkefeli, Hasan	1779	TUR	+40B	−10B	+17N	−2N	+35B	=20B	−5N	+31N	=19B	5.0	39.5	41.5	18.25	1656	-21.6
15	Koftecioglu, Mustafa Gurcan	1767	TUR	+42N	−4B	+32N	−12B	+24N	−8B	−17N	+30N	+31B	5.0	37.5	39.5	17.00	1607	-27.6
16	Elmas, Mustafa	1756	TUR	+47N	−12B	+33N	=4B	+22N	−6B	−21N	=25B	+35N	5.0	36.5	36.5	15.75	1678	-13.8
17	Erdogan, Celalettin	1549	TUR	−18B	+40N	−14B	+38N	+34B	−11N	+15B	−12N	+26N	5.0	35.0	37.0	16.50	1761	+33.2
18	Azizoglu, Ayhan	1867	TUR	+17N	=21B	=26N	−36B	−20N	+37B	+28N	+27B	F	5.0	34.0	36.5	19.75	1764	-19.6
19	Cetinkaya, Vedat Ali	1911	TUR	+41N	−26B	+37N	−25B	−21N	+24B	+36N	=5B	=14N	5.0	33.5	35.5	17.50	1739	-37.8
20	Yenice, Yusuf Erkan	1553	TUR	+2B	=11N	−1B	=34N	+18B	=14N	+26B	−6B	F	4.5	45.0	48.0	22.75	1879	+63.6
21	Gozubuyukoglu, Selami	1757	TUR	+44B	=18N	+11B	−1N	+19B	−9N	+16B	−8B	F	4.5	44.0	45.0	19.00	1891	+23.4
22	Yelken, Ahmet	1739	TUR	+27B	=6N	+34B	−7N	−16B	+31N	=11B	=23N	F	4.5	39.0	42.0	18.50	1756	+6.8
23	Ilcin, Murat Veysi	1703	TUR	−8N	+39B	+38N	−5B	+33N	+25B	−10N	=22B	F	4.5	34.0	34.0	14.25	1673	-5.4
24	Celik, Okan	1435	TUR	−34B	−27N	+44B	+45N	−15B	−19N	=29N	+42B	+30B	4.5	27.5	28.5	9.50	1465	+0.8
25	Batki, Mehmet Emin	1680	TUR	+35B	−3N	+27B	+19N	−2B	−23N	=30B	=16N	F	4.0	40.0	43.0	16.25	1708	+10.8
26	Kobyaoglu, Yusuf Ziya	1785	TUR	+31B	+19N	=18B	−6N	−4N	=28B	−20N	+33N	−17B	4.0	39.5	42.5	16.00	1591	-36.0
27	Soku, Mustafa Attila	1584	TUR	−22N	+24B	−25N	+32B	−8N	+33B	F	−18N	+28B	4.0	34.5	37.5	15.00	1644	+8.6
28	Ozalban, Hasan	1703	TUR	−3B	+35N	=29B	−11N	+47B	=26N	−18B	+40N	−27N	4.0	34.0	34.0	9.00	1545	-29.4
29	Beytas, Elena	1496	TUR	−12N	+47B	=28N	=8B	−10N	−34N	=24B	=39B	+40N	4.0	32.5	32.5	10.50	1558	+4.0
30	Yildirim, Remzi	1458	TUR	−11B	−13N	−5N	+42B	+40N	+41B	=25N	−15B	−24N	3.5	34.0	36.0	8.00	1461	-3.2
31	Gunes, Selahettin	0	TUR	−26N	−41B	+47N	+43B	=37N	−22B	+32N	−14B	−15N	3.5	28.5	28.5	6.75	1541	0.0
32	Gurturk, Omer Rasit	1526	TUR	−9B	+44N	−15B	−27N	+45B	−35N	−31B	=38N	+47N	3.5	25.5	25.5	3.25	861	-26.8
33	Yordamli, Tahsin	0	TUR	+13B	−1N	−16B	+46N	−23B	−27N	+39N	−26B	F	3.0	34.0	35.0	8.50	1626	0.0
34	Sahin, Fehim	1810	TUR	+24N	=8B	−22N	=20B	−17N	+29B	F	F	F	3.0	32.5	32.5	13.75	1616	-27.2
35	Muti, Erol	1431	TUR	−25N	−28B	+42N	+41B	−14N	+32B	F	−11N	−16B	3.0	31.5	33.5	7.50	1541	+13.8
36	Zumrut, Cihan	1720	TUR	+38B	−9N	+46B	+18N	−12N	−10B	−19B	F	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	8.50	1694	-4.0
37	Akcun, Fayik	1685	TUR	+48N	−7B	−19B	+39N	=31B	−18N	F	F	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	4.25	1725	+4.8
38	Tuzun, Abdurrahman	0	TUR	−36N	F	−23B	−17B	−41N	−40B	+44N	=32B	+42N	2.5	23.0	23.0	4.75	1260	0.0
39	Gunes, Turan	1444	TUR	−7N	−23N	+45B	−37B	F	+47N	−33B	=29N	F	2.5	21.0	21.0	3.00	1357	-8.0
40	Ucan, Halil Levent	0	TUR	−14N	−17B	F	+44N	−30B	+38N	F	−28B	−29B	2.0	27.0	27.0	3.50	799	0.0
41	Tokgoz, Mesut	1627	TUR	−19B	+31N	−2B	−35N	+38B	−30N	F	F	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	6.00	872	-72.4
42	Soyer, Bunyamin	0	TUR	−15B	−46N	−35B	−30N	+44B	−43N	+47B	−24N	−38B	2.0	22.5	22.5	1.00	732	0.0
43	Tumer, Selim Murat	1551	TUR	−10N	+45B	−13B	−31N	F	+42B	F	F	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	3.00	1034	-6.6
44	Gokdogan, Yusuf	0	TUR	−21N	−32B	−24N	−40B	−42N	−45N	−38B	+47B	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	0.00	771	0.0
45	Ozdemir, Hasim	0	TUR	−6B	−43N	−39N	−24B	−32N	+44B	F	F	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	746	0.0
46	Goze, Tolga	1548	TUR	−4N	+42B	−36N	−33B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	994	-8.0
47	FIDE 525032160	0	—	−16B	−29N	−31B	F	−28N	−39B	−42N	−44N	−32B	0.0	25.5	25.5	0.00	784	0.0
48	Buker, MuhittinCM	1931	TUR	−37B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	885	-16.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yenice, Yusuf ErkanTUR
+63.6
4.5 pts · #16
2Korkmaz, TurhanTUR
+50.8
6.0 pts · #6
3Erdogan, CelalettinTUR
+33.2
5.0 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Tokgoz, MesutTUR
-72.4
2.0 pts · #44
2Cetinkaya, Vedat AliTUR
-37.8
5.0 pts · #13
3Kobyaoglu, Yusuf ZiyaTUR
-36.0
4.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R1+333 Elo gap
Yenice, Yusuf Erkan1553 beat CMUzuner, Tufan Can1886
R5+314 Elo gap
Yenice, Yusuf Erkan1553 beat Azizoglu, Ayhan1867
R5+261 Elo gap
Erdogan, Celalettin1549 beat Sahin, Fehim1810