Sakarya Spring Chess Tournament
21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Sakarya, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1716, and top seed was Arda Tuna Karacan (🇹🇷 TUR, 1860).
Ege Ozdemir (🇹🇷 TUR, 1642) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Arda Tuna Karacan (5.0) and Ege Ozcan (4.0). Ozdemir won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Mehmet Eymen Firdin (1408) beat Ihsan Yildiz (1685), a +277-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsEge Ozdemir led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Ege Ozdemir never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Ege Ozdemir beat Arda Tuna Karacan (Black).
Ege Ozdemir 6 wins (R1–R6)Arda Tuna Karacan 3 wins (R4–R6)Ege Ozcan 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ege Ozdemir | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Arda Tuna Karacan | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Ege Ozcan | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Cinar Bektas | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ozdemir, Ege | 1642 | TUR | +19N | +16B | +2N | +3N | +5B | +4B | 6.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 2544 | +128.0 |
| 2 | Karacan, Arda Tuna | 1860 | TUR | +11B | +7N | −1B | +13B | +10N | +3B | 5.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 14.00 | 1898 | +12.4 |
| 3 | Ozcan, Ege | 1670 | TUR | +18N | +9B | +13N | −1B | +12B | −2N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1624 | -8.4 |
| 4 | Bektas, Cinar | 1644 | TUR | +8N | +10B | =12N | −5N | +11B | −1N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.00 | 1660 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Kabas, Ahmet Yasin | 1779 | TUR | =12N | +18B | +16N | +4B | −1N | −7B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 6.50 | 1669 | -14.6 |
| 6 | Kurt, Efe Deniz | 0 | TUR | =20N | −12B | +19N | −10B | +13N | +11N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ozturk, Mert Hasan | 1698 | TUR | +17N | −2B | −9N | F | +8B | +5N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 7.50 | 1845 | +23.6 |
| 8 | Turk, Arden | 0 | TUR | −4B | =14N | =15B | +17N | −7N | +10B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1635 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Korana, Nasuh | 0 | TUR | F | −3N | +7B | F | +15N | +12B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1675 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Mizrakci, Yucel | 1728 | TUR | +14B | −4N | =11B | +6N | −2B | −8N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 6.75 | 1413 | -23.2 |
| 11 | Bodur, Kagan Deniz | 1564 | TUR | −2N | +17B | =10N | +14B | −4N | −6B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 4.25 | 1601 | +5.2 |
| 12 | Karahisarli, Haydar Ata | 1594 | TUR | =5B | +6N | =4B | F | −3N | −9N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 7.00 | 1570 | -3.6 |
| 13 | Firdin, Mehmet Eymen | 1408 | TUR | +21N | +20B | −3B | −2N | −6B | −14N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.50 | 1709 | +56.0 |
| 14 | Kara, Umut Nadir | 0 | TUR | −10N | =8B | F | −11N | =17B | +13B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gokcen, Aleyna | 1585 | TUR | −16N | =19B | =8N | F | −9B | =17N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1458 | -13.2 |
| 16 | Emre, Erdem | 1778 | TUR | +15B | −1N | −5B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 1543 | -37.6 |
| 17 | Bayraktar, Ata | 1524 | TUR | −7B | −11N | −18N | −8B | =14N | =15B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.75 | 1341 | -25.6 |
| 18 | Kilinc, Osman | 0 | TUR | −3B | −5N | +17B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Irdem, Cagin Alp | 0 | TUR | −1B | =15N | −6B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.75 | 1419 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Duman, Coskun | 1677 | TUR | =6B | −13N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 607 | -33.2 |
| 21 | Yildiz, Ihsan | 1685 | TUR | −13B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 607 | -33.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ozdemir, EgeTUR+128.06.0 pts · #2
- 2Firdin, Mehmet EymenTUR+56.02.0 pts · #9
- 3Ozturk, Mert HasanTUR+23.63.0 pts · #8
- 1Emre, ErdemTUR-37.61.0 pts · #13
- 2Duman, CoskunTUR-33.20.5 pts · #21
- 3Yildiz, IhsanTUR-33.20.0 pts · #20
- R1+277 Elo gap
- R2+269 Elo gap
- R3+218 Elo gap