16th Kahraman Olgac Memorial National Chess Tournament
18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 27 May 2025 in Adana, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1681, and top seed was Emre Parlak (🇹🇷 TUR, 1955).
Diren Can Abdullahoglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1831) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Ertugrul Sengul (4.5) and Hazar Arslan (4.0). Abdullahoglu shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Ertugrul Sengul (1669) beat Emre Parlak (1955), a +286-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/6. Abdullahoglu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).
Diren Can Abdullahoglu went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Diren Can Abdullahoglu | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Ertugrul Sengul | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Hazar Arslan | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Yusuf Ahlatli | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdullahoglu, Diren Can | 1831 | TUR | =11B | +5N | +3B | =4N | =6B | +9N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 16.00 | 1925 | +12.4 |
| 2 | Sengul, Ertugrul | 1669 | TUR | +8B | −3N | +9B | +7N | =4B | +6N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 15.00 | 1800 | +13.0 |
| 3 | Arslan, Hazar | 1518 | TUR | +17N | +2B | −1N | =10B | +12N | =4N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 10.75 | 1746 | +58.8 |
| 4 | Sen, Kayra Tamer | 1738 | TUR | +18N | =10B | +11N | =1B | =2N | =3B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 10.25 | 1652 | -17.6 |
| 5 | Ahlatli, Yusuf | 1610 | TUR | −7N | −1B | +16N | +17B | +10N | +12B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1796 | +38.0 |
| 6 | Parlak, Emre | 1955 | TUR | =12N | +7B | =10N | +8B | =1N | −2B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 11.25 | 1575 | -73.2 |
| 7 | Ozdemir, Burak Berke | 0 | TUR | +5B | −6N | +13B | −2B | =8N | +10B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 10.00 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Askaroglu, Kerem | 0 | TUR | −2N | +17B | +14B | −6N | =7B | =11N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 5.50 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Celik, Bahri | 1609 | TUR | −10N | +18B | −2N | +16B | +11N | −1B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.50 | 1442 | -35.2 |
| 10 | Yesilhuyuk, Mustafa Hakan | 1591 | TUR | +9B | =4N | =6B | =3N | −5B | −7N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 8.75 | 1685 | +11.2 |
| 11 | Yildiran, Mehmet Deniz | 0 | TUR | =1N | +12B | −4B | =14N | −9B | =8B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 7.25 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Demirtas, Ali | 1540 | TUR | =6B | −11N | +18B | +13N | −3B | −5N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.75 | 1576 | +1.6 |
| 13 | Hanedan, Kuzey | 1592 | TUR | +16N | −15B | −7N | −12B | +18N | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1429 | -24.8 |
| 14 | Boduk, Demir Ates | 1489 | TUR | −15N | +16B | −8N | =11B | =17N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1561 | +7.6 |
| 15 | Turak, Kerem Umut | 1671 | TUR | +14B | +13N | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2338 | +25.6 |
| 16 | Elibol, Kerem | 1451 | TUR | −13B | −14N | −5B | −9N | F | +17B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.50 | 773 | -27.0 |
| 17 | Yalcin, Cagan Aras | 0 | TUR | −3B | −8N | F | −5N | =14B | −16N | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 1194 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 525031880 | 0 | — | −4B | −9N | −12N | F | −13B | F | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Arslan, HazarTUR+58.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Ahlatli, YusufTUR+38.04.0 pts · #4
- 3Turak, Kerem UmutTUR+25.62.0 pts · #8
- 1Parlak, EmreTUR-73.23.5 pts · #11
- 2Celik, BahriTUR-35.23.0 pts · #13
- 3Elibol, KeremTUR-27.01.0 pts · #17
- R6+286 Elo gap
- R2+151 Elo gap