Mekan Iyi Fikir - Istiklal Chess Sports Club 5th Chess Tournament

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50 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1857, and top seed was Ceren Tirpan (🇹🇷 TUR, WFM, 2090).

Yagiz Bilgehan Kup (🇹🇷 TUR, 1710) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Emek Ege Oguz (5.0) and Eray Ahmet Ozturk (4.5). Kup shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Emek Ege Oguz (1538) beat Sedat Berrak (2015), a +477-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey

Dates

14 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇷WFMCeren Tirpan2090

Avg top 10

1,857

Participants

Titled players · 2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×50

Top 3

🥇
Yagiz Bilgehan Kup
🇹🇷TUR·1710
6.0pts·2609perf+149.2
🥈
Emek Ege Oguz
🇹🇷TUR·1538
5.0pts·2019perf+138.0
🥉
Eray Ahmet Ozturk
🇹🇷TUR·1805
4.5pts·1822perf+10.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Yagiz Bilgehan Kup led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Kup6Oguz5Sahin4.5Isikyildiz4.5Ozturk4.5Secereli4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Yagiz Bilgehan Kup never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Yagiz Bilgehan Kup 6 wins (R1–R6)Emek Ege Oguz 5 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yagiz Bilgehan Kup	*	—	1	—
2Emek Ege Oguz	—	*	—	0
3WCMZeynep Duru Sahin	0	—	*	—
4Ibrahim Enes Isikyildiz	—	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kup, Yagiz Bilgehan	1710	TUR	+49B	+33N	+4B	+3N	+6B	+9N	6.0	19.0	19.0	19.00	2609	+149.2
2	Oguz, Emek Ege	1538	TUR	−5N	+47B	+41N	+12B	+13N	+6N	5.0	16.5	16.5	12.00	2019	+138.0
3	Ozturk, Eray Ahmet	1805	TUR	+18N	+29B	+7N	−1B	+21N	=5B	4.5	20.5	22.5	14.25	1822	+10.0
4	Sahin, Zeynep DuruWCM	1849	TUR	+38N	+8B	−1N	+20B	=11N	+16B	4.5	20.5	22.0	14.00	1826	-4.4
5	Isikyildiz, Ibrahim Enes	1856	TUR	+2B	−19N	+30B	+14B	+10N	=3N	4.5	20.0	22.0	16.75	1870	+7.2
6	Tuncer, Orcun Ege	1823	TUR	+44N	+41B	+10N	+9B	−1N	−2B	4.0	20.0	21.0	10.00	1804	-2.2
7	Serin, Poyraz	1700	TUR	+23N	+13B	−3B	−8N	+15B	+20N	4.0	18.5	21.5	13.00	1811	+16.4
8	Demirtas, Eymen	1613	TUR	+45B	−4N	+27B	+7B	−9N	+18B	4.0	18.0	18.5	10.00	1769	+49.2
9	Aslan, Doruk	1779	TUR	+42N	+39B	+32N	−6N	+8B	−1B	4.0	17.5	18.5	8.50	1691	-18.4
10	Ozdemir, Ege	1767	TUR	+26N	+24B	−6B	+25N	−5B	+31N	4.0	16.0	18.0	9.50	1754	-1.6
11	Secereli, Sidar	1663	TUR	−39N	+42B	+29N	+32B	=4B	=12N	4.0	13.5	14.5	9.00	1832	+20.8
12	Torun, Ufuk	1691	TUR	−29B	+35N	+18B	−2N	+30B	=11B	3.5	16.0	17.5	8.50	1601	-12.8
13	Berrak, Sedat	2015	TUR	+34B	−7N	=15B	+36N	−2B	+37N	3.5	16.0	17.5	6.75	1632	-40.8
14	Duran, Emrah	1728	TUR	+30B	=25N	+19B	−5N	−17B	+38N	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.75	1695	-8.8
15	Mercan, Mehmet Fatih	1579	TUR	−33B	+49N	=13N	+24B	−7N	+21B	3.5	15.0	15.0	7.25	1732	+32.0
16	Turhan, Cinar	1700	TUR	=35B	−36N	+45B	+38N	+25B	−4N	3.5	11.5	12.0	5.25	1730	+10.0
17	Duzgun, Ege Can	1635	TUR	=43N	=20B	=39N	+40B	+14N	F	3.5	10.5	10.5	7.75	1861	+23.6
18	Sobutay, Can Bilge	1549	TUR	−3B	+50B	−12N	+29N	+19B	−8N	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	1648	+31.2
19	Pazarcioglu, Ilker	1670	TUR	+47N	+5B	−14N	−21B	−18N	+24B	3.0	16.5	16.5	7.00	1548	-16.8
20	Anar, Oskun	1607	TUR	=36B	=17N	+43B	−4N	+35N	−7B	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1583	-3.6
21	Uygun, Muhammet Emin	1496	TUR	−41B	+44B	+37N	+19N	−3B	−15N	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.50	1658	+24.8
22	Parakoz, Ugur	1521	TUR	−28N	−37B	+48N	+34B	−31N	+32B	3.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1573	+16.0
23	Ozdemir, Erden	1501	TUR	−7B	−34N	−31B	+47N	+48B	+30N	3.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1557	+9.0
24	Badur, Ekrem Tunc	0	TUR	+31B	−10N	=35B	−15N	+27B	−19N	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.25	1552	0.0
25	Olcer, Ozcan	1605	TUR	+48N	=14B	+40N	−10B	−16N	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.25	1565	-4.6
26	Makaraci, Mete	1520	TUR	−10B	+31N	−33B	−30N	+29B	=35N	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1578	+12.0
27	Yav, Suleyman Atilim	1532	TUR	=46N	=43B	−8N	=37B	−24N	+47B	2.5	9.5	9.5	1.50	1626	+18.8
28	Uztetik, Ahmet Oguzhan	1781	TUR	+22B	=40N	+36B	F	F	F	2.5	6.0	6.0	5.25	2318	+7.2
29	Izan, Idil	1468	TUR	+12N	−3N	−11B	−18B	−26N	+48B	2.0	17.5	17.5	3.50	1482	+0.8
30	Eren, Mehmet Akif	1555	TUR	−14N	+48B	−5N	+26B	−12N	−23B	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.50	1493	-22.4
31	Kilic, Mehmet Tuna	1609	TUR	−24N	−26B	+23N	F	+22B	−10B	2.0	15.0	16.0	6.00	1576	-7.2
32	Elmali, Naci	1435	TUR	+37N	+46B	−9B	−11N	−38B	−22N	2.0	14.0	14.5	2.00	1522	+11.6
33	Tirpan, CerenWFM	2090	TUR	+15N	−1B	+26N	F	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	6.00	1821	-30.0
34	Bakir, Umit	1591	TUR	−13N	+23B	F	−22N	+40B	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	1545	-6.0
35	Parlarkilic, Engin	1496	TUR	=16N	−12B	=24N	F	−20B	=26B	1.5	15.0	16.0	4.25	1437	-6.2
36	Gumus, Fahir Safak	0	TUR	=20N	+16B	−28N	−13B	F	F	1.5	14.0	15.5	5.00	1689	0.0
37	Gumet, Huseyin Gazi	1613	TUR	−32B	+22N	−21B	=27N	F	−13B	1.5	14.0	15.5	4.25	1448	-48.8
38	Poromov, Can	1506	TUR	−4B	=45N	F	−16B	+32N	−14B	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	1482	-11.2
39	Akgul, Uras	0	TUR	+11B	−9N	=17B	F	F	F	1.5	12.5	12.5	5.75	1693	0.0
40	Nalbant, Berat Efe	0	TUR	+50N	=28B	−25B	−17N	−34N	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.25	1502	0.0
41	Teker, Renas Arda Miralper	1693	TUR	+21N	−6N	−2B	F	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	1494	-31.2
42	Kizgir, Gokhan	1525	TUR	−9B	−11N	+47B	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1514	-2.8
43	Akyuz, Abdurrahman	0	TUR	=17B	=27N	−20N	F	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1467	0.0
44	Arican, Enes	1588	TUR	−6B	−21N	+49B	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1484	-18.0
45	Seytin, Efe	1452	TUR	−8N	=38B	−16N	F	F	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1333	-8.0
46	Serin, Tibet	1803	TUR	=27B	−32N	F	F	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.25	1286	-49.6
47	Bilir, Okan	1474	TUR	−19B	−2N	−42N	−23B	F	−27N	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	753	-78.4
48	Keskin, Ayhan	1414	TUR	−25B	−30N	−22B	F	−23N	−29N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	729	-34.6
49	Firinciogullari, Eymen	1511	TUR	−1N	−15B	−44N	F	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	825	-41.2
50	Colak, Berk Yaman	1642	TUR	−40B	−18N	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	749	-25.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kup, Yagiz BilgehanTUR
+149.2
6.0 pts · #1
2Oguz, Emek EgeTUR
+138.0
5.0 pts · #2
3Demirtas, EymenTUR
+49.2
4.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Bilir, OkanTUR
-78.4
0.0 pts · #49
2Serin, TibetTUR
-49.6
0.5 pts · #45
3Gumet, Huseyin GaziTUR
-48.8
1.5 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R5+477 Elo gap
Oguz, Emek Ege1538 beat Berrak, Sedat2015
R2+380 Elo gap
Kup, Yagiz Bilgehan1710 beat WFMTirpan, Ceren2090
R2+368 Elo gap
Elmali, Naci1435 beat Serin, Tibet1803