8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - A

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55 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. 38 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2419, and top seed was Giga Quparadze (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2526).

Giga Quparadze (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2526) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vugar Rasulov (6.5) and Ramil Faizrakhmanov (6.5). Quparadze shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Oguz Kagan Guven (CM, 2110) beat Alparslan Isik (IM, 2476), a +366-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey

Dates

01 Jul 2025 → 06 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇪GMGiga Quparadze2526

Avg top 10

2,419

Participants

Titled players · 38

GM×5

IM×8

FM×8

CM×14

WIM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×33

🇮🇷Iran×5

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×5

🇬🇪Georgia×3

🇮🇳India×2

FIDE (no federation)×2

🇹🇲Turkmenistan×1

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

Top 3

🥇
GMGiga Quparadze
🇬🇪GEO·2526
7.0pts·2537perf+2.1
🥈
GMVugar Rasulov
🇦🇿AZE·2489
6.5pts·2526perf+5.3
🥉
IMRamil Faizrakhmanov
FID·2426
6.5pts·2366perf-3.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Giga Quparadze led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Quparadze7Rasulov6.5Faizrakhmanov6.5Huseyinoglu6Guven6Manish Anto Cristiano6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jul

GM Giga Quparadze takes the sole lead (7.0/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Giga Quparadze drew with GM Vugar Rasulov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Giga Quparadze 3 wins (R7–R9)GM Vugar Rasulov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMGiga Quparadze	*	½	—	1
2GMVugar Rasulov	½	*	1	1
3IMRamil Faizrakhmanov	—	0	*	—
4IMAlihan Huseyinoglu	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Quparadze, GigaGM	2526	GEO	+43B	=4N	=11B	+21N	=2B	=13N	+12B	+15N	+5B	7.0	44.5	47.0	35.50	2537	+2.1
2	Rasulov, VugarGM	2489	AZE	+35N	+5B	+3N	=14B	=1N	=4B	=7N	=6B	+16N	6.5	47.5	51.0	36.00	2526	+5.3
3	Faizrakhmanov, RamilIM	2426	FID	+54B	+24N	−2B	−12N	+30B	+17N	=13B	+26N	+4B	6.5	41.5	42.0	27.50	2366	-3.2
4	Haznedaroglu, KivancGM	2328	TUR	+22B	=1B	+19N	=13N	=12B	=2N	+20B	+7B	−3N	6.0	46.5	51.5	33.00	2389	+8.2
5	Huseyinoglu, AlihanIM	2316	TUR	+9B	−2N	+25B	+44N	=13B	=11N	+16B	+14B	−1N	6.0	44.5	47.0	28.25	2433	+31.0
6	Manish Anto Cristiano FIM	2358	IND	=12B	−11N	+47B	+27B	=17N	=9N	+25B	=2N	+20B	6.0	42.5	45.0	28.00	2295	-5.1
7	Rostami, Hossein	2148	IRI	−13B	+47N	+37B	+16N	=11B	+8N	=2B	−4N	+15B	6.0	42.5	45.0	28.00	2444	+67.6
8	Nigalidze, GaiozIM	2368	GEO	=32B	=12N	+9B	−20N	+41B	−7B	+37N	+28N	+13B	6.0	39.5	42.5	26.75	2255	-10.8
9	Guven, Oguz KaganCM	2110	TUR	−5N	+35B	−8N	+50B	+52N	=6B	+18N	=11B	+14N	6.0	38.5	39.5	21.75	2411	+67.4
10	Ozkan, KaanCM	1993	TUR	+42B	=54N	−24B	−28N	+22B	+43N	+39B	=13N	+32B	6.0	32.0	32.5	20.75	2326	+145.5
11	Annaberdiyev, MeylisGM	2444	TKM	=19N	+6B	=1N	+24B	=7N	=5B	=15B	=9N	=12B	5.5	46.5	51.0	30.75	2327	-11.1
12	Bacak, Muhammed KaanCM	2075	TUR	=6N	=8B	+36N	+3B	=4N	=14B	−1N	+24B	=11N	5.5	46.5	50.0	28.75	2415	+72.4
13	Schekachikhin, MaksimIM	2354	FID	+7N	+17B	=14N	=4B	=5N	=1B	=3N	=10B	−8N	5.0	48.5	53.5	29.25	2340	-0.5
14	Isik, AlparslanIM	2476	TUR	+39B	+21N	=13B	=2N	=15B	=12N	+19B	−5N	−9B	5.0	44.0	47.5	24.50	2299	-18.5
15	Bicer, Atakan MertFM	2322	TUR	−17N	+49B	+23N	+41B	=14N	+18B	=11N	−1B	−7N	5.0	41.5	43.5	20.25	2297	-2.3
16	Aliyev, RavanIM	2389	AZE	−21N	+22B	+41N	−7B	+27N	+23B	−5N	+42B	−2B	5.0	41.0	44.0	20.50	2224	-34.8
17	Topuz, Mirac MelihCM	2090	TUR	+15B	−13N	+31B	=18N	=6B	−3B	=36N	+35B	=22N	5.0	40.0	43.5	22.25	2280	+79.0
18	Bagaturov, GiorgiGM	2358	GEO	−24N	+27B	+29N	=17B	+20B	−15N	−9B	=25N	+26B	5.0	39.0	43.5	23.25	2157	-21.5
19	Zakirov, MusaFM	2209	RUS	=11B	+32N	−4B	+45N	=25B	+37B	−14N	−20N	+31B	5.0	37.5	40.0	19.00	2217	+1.4
20	Asgharzadeh, MitraWIM	2012	IRI	F	+42N	+54B	+8B	−18N	+24B	−4N	+19B	−6N	5.0	36.0	36.0	19.00	2354	+66.8
21	Temizkan, DenizcanFM	2192	TUR	+16B	−14B	+45N	−1B	−26N	=41N	+48B	=29B	+42N	5.0	34.5	36.5	16.25	2231	+7.0
22	Metin, Enis	2141	TUR	−4N	−16N	+38B	=49B	−10N	+44B	+43N	+36B	=17B	5.0	34.0	36.0	15.50	2157	+3.2
23	Rajabov, Anar	2068	AZE	=38B	+34N	−15B	=31N	+39B	−16N	+30B	−32N	+35B	5.0	33.5	37.0	19.25	2181	+25.2
24	Primbetov, KazbekFM	2161	KAZ	+18B	−3B	+10N	−11N	+44B	−20N	+31B	−12N	=25B	4.5	42.0	44.5	19.75	2135	-7.2
25	Sahbudak, Baris CinarCM	2072	TUR	+48N	=28B	−5N	+36B	=19N	=35B	−6N	=18B	=24N	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.75	2193	+50.9
26	Gulden, EgemenCM	2052	TUR	=34B	=40N	=43B	=39N	+21B	=28N	+35N	−3B	−18N	4.5	35.5	38.0	17.50	2202	+32.4
27	Mohannad, FarhanFM	2118	JOR	+30B	−18N	+40B	−6N	−16B	−31N	=46N	+45B	+36N	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.25	2116	-1.8
28	Amirinasab, Abolfazl	2145	IRI	F	=25N	+52B	+10B	=37N	=26B	=42N	−8B	=29N	4.5	33.0	33.0	17.00	2131	-3.4
29	Uzdemir, Ali PoyrazFM	2092	TUR	=40B	+38N	−18B	−30N	−43B	+50N	+41B	=21N	=28B	4.5	31.5	33.0	14.50	2115	+4.2
30	Ozcan, Alp Orcun	2050	TUR	−27N	=48B	+55N	+29B	−3N	=38B	−23N	=44B	+46N	4.5	31.0	31.5	11.50	2038	-5.0
31	Bingul, Muratcan	1917	TUR	=37B	+33N	−17N	=23B	−35N	+27B	−24N	+43B	−19N	4.0	35.0	37.5	15.25	2105	+50.8
32	Rahmanov, ShahriyarFM	2194	AZE	=8N	−19B	−44N	F	+45B	=36B	+38N	+23B	−10N	4.0	34.0	34.5	15.75	2068	-25.6
33	Ozguner, Hakki Ata	2075	TUR	=36N	−31B	=50N	−35B	=46N	=34B	=40N	=48B	+44N	4.0	25.5	27.0	11.00	1941	-32.0
34	Ozen, Ilhami Goktug	1911	TUR	=26N	−23B	−51N	=53N	=50B	=33N	+52B	=37B	=41N	4.0	24.0	25.0	9.75	2009	+35.7
35	Claverie, RaulIM	2274	ARG	−2B	−9N	+46B	+33N	+31B	=25N	−26B	−17N	−23N	3.5	39.5	42.0	12.75	2010	-30.3
36	Celik, Ege Yigit	1981	TUR	=33B	+53N	−12B	−25N	+47B	=32N	=17B	−22N	−27B	3.5	35.0	36.0	10.00	2024	+11.8
37	Cevizci, Yusuf BaranCM	2062	TUR	=31N	+55B	−7N	+48B	=28B	−19N	−8B	=34N	−38N	3.5	35.0	35.5	8.75	1975	-22.6
38	Demirkan, MustafaCM	1947	TUR	=23N	−29B	−22N	F	+49B	=30N	−32B	=39N	+37B	3.5	32.0	32.0	12.00	2076	+51.2
39	Eminov, OrkhanFM	2239	TUR	−14N	=45B	+49N	=26B	−23N	+52B	−10N	=38B	F	3.5	29.5	29.5	8.25	2041	-41.2
40	Sahin, Taha	1992	TUR	=29N	=26B	−27N	=51B	−42N	=49N	=33B	−46B	+43N	3.5	27.5	29.0	10.75	2015	+8.0
41	Turker, Esat Tuna	2073	TUR	+46B	+43N	−16B	−15N	−8N	=21B	−29N	F	=34B	3.0	34.5	34.5	9.50	2099	+2.1
42	Gulsoy, Mustafa AlpagoCM	2088	TUR	−10N	−20B	F	=47N	+40B	+48N	=28B	−16N	−21B	3.0	33.5	33.5	9.00	2010	-19.0
43	Engin, Onur CinarCM	2279	TUR	−1N	−41B	=26N	+46B	+29N	−10B	−22B	−31N	−40B	2.5	37.5	40.0	9.25	1914	-82.8
44	Aynaoglu, EfeCM	1914	TUR	−45N	F	+32B	−5B	−24N	−22N	+49B	=30N	−33B	2.5	32.5	32.5	8.25	1996	+20.0
45	Rostami, Mohsen	2060	IRI	+44B	=39N	−21B	−19B	−32N	−47N	+50B	−27N	F	2.5	29.0	30.5	5.75	1982	-16.6
46	Isik, Can	1934	TUR	−41N	=50B	−35N	−43N	=33B	F	=27B	+40N	−30B	2.5	27.0	27.0	8.50	1967	+4.4
47	Aliyev, ElnurCM	2117	AZE	+50N	−7B	−6N	=42B	−36N	+45B	F	F	F	2.5	22.5	22.5	5.50	2049	-12.4
48	Gunebakan, Yunus Emre	1937	TUR	−25B	=30N	+53B	−37N	F	−42B	−21N	=33N	F	2.0	28.5	29.5	5.25	1926	-5.2
49	Sachi JainWFM	2101	IND	+52B	−15N	−39B	=22N	−38N	=40B	−44N	F	F	2.0	24.0	24.0	5.25	1918	-37.0
50	Ekinci, Berkay	2000	TUR	−47B	=46N	=33B	−9N	=34N	−29B	−45N	F	F	1.5	26.0	26.0	5.25	1813	-31.8
51	Mahdian, AnoushaWIM	2116	IRI	F	−52N	+34B	=40N	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	1960	-12.4
52	Aydin, Ersin	1976	TUR	−49N	+51B	−28N	F	−9B	−39N	−34N	F	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	1.50	1831	-20.2
53	Ersoz, Teoman GuneyCM	2052	TUR	=55N	−36B	−48N	=34B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.25	1742	-65.6
54	Karabulut, EtkaCM	2204	TUR	−3N	=10B	−20N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	18.5	18.5	3.00	1871	-49.6
55	Celikel, Fatih	1911	TUR	=53B	−37N	−30B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.50	1781	-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ozkan, KaanCMTUR
+145.5
6.0 pts · #10
2Topuz, Mirac MelihCMTUR
+79.0
5.0 pts · #18
3Bacak, Muhammed KaanCMTUR
+72.4
5.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Engin, Onur CinarCMTUR
-82.8
2.5 pts · #45
2Ersoz, Teoman GuneyCMTUR
-65.6
1.0 pts · #53
3Karabulut, EtkaCMTUR
-49.6
0.5 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R9+366 Elo gap
CMGuven, Oguz Kagan2110 beat IMIsik, Alparslan2476
R8+362 Elo gap
Bingul, Muratcan1917 beat CMEngin, Onur Cinar2279
R4+356 Elo gap
WIMAsgharzadeh, Mitra2012 beat IMNigalidze, Gaioz2368