July 23 Liberation of Hatay Chess Tournament - A
9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Jul 2025 to 23 Jul 2025 in Hatay, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1472, and top seed was Ege Tatlioglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1905).
Ege Tatlioglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1905) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Akin Aslanyurek (4.0) and Hakan Kamburoglu (3.0). Tatlioglu shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Musa Aggun (1617) beat Ege Tatlioglu (1905), a +288-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Musa Aggun takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Tatlioglu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).
Akin Aslanyurek lost to Ege Tatlioglu (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Akin Aslanyurek | * | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2Ege Tatlioglu | 1 | * | 1 | 0 |
| 3Hakan Kamburoglu | — | 0 | * | 0 |
| 4Musa Aggun | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatlioglu, Ege | 1905 | TUR | −4B | +2N | +7B | +5N | +3B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9.00 | 1868 | -4.8 |
| 2 | Aslanyurek, Akin | 1608 | TUR | +6N | −1B | +8N | +4B | +5N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 1925 | +78.8 |
| 3 | Kamburoglu, Hakan | 1590 | TUR | +9N | +8B | −4N | +6B | −1N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1680 | +17.2 |
| 4 | Aggun, Musa | 1617 | TUR | +1N | =5N | +3B | −2N | F | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1798 | +18.2 |
| 5 | Tatlioglu, Yunus Efe | 1706 | TUR | +7N | =4B | =6N | −1B | −2B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1619 | -19.2 |
| 6 | Dersulu, Erdal | 1701 | TUR | −2B | +7N | =5B | −3N | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1544 | -17.6 |
| 7 | Yilmaz, Ibrahim | 1621 | TUR | −5B | −6B | −1N | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 971 | -18.6 |
| 8 | Eker, Ali Taylan | 1496 | TUR | F | −3N | −2B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 799 | -28.8 |
| 9 | FIDE 6347045 | 0 | — | −3B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 790 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Aslanyurek, AkinTUR+78.84.0 pts · #1
- 2Aggun, MusaTUR+18.22.5 pts · #3
- 3Kamburoglu, HakanTUR+17.23.0 pts · #4
- 1Eker, Ali TaylanTUR-28.80.0 pts · #9
- 2Tatlioglu, Yunus EfeTUR-19.22.0 pts · #5
- 3Yilmaz, IbrahimTUR-18.60.0 pts · #7
- R1+288 Elo gap
- R4+111 Elo gap