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8th Malatya Golden Apricot International Open Chess Tournament - B

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121 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Aug 2025 to 30 Aug 2025 in Malatya, Turkey. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1680, and top seed was Yagmur Guclu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1697).

Osman Hamrakulyyev (🇹🇲 TKM, 1646) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Aziz Bekcioglu (7.5) and Zana Ares Durmaz (7.0). Hamrakulyyev shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mustafa Eymen Yildirim (1431) beat Ibrahim Sucu (1673), a +242-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Malatya, Turkey
Dates
25 Aug 2025 → 30 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Yagmur Guclu1697
Avg top 10
1,680
Participants
121
Federations · 8 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×101
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×6
🇸🇾Syria×4
🇮🇷Iran×4
🇹🇲Turkmenistan×2
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇲🇦Morocco×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
50
20
4
2
1
2
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Hamrakulyyev takes lead
Hamrakulyyev7.5Bekcioglu7.5Durmaz7Yarici7Ahlatli6.5Kaplan6.5— ex-leaders:Coskunled R5, #8
R7 · LEADER CHANGE28 Aug

Osman Hamrakulyyev takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Hamrakulyyev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Osman Hamrakulyyev drew with Aziz Bekcioglu (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Osman Hamrakulyyev*
½
1
½
2Aziz Bekcioglu
½
*
3Zana Ares Durmaz
0
*
4Ferhat Oguzhan Yarici
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hamrakulyyev, Osman1646TKM+12B=35N+63B+30N+31B+5B+3N=4B=2N7.549.553.543.751901+112.0
2Bekcioglu, Aziz1645TUR+40N20B+24N+34B+32N+7B+6B+5N=1B7.548.053.043.751892+107.6
3Durmaz, Zana Ares1682TUR+22B+46N+16B6N+19B+11N1B+38N+14B7.048.553.039.001820+60.0
4Yarici, Ferhat Oguzhan1665TUR+61B=8N+19B+51N+14B=6N+38B=1N=13B7.048.052.539.001848+40.8
5Toksan, Hayati1681TUR+23B+93N=14B+45N+8B1N+31B2B+22N6.548.051.033.001793+26.4
6Coskun, Kursat1592TUR+88B+87N+29B+3B+67N=4B2N=14B=7N6.546.550.032.751796+100.0
7Hatipoglu, Metin1649TUR+68B19N+12B+74N+35B2N+23B+30N=6B6.545.549.533.251746+20.0
8Israfilov, Emil1646AZE+57N=4B+33N+64B5N+49B=29B+17N=11N6.545.049.033.251735+19.0
9Cihan, Ahmet Ayberk1667TUR+41N32B+27N+42B=26N+37B14N+15B+24N6.543.548.534.751763+38.0
10Aydogan, Yusuf1546TUR+56B+25N31B=21N30B+45N+81N+19B+29B6.540.544.031.251791+59.6
11Ahlatli, Yusuf1617TUR+34B30N+83B+114N+54B3B+69N+29N=8B6.540.542.527.251765+71.6
12Suna, Yigit Emre1566TUR1N+112B7N=108B+97N+52B+49N+20B+25B6.539.541.526.251719+58.0
13Kaplan, Cem Azad1697TUR15N67B+91N+88B+95N+105B+66N+36B=4N6.536.038.525.001751+13.0
14Oztepeli, Muhammed Doruk1560TUR+81N+18B=5N+17B4N+21B+9B=6N3N6.051.054.534.001763+98.4
15Hatamov, Bahaddin1616AZE+13B29N34B+55N+65B+39N+67B9N+32B6.041.545.529.001654+7.8
16Yildirim, Mustafa Eymen1431TUR+111N+43B3N+71B36N=48B=37N+42B+31N6.040.542.525.751708+92.8
17Akbayir, Eymen1574TUR+53B=45N+65B14N+94B=23N+33B8B+73N6.040.043.025.501679+44.0
18Hamurcu, Kagan1594TUR=31B14N+55B106N+107B=72N+63B+64N+30B6.035.037.524.501636+16.8
19Duran, Ahmet Selim1594TUR+36N+7B4N+47B3N+71B=40N10N+62B5.546.050.027.001624+12.0
20Sabuncu, Derin Dara1637TUR+73B+2N=30B=29N33B+35N=24B12N+34B5.544.548.529.251677+15.6
21Tarim, Yakup1650TUR32N+42B+28N=10B+106B14N27N+37B+60N5.543.045.525.751625-5.4
22Dogan, Roni1614TUR3N+26B+75N33B=52N+106B+48N+28B5B5.542.545.024.251608-1.6
23Koska, Efe1610TUR5N+48B+52N+76B=37N=17B7N=57B+47N5.542.046.025.251569-14.8
24Tuma Halebi,Bilal.1602SYR29B+77N2B+56N+74B+63N=20N+33B9B5.542.046.024.251621+10.8
25Esen, Mir Baran1622TUR95N10B+90N+101B=47N+44B+26N+27B12N5.540.043.024.751582-13.2
26Karakecili, Tahsin0TUR+98B22N+82B+50N=9B29N25B+46N+53B5.539.542.523.2516340.0
27Sirin, Medzan1561TUR46B+70N9B=98N+77B+108N+21B25N+50B5.537.540.022.001595+6.4
28Uzun, Sezgin Ali1558TUR=51B=50N21B+82N=86B+70N+46B22N+45B5.536.540.022.751636+25.2
29Bayram, Zeki1676TUR+24N+15B6N=20B+44N+26B=8N11B10N5.048.553.528.001600-16.6
30Alshareef, Mossa1680JOR+66N+11B=20N1B+10N+67B=36N7B18N5.047.551.526.251657-12.2
31Ilbeyi, Mehmet Ilker1661TUR=18N+109B+10N+49B1N+64B5N=32N16B5.046.048.523.001571-38.4
32Yasin, Adnan1579TUR+21B+9N38B+85N2B=46N+105N=31B15N5.043.546.022.751628+21.6
33Kasikcioglu, Baran1514TUR+119N+59B8B+22N+20N=36B17N24N=35B5.043.544.521.501616+44.4
34Guner, Bersan Sirac1557TUR11N+111B+15N2N+85B=81B+51N=40B20N5.042.044.020.251638+36.0
35Boz, Muzaffer Ata1578TUR+80N=1B=64N+116B7N20B=47N+49B=33N5.041.543.020.501594+6.0
36Secereli, Sidar1660TUR19B+94N+85B+65N+16B=33N=30B13N41B5.040.543.521.501538-24.2
37Levent, Muhammed Emir Yusuf1500TUR+100B68N+73B+53N=23B9N=16B21N+65B5.040.043.021.251570+30.0
38Kuyuk, Cinar1655TUR+69N+95B+32N67B+48N+66B4N3BF5.039.542.520.501688+6.2
39Ozdemir, Yusuf (Irfan)0TUR+103N=40B66N=52B+41N15B=59N+51B=58N5.038.041.021.7516250.0
40Karakurt, Osman1629TUR2B=39N=105B+102N+84B+54N=19B=34N69B5.038.040.520.001598-6.4
41Kiran, Bunyamin1597TUR9B63N+72B+110N39B+79N+77BF+36N5.036.538.519.001695+18.6
42Keser, Nezih1549TUR+86B21N+110B9N50B+96N+93B16N+64B5.036.038.015.501512-7.2
43Ural, Emir Fuad1659TUR+78B16N53B84N=56B+107N+86B=65N+70B5.034.036.518.251470-31.4
44Novruzov, Sabir1541AZE85B+98N=70B+100N29B25N=82B+63N+78B5.032.535.517.751663+19.4
45Duran, Sirat Huseyin1628TUR+58N=17B+47N5B49N10B+106N+54B28N4.542.545.019.001524-45.2
46Tuma Halebi,Tarik.1638SYR+27N3B+60N48B+76N=32B28N26B+71N4.541.545.520.501563-28.0
47Sifan, Seymen0TUR+79N+90B45B19N=25B=53N=35B+83N23B4.538.041.518.5015760.0
48Alan, Salih1516TUR+99B23N+92B+46N38B=16N22B50N+82B4.538.041.017.501518-0.4
49Gules, Mehmed Selahaddin1462TUR=83B+84N+93B31N+45B8N12B35N+91B4.538.041.016.251595+32.2
50Bayramov, Aladdin1648AZE=109N=28B+95N26B+42N69B=60N+48B27N4.537.540.018.751598-10.4
51Cokcetin, Tarik Bilal1640TUR=28N+58B+76N4B105B+94N34B39N+85B4.537.540.017.751574-24.8
52Demirel, Emir Burkay0TUR=114B+102N23B=39N=22B12N+94BF+57N4.536.038.016.7515770.0
53Yigit, Resul1606TUR17N+106B+43N37B=116N=47B=54N+105B26N4.535.537.015.251598-0.4
54Odabasi, Nail1512TUR+97N66B+89N+81B11N40B=53B45N+108B4.534.537.014.751490-4.6
55Gul, Kerem Safa1495TUR64N+119B18N15B=87B+88N=68B=84N+83B4.534.035.013.501589+35.6
56Karahan, Cemal Guney1475TUR10N89B+119N24B=43N=61B+111N+109B=59N4.534.035.012.501612+49.6
57Girisen, Suleyman1565TUR8B85N+96B=107N+100B+86N=64B=23N52B4.533.536.015.501577+2.2
58Guclu, Yagmur1697TUR45B51N=84B+113N=79B=65N=90B+77N=39B4.533.035.016.001545-27.8
59Ates, Enes1614TUR87B33N+113B86N+110B+74N=39B=70N=56B4.531.533.514.751520-24.8
60Ozcan, Abdulkadir1544TUR+110B=61N46B70N=96B+98N=50B+108N21B4.531.533.513.501549+2.0
61Ilbeyi, Demir Arslan1623TUR4N=60B=114B=79N72B=56N+112B=82N+116B4.531.533.012.751475-51.1
62Cift, Nazmi1534TUR75N+103B71N93N=92B+97B+116N+81B19N4.529.531.012.751511-4.2
63Parlarkilic, Engin1497TUR+89N+41B1N+69B66N24B18N44B+115N4.040.542.514.501437-11.2
64Karimov, Hasan0AZE+55B+88N=35B8N+83B31N=57N18B42N4.040.043.516.251534+35.4
65Can, Bulut0TUR+107N+80B17N36B15N=58B+89N=43B37N4.039.041.514.7515150.0
66Copur, Aytekin1608TUR30B+54N+39B+77N+63B38N13BFF4.038.038.017.501590-2.6
67Demirel, Yusuf Emir1555TUR+113B+13N+116B+38N6B30N15NFF4.037.537.515.001622+21.6
68Akbarpourmiri, Massoumeh1576IRI7N+37B81N=89B=99N=75B=55N+76B79N4.035.038.016.501480-21.6
69Cankurt, Emrullah1585TUR38B+105N+87B63NF+50N11BF+40N4.035.037.015.501653+27.2
70Bolukcu, Eray0TUR+117N27B=44N+60B81N28B+118N=59B43N4.035.036.512.2515350.0
71Nak, Ali0TUR74B+104N+62B16N+93B19N78B+102N46B4.034.537.513.5015180.0
72Menekse, Cemil Baran1476TUR=84B83N41N+111B+61N=18BF+78NF4.034.536.515.251646+66.0
73Kavak, Ali Haydar1563TUR20N=75B37N+120B+89N+116B=80NF17B4.033.534.09.501416-46.8
74Yavuz, Elif Sare0TUR+71N81B+99N7B24N59B101N+103B+97N4.033.036.013.0014450.0
75Coskun, Zafer Tuna1444TUR+62B=73N22B94N=78B=68N=84B=90N=87B4.032.535.515.751528+40.8
76Izci, Yusuf Cagan1503TUR+92B+78N51B23N46B93N+87B68N+96B4.032.535.514.001533+15.2
77Korkmaz, Ahmet Murat1501TUR+121N24B+108N66B27N+109B41N58B+104N4.032.532.58.001419-16.0
78Ozturk, Berkehan1587TUR43N76B+120N=99B=75N+102B+71N72B44N4.032.032.511.001411-78.4
79Yordamli, Tahsin1518TUR47B=96N=111N=61B=58N41B+104NF+68B4.031.533.514.001596+25.2
80Karakus, Selim Yigit1650TUR35B65N=102B+103N+112B+83N=73BFF4.028.528.512.001643-1.6
81Ari, Yigitcan1643TUR14B+74N+68B54N+70B=34N10B62NF3.538.542.014.501354-91.2
82Gultekin, Eren0TUR=90N=91B26N28B=88N+115B=44N=61B48N3.535.537.512.0014450.0
83Yalcin, Kenan1547TUR=49N+72B11N+112B64N80B+99N47B55N3.535.037.011.251517-11.6
84Gunes, Zeynep Deniz1551TUR=72N49B=58N+43B40N=99B=75N=55BF3.534.537.015.001493-26.4
85Tekay, Mahmud Furkan0TUR+44N+57B36N32B34N95B=109N+118B51N3.534.536.012.2515010.0
86Simsek, Mustafa Ismail0TUR42N+121B109N+59B=28N57B43N+89BF3.534.034.010.7514580.0
87Margoum, Niama1681MAR+59N6B69N95B=55N=101B76N+110B=75N3.533.535.512.251441-114.4
88Karakaya, Metehan Faik1560TUR6N64B+97N13N=82B55B+96N+107BF3.533.533.510.251511-15.6
89Aswad,Mohamad.0SYR63B+56N54B=68N73B+117N65B86N+107B3.531.032.510.5015150.0
90Haznedaroglu, Pars1486TUR=82B47N25B96N+104B+100N=58N=75BF3.531.031.012.001444-12.8
91Hasani, Farhad1546IRIF=82N13B97B+120N+92N108B+99B49N3.527.027.08.751474-23.6
92Dagli, Yagiz Mete1407TUR76N+101B48N117B=62N91B107N+119B+118N3.525.026.07.751372-13.2
93Tokan, Melih1633TUR+118N5B49N+62B71N+76B42NFF3.034.534.510.001548-14.2
94Ganbarli, Nigar1543AZE+101N36B=112N+75B17N51B52N=97B98N3.033.035.09.501430-39.0
95Tekin, Eneshan1556TUR+25B38N50B+87N13B+85NFFF3.032.532.512.501588+4.4
96Hamrakulyyev, Omar1409TKM106N=79B57N+90B=60N42B88B+113N76N3.031.533.59.751399-5.6
97Celik, Bahri1417TUR54B=113N88B+91N12B62N+117B=94N74B3.031.533.07.501448+5.4
98Temiz, Baris1442TUR26N44B+118N=27B=109N60B102NF+94B3.031.032.58.501495+20.0
99Eriskin, Beray Gece1429TUR48N+117B74B=78N=68B=84N83B91N=100B3.030.031.58.751445+4.4
100Kartum, Yusuf Cinar1407TUR37N+107B=106N44B57N90B110N+120B=99N3.028.028.55.751358-22.0
101Esen, Serhat1470TUR94B92N+104B25N=118B=87N+74BFF3.028.028.09.501322-36.0
102Atmaca, Osman Gurbet1499TUR=120N52B=80N40B+115N78N+98B71BF3.027.027.07.251476-6.8
103Uyanik, Silaf1438TUR39B62N=117N80B+119N118B=113B74N+120N3.023.524.03.251407-10.4
104Yousefi, Hassan0IRIF71B101N+119B90N+110N79B+112N77B3.023.523.55.0013580.0
105Aytekin, Abdulbaki1496TURF69B=40N+109B+51N13N32B53NF2.535.535.59.501514+2.4
106Ayata, Ahmet Eren1507TUR+96B53N=100B+18B21N22N45BFF2.533.533.510.501456-20.4
107Kara, Volkan1453TUR65B100N+115N=57B18N43B+92B88N89N2.533.035.07.751338-17.8
108Kassar,Yaman.0SYR112NF77B=12N+117B27B+91N60B54N2.532.032.08.2513900.0
109Gorgulu, Yusuf1573TUR=50B31N+86B105N=98B77N=85B56NF2.530.530.59.001265-46.0
110Basbay, Mert Omer1435TUR60N+115B42N41B59N104B+100B87NF2.030.532.55.001292-39.2
111Sucu, Ibrahim1673TUR16B34N=79B72N+113B=112N56BFF2.030.530.55.001341-124.0
112Deniz, Muhammed Yusuf1490TUR+108B12N=94B83N80N=111B61N104B119N2.029.030.05.001328-44.0
113Giray, Irfan Emir1492TUR67N=97B59N58B111N+120B=103N96BF2.026.026.53.501337-64.0
114Uyanik, Rustem1505TUR=52N+120B=61N11BFFFFF2.020.020.05.001557+4.2
115Nosrati, Mansoor0IRIF110N107BF102B82N+119B+117N63B2.017.517.52.5012420.0
116Ramadan Ibrahim, Ibrahim0EGYF+118B67N35N=53B73N62BF61N1.530.530.53.7513430.0
117Gundogan, Hena Nurten1527TUR70B99N=103B+92N108N89B97N115BF1.524.524.55.001336-42.8
118Aydin, Onur1556TUR93B116N98BF=101N+103N70B85N92B1.524.524.54.501329-61.2
119FIDE 6331971033B55N56B104N103BF115N92N+112B1.027.527.52.0011970.0
120Eryigit, Cengiz1433TUR=102B114N78B73N91B113NF100N103B0.524.524.51.501060-54.6
121Gunay, Habip1406TUR77B86NFFFFFFF0.09.09.00.00703-14.8

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