Cubuk Municipality 10th International Open Chess Tournament - B

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106 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 25 Jul 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1877, and top seed was Mehdi Anjom Rooz (🇮🇷 IRI, 1899).

Cemal Arda Bilir (🇹🇷 TUR, 1820) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mohamad Saleh Ahmad. Alhaj (7.0) and Furkan Ulupinar (7.0). Bilir shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Yigit Yesilyurt (1613) beat Ugur Gece (1872), a +259-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey

Dates

20 Jul 2025 → 25 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Mehdi Anjom Rooz1899

Avg top 10

1,877

Participants

106

Federations · 4 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×94

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×8

🇮🇷Iran×3

🇸🇾Syria×1

Top 3

🥇
Cemal Arda Bilir
🇹🇷TUR·1820
7.5pts·2112perf+102.0
🥈
Mohamad Saleh Ahmad. Alhaj
🇸🇾SYR
7.0pts·1889perf0.0
🥉
Furkan Ulupinar
🇹🇷TUR·1801
7.0pts·1943perf+31.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Cemal Arda Bilir led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Bilir7.5Kiyak7Alhaj7Ulupinar7Anjom Rooz6.5Gece6.5— ex-leaders:Nuhogluled R6, #22

R8 · LEADER CHANGE25 Jul

Cemal Arda Bilir takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Cemal Arda Bilir 5 wins (R4–R8)Ali Kiyak 6 wins (R4–R9)Mohamad Saleh Ahmad. Alhaj 3 wins (R1–R3)

R6 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Yusahan Nuhoglu held the sole lead at R6 but finished #22.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Cemal Arda Bilir	*	—	½	—
2Ali Kiyak	—	*	—	—
3Mohamad Saleh Ahmad. Alhaj	½	—	*	—
4Furkan Ulupinar	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bilir, Cemal Arda	1820	TUR	+104N	+7B	−9N	+83B	+70B	+53N	+11N	+10B	=2B	7.5	42.5	44.0	34.00	2112	+102.0
2	Alhaj,Mohamad Saleh Ahmad.	0	SYR	+100N	+29B	+68N	=10B	=11N	=5B	+28N	+20B	=1N	7.0	45.0	47.0	34.00	1889	0.0
3	Ulupinar, Furkan	1801	TUR	+44N	+6B	−5N	−67B	+57N	+37B	+29N	+14B	+10N	7.0	43.0	46.5	36.50	1943	+31.0
4	Kiyak, Ali	1828	TUR	−6N	=30B	=82N	+55B	+74N	+67B	+56N	+11B	+8N	7.0	39.0	42.0	31.50	1909	+16.8
5	Avcu, Uraz	1809	TUR	+36B	+28N	+3B	=9B	=19N	=2N	+53B	−8N	+20B	6.5	47.5	51.5	35.50	2017	+86.8
6	Dogan, Batu	1685	TUR	+4B	−3N	+50B	=7N	=35B	=52N	+49B	+69N	+19B	6.5	43.5	47.0	32.50	1933	+111.7
7	Anjom Rooz, Mehdi	1899	IRI	+24B	−1N	+70N	=6B	+68N	−11B	+42B	+46N	+22B	6.5	43.5	47.0	30.25	1870	-4.6
8	Bilgin, Ali Tugrul	1828	TUR	=72B	+40N	=21B	+41N	+13B	+81N	=10N	+5B	−4B	6.5	43.5	46.5	32.00	1903	+34.6
9	Gece, Ugur	1872	TUR	+80B	+97N	+1B	=5N	−14B	=21N	+81B	=12N	+23B	6.5	43.5	45.5	30.50	1909	+10.0
10	Nuhoglu, Yusahan	1888	TUR	+78B	+86N	+15B	=2N	+12B	+14N	=8B	−1N	−3B	6.0	49.5	52.5	31.25	1928	+14.0
11	Sahin, Yusuf Kerem	1687	TUR	=75B	+34N	+60B	+33N	=2B	+7N	−1B	−4N	+69B	6.0	45.5	49.0	29.25	1958	+115.2
12	Sarioglu, Hakan Bora	1828	TUR	=40B	+72N	+41B	+35N	−10N	=22B	+30N	=9B	=14N	6.0	42.5	46.0	28.75	1853	+7.5
13	Oner, Yigit Efe	1621	TUR	=57B	+89N	+24B	=30B	−8N	+36N	=16B	=15N	+32B	6.0	42.5	45.0	28.00	1884	+94.2
14	Yesilyurt, Yigit	1613	TUR	+71B	=73N	+38B	+93B	+9N	−10B	+19N	−3N	=12B	6.0	42.5	45.0	27.25	1891	+98.4
15	Kilic, Nurullah	1836	TUR	+106B	+38N	−10N	+58B	+56N	=19B	−20N	=13B	+31N	6.0	40.5	40.5	23.25	1841	+2.0
16	Keser, Cem	1842	TUR	−18N	=37B	=81N	+91B	=58N	+61B	=13N	+30B	+29N	6.0	37.5	40.0	25.25	1797	-20.0
17	Kaya, Serkan	1752	TUR	−28B	+88N	−39B	+95N	=26B	+25N	=52B	+36N	+34N	6.0	36.5	38.5	24.25	1837	+20.0
18	Koyunoglu, Omer Alp	1741	TUR	+16B	+69N	−53B	−52N	=47B	=33N	+71B	+81N	+28B	6.0	35.5	38.5	25.75	1861	+40.3
19	Coban, Eren Cinar	1746	TUR	=21B	+54N	+23B	+39N	=5B	=15N	−14B	+41B	−6N	5.5	45.0	49.0	27.50	1812	+14.1
20	Celebi, Orhan	1875	TUR	=54B	−21N	+88B	+25N	+39B	+45N	+15B	−2N	−5N	5.5	43.5	46.0	25.00	1869	-0.6
21	Taklavi, Musa	1747	AZE	=19N	+20B	=8N	=59B	+93N	=9B	−22N	=31B	+67B	5.5	42.0	44.5	25.25	1815	+17.0
22	Tas, Cumali Eren	1689	TUR	+73B	=53N	=35B	=45N	+33B	=12N	+21B	=28B	−7N	5.5	41.0	44.5	26.00	1844	+71.8
23	Giray, Canberk	1775	TUR	+42B	=60N	−19N	+102B	=37N	=31B	+39B	+51N	−9N	5.5	39.0	40.5	21.75	1772	+0.4
24	Tofan, Ismail	1778	TUR	−7N	+67B	−13N	=46B	+102N	+59B	−31N	+45B	+39N	5.5	38.5	40.0	20.25	1715	-12.8
25	Ayaz, Eren	1682	TUR	=56N	+61B	−32N	−20B	+48N	−17B	+59N	+43B	+77N	5.5	37.5	41.0	22.50	1808	+61.2
26	Zengin, Deha	1702	TUR	−35N	+95B	−101N	+62B	=17N	+43B	−69N	+49N	+70B	5.5	32.5	34.5	21.50	1799	+46.8
27	Demir, Ugur	1785	TUR	−68N	+82B	−93N	+84B	+83N	−30B	=67N	+64B	+41N	5.5	29.5	32.0	19.25	1762	-5.2
28	Asgharvand, Davood	1881	IRI	+17N	−5B	+104N	=68B	+52B	+54N	−2B	=22N	−18N	5.0	42.5	44.0	20.00	1818	-13.0
29	Kilic, Inanc	1708	TUR	+77B	−2N	=52B	=47N	+60B	+35N	−3B	+53N	−16B	5.0	41.0	44.5	20.25	1861	+64.4
30	Zengin, Ovgu	1698	TUR	+95B	=4N	+69B	=13N	−81B	+27N	−12B	−16N	+65B	5.0	41.0	43.0	21.50	1781	+38.4
31	Gokcan, Bora	1631	TUR	=55N	=84B	=40B	=36N	+97B	=23N	+24B	=21N	−15B	5.0	38.5	40.5	21.00	1782	+59.4
32	Erdil, Erberk Basri	1777	TUR	=49B	=75N	+25B	−70N	−36B	+98N	+63B	+52N	−13N	5.0	35.5	37.5	19.50	1736	-20.4
33	Seyhanli, Yusuf Timucin	1641	TUR	+103N	=92B	+90N	−11B	−22N	=18B	=37N	=38B	+54N	5.0	35.5	37.0	16.75	1765	+59.6
34	Sekerci, Berkin	1824	TUR	−97B	−11B	=55N	=89N	+94B	+57N	+45B	+40N	−17B	5.0	34.0	36.0	18.75	1736	-21.8
35	Yilmaz, Yigit	1652	TUR	+26B	+80N	=22N	−12B	=6N	−29B	=38N	=54B	=40B	4.5	41.5	45.0	21.50	1728	+37.2
36	Celik, Zeynep Duru	1708	TUR	−5N	=81B	+79N	=31B	+32N	−13B	+62N	−17B	=48N	4.5	40.5	43.5	18.75	1634	-33.6
37	Unsal, Omer	1708	TUR	−86B	=16N	+99B	+51N	=23B	−3N	=33B	=50N	=47B	4.5	40.0	42.0	19.25	1704	-1.4
38	Soysal, Mehmet Alp	1696	TUR	+43N	−15B	−14N	+79B	=69B	=47N	=35B	=33N	=50B	4.5	38.5	42.0	19.00	1667	-15.2
39	Bingol, Ahmet Ruzgar	1671	TUR	=59N	+85B	+17N	−19B	−20N	+90B	−23N	+76B	−24B	4.5	38.5	41.0	17.00	1746	+20.9
40	Nurdogan, Ilgin Destina	1721	TUR	=12N	−8B	=31N	=48B	=85N	+74B	+83N	−34B	=35N	4.5	38.0	41.0	18.00	1702	-8.4
41	Kutuk, Batuhan	1682	TUR	+48N	+76B	−12N	−8B	=90N	+92B	+77B	−19N	−27B	4.5	37.5	40.0	15.25	1769	+42.8
42	Yildiz, Muhammed Tarik	1708	TUR	−23N	=43B	+62N	+49N	=86B	=76B	−7N	+61B	F	4.5	37.0	40.0	18.00	1816	+47.2
43	Ari, Hasancan	1824	TUR	−38B	=42N	=71B	=64N	+50B	−26N	+47B	−25N	+74B	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.50	1672	-47.3
44	Kirici, Mete	1745	TUR	−3B	=47N	+46B	+50N	−45B	=71N	+84B	=70N	−51B	4.5	36.5	39.5	17.75	1657	-41.4
45	Koyuncu, Rahim Utku	1656	TUR	+66N	−90B	+92N	=22B	+44N	−20B	−34N	−24N	+68B	4.5	36.0	38.5	17.25	1749	+51.3
46	Togrul, Ayberk	1635	TUR	+64B	−100B	−44N	=24N	+72B	+75N	+54B	−7B	F	4.5	36.0	38.0	17.75	1809	+37.8
47	Taskiran, Huseyin Cagan	1636	TUR	+91N	=44B	−100N	=29B	=18N	=38B	−43N	+58B	=37N	4.5	35.5	37.5	18.75	1723	+26.0
48	Avcul, Tugrahan	1622	TUR	−41B	=64N	=63B	=40N	−25B	+89N	=73B	+57N	=36B	4.5	34.5	37.0	16.75	1695	+18.8
49	Cam, Vedat	1891	TUR	=32N	−68B	+84N	−42B	+82N	+70B	−6N	−26B	+88N	4.5	34.5	37.0	14.50	1694	-45.4
50	Cimsit, Muhammet Taha	1607	TUR	=84N	+55B	−6N	−44B	−43N	+105B	+92N	=37B	=38N	4.5	34.0	35.0	13.50	1715	+52.8
51	Kuyuk, Cinar	1624	TUR	−82N	=91B	+94N	−37B	F	+68B	+76N	−23B	+44N	4.5	29.5	31.0	15.25	1763	+31.2
52	Altun, Samet	1611	TUR	=58N	+102B	=29N	+18B	−28N	=6B	=17N	−32B	F	4.0	41.5	43.0	18.25	1694	+14.4
53	Suzan, Ufuk	1882	TUR	+76N	=22B	+18N	=56B	+67N	−1B	−5N	−29B	F	4.0	41.5	41.5	17.75	1732	-31.6
54	Korkmaz, Turhan	1768	TUR	=20N	−19B	+96N	+71B	+59N	−28B	−46N	=35N	−33B	4.0	37.5	39.5	14.50	1666	-24.4
55	Kaygun, Melis Duru	1659	TUR	=31B	−50N	=34B	−4N	+87B	=60N	−75B	+72N	=59B	4.0	36.5	39.5	15.50	1683	+10.4
56	Ozturk, Yucel Mert	1642	TUR	=25B	+63N	+75B	=53N	−15B	+86N	−4B	F	F	4.0	36.5	36.5	15.25	1835	+72.8
57	Acar, Ilhami	1679	TUR	=13N	−59B	+103N	=60N	−3B	−34B	+91N	−48B	+85N	4.0	36.0	37.5	12.00	1666	-3.8
58	Demirtas, Eymen	1661	TUR	=52B	=62N	+78B	−15N	=16B	−77N	=60B	−47N	+87B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.50	1695	+16.0
59	Firtina, Oguzhan	1618	TUR	=39B	+57N	=97B	=21N	−54B	−24N	−25B	+89N	=55N	4.0	35.5	37.5	14.50	1670	+13.2
60	Aytekin, Mustafa Tugrul	1874	TUR	+90N	=23B	−11N	=57B	−29N	=55B	=58N	=74B	=84N	4.0	35.0	37.5	14.50	1654	-103.2
61	Seyhanli, Ahmet Gorkem	1615	TUR	=63B	−25N	+106B	=73N	=75B	−16N	+72B	−42N	=64N	4.0	34.5	34.5	11.00	1683	+24.1
62	Aksoy, Duru	1607	TUR	=74N	=58B	−42B	−26N	+88B	+78N	−36B	−63N	+82B	4.0	32.5	35.0	12.75	1653	+24.0
63	Kocacik, Dogukan	1696	TUR	=61N	−56B	=48N	−69N	+95B	+85B	−32N	+62B	F	4.0	32.0	34.0	13.25	1676	-6.8
64	Hatipoglu, Metin	1691	TUR	−46N	=48B	=85N	=43B	−71N	+96B	+90N	−27N	=61B	4.0	32.0	34.0	12.50	1646	-10.4
65	Yonca, Ali Kagan	1623	TUR	−67N	+105N	−73B	=104B	−92N	+82B	+68N	=84B	−30N	4.0	25.5	26.5	9.75	1655	+18.4
66	Gun, Erva Oyku	1606	TUR	−45B	−96N	−95N	−94B	+103N	=88B	+105N	=91B	+83N	4.0	20.5	21.5	8.00	1624	+10.8
67	Demirci, Samet Erhan	1666	TUR	+65B	−24N	+77B	+3N	−53B	−4N	=27B	F	−21N	3.5	42.0	45.5	17.25	1741	+14.8
68	Calkan, Ibrahim	1709	TUR	+27B	+49N	−2B	=28N	−7B	−51N	−65B	+79N	−45N	3.5	41.5	45.0	16.00	1660	-20.4
69	Orak, Yunus	1866	TUR	+92N	−18B	−30N	+63B	=38N	F	+26B	−6B	−11N	3.5	40.0	42.5	14.25	1664	-43.8
70	Tunc, Amine Sare	1623	TUR	+105B	+106N	−7B	+32B	−1N	−49N	F	=44B	−26N	3.5	37.5	37.5	8.25	1732	+40.8
71	Ozmen, Abdullah Murat	1667	TUR	−14N	+98B	=43N	−54N	+64B	=44B	−18N	F	=80B	3.5	35.0	37.0	12.25	1677	+2.8
72	Bektas, Arda	1739	TUR	=8N	−12B	=74N	=85B	−46N	+102B	−61N	−55B	+89N	3.5	34.0	35.5	10.50	1552	-40.8
73	Yildirir, Atlas Guclu	1711	TUR	−22N	=14B	+65N	=61B	−76N	−83B	=48N	=85B	=94N	3.5	33.5	36.0	14.00	1573	-64.2
74	Israfilov, Emil	1658	AZE	=62B	=79N	=72B	=97N	−4B	−40N	+98B	=60N	−43N	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.50	1658	-1.2
75	Gozubuyukoglu, Selami	1781	TUR	=11N	=32B	−56N	+96B	=61N	−46B	+55N	F	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	13.50	1668	-21.4
76	Aslanhan, Halis	1779	TUR	−53B	−41N	+89B	+88N	+73B	=42N	−51B	−39N	F	3.5	31.0	33.5	10.75	1662	-26.4
77	Caglar, Mehmet Halil	1826	TUR	−29N	=93B	−67N	+103B	+105N	+58B	−41N	F	−25B	3.5	30.5	31.5	7.75	1640	-40.6
78	Katanov, Hatam	1776	AZE	−10N	=83B	−58N	=98B	=96N	−62B	−88N	+103B	+91N	3.5	26.0	27.5	7.50	1604	-42.6
79	Bilgin, Kerem Alp	0	TUR	=102N	=74B	−36B	−38N	=89B	−80N	+103N	−68B	+96N	3.5	25.5	27.0	7.25	1610	0.0
80	Sen, Kayra Tamer	1756	TUR	−9N	−35B	−102N	F	F	+79B	+87N	+83B	=71N	3.5	25.5	25.5	11.25	1693	-16.8
81	Ekinci, Yusuf	1603	TUR	+96B	=36N	=16B	F	+30N	−8B	−9N	−18B	F	3.0	40.0	42.0	12.25	1714	+39.6
82	Samli, Ibrahim	1679	TUR	+51B	−27N	=4B	−86N	−49B	−65N	=85N	+99B	−62N	3.0	35.5	37.5	11.50	1585	-23.2
83	Inac, Mustafa Ege	1646	TUR	+101B	=78N	=86B	−1N	−27B	+73N	−40B	−80N	−66B	3.0	35.0	37.0	8.75	1604	-19.6
84	Sahin, Ecrin Zeycan	1681	TUR	=50B	=31N	−49B	−27N	+99B	F	−44N	=65N	=60B	3.0	34.0	36.0	10.75	1634	-24.0
85	Mirioglu, Eylul	1632	TUR	=89B	−39N	=64B	=72N	=40B	−63N	=82B	=73N	−57B	3.0	31.0	33.5	10.50	1572	-25.8
86	Atug, Kemal Arda	1791	TUR	+37N	−10B	=83N	+82B	=42N	−56B	F	F	F	3.0	28.5	28.5	11.25	1712	-25.2
87	Boz, Muzaffer Ata	1634	TUR	−93N	=103B	=91N	−90B	−55N	+94N	−80B	+102B	−58N	3.0	23.0	24.5	6.00	1505	-50.4
88	Ulupinar, Semih	1676	TUR	+98N	−17B	−20N	−76B	−62N	=66N	+78B	F	−49B	2.5	33.5	35.5	7.50	1597	-34.8
89	Najafova, Khatin	1687	AZE	=85N	−13B	−76N	=34B	=79N	−48B	+102N	−59B	−72B	2.5	33.0	34.5	7.25	1382	-98.8
90	Sousanabadi Farahani, Ramin	1760	IRI	−60B	+45N	−33B	+87N	=41B	−39N	−64B	F	F	2.5	33.0	33.0	9.75	1587	-33.6
91	Bayramov, Aladdin	1694	AZE	−47B	=51N	=87B	−16N	−98B	+99N	−57B	=66N	−78B	2.5	31.5	33.5	7.75	1504	-46.2
92	Can, Ilhan	1753	TUR	−69B	=33N	−45B	+99N	+65B	−41N	−50B	F	F	2.5	30.5	30.5	8.50	1565	-36.4
93	Avci, Alptekin	1690	TUR	+87B	=77N	+27B	−14N	−21B	F	F	F	F	2.5	27.0	27.0	10.25	1720	+4.0
94	Kocaoglu, Idil	1670	TUR	−99B	−101N	−51B	+66N	−34N	−87B	+96N	F	=73B	2.5	26.0	28.0	7.75	1518	-64.4
95	Hatamov, Bahaddin	1649	AZE	−30N	−26N	+66B	−17B	−63N	−103B	−99N	F	+105B	2.0	29.0	29.0	5.00	1488	-33.0
96	Gahramanov, Nikbin	1663	AZE	−81N	+66B	−54B	−75N	=78B	−64N	−94B	=105N	−79B	2.0	28.0	29.0	6.25	1503	-66.0
97	Mihciyazgan, Can	1743	TUR	+34N	−9B	=59N	=74B	−31N	F	F	F	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	8.75	1648	-13.2
98	Kayaman, Metin	1622	TUR	−88B	−71N	=105B	=78N	+91N	−32B	−74N	F	F	2.0	24.0	24.0	4.75	1545	-14.2
99	Suzan, Gulse	1617	TUR	+94N	−104B	−37N	−92B	−84N	−91B	+95B	−82N	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	4.50	1500	-46.0
100	Kapusuz, Hasan Huseyin	1724	TUR	−2B	+46N	+47B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	9.00	2436	+15.2
101	Cicek, Yusuf Ensar	1602	TUR	−83N	+94B	+26B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	8.00	1798	+32.0
102	Gules, Mehmed Selahaddin	0	TUR	=79B	−52N	+80B	−23N	−24B	−72N	−89B	−87N	F	1.5	31.0	31.0	5.25	1402	0.0
103	Tunca, Omer	1697	TUR	−33B	=87N	−57B	−77N	−66B	+95N	−79B	−78N	F	1.5	28.5	28.5	3.50	1457	-83.6
104	Turak, Kerem Umut	1710	TUR	−1B	+99N	−28B	=65N	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	23.0	23.0	4.00	1647	-14.8
105	Ganbarli, Nigar	1677	AZE	−70N	−65B	=98N	F	−77B	−50N	−66B	=96B	−95N	1.0	25.5	25.5	2.00	1330	-131.6
106	Sarsik, Bedirhan	1683	TUR	−15N	−70B	−61N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	892	-58.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sahin, Yusuf KeremTUR
+115.2
6.0 pts · #25
2Dogan, BatuTUR
+111.7
6.5 pts · #7
3Bilir, Cemal ArdaTUR
+102.0
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Ganbarli, NigarAZE
-131.6
1.0 pts · #105
2Aytekin, Mustafa TugrulTUR
-103.2
4.0 pts · #62
3Najafova, KhatinAZE
-98.8
2.5 pts · #104

Biggest upsets

R5+259 Elo gap
Yesilyurt, Yigit1613 beat Gece, Ugur1872
R6+212 Elo gap
Sahin, Yusuf Kerem1687 beat Anjom Rooz, Mehdi1899
R7+206 Elo gap
Dogan, Batu1685 beat Cam, Vedat1891