Chess Point Chess Sports Club 11th Chess Tournament
32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1819, and top seed was Muhammed Selim Sadik (🇹🇷 TUR, 1914).
Muhsin Enes Kaan Elibol (🇹🇷 TUR, 1873) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Levent Arslan (5.0) and Ahmet Selim Yorkan (4.5). Elibol shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Aliriza Atam (1629) beat Muhammed Selim Sadik (1914), a +285-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Elibol takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).
Levent Arslan 4 wins (R3–R6)Muhammed Selim Sadik 4 wins (R3–R6)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elibol, Muhsin Enes Kaan | 1873 | TUR | +25N | =7B | +20N | +11B | =5N | +6B | 5.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 15.00 | 1957 | +24.4 |
| 2 | Arslan, Levent | 1856 | TUR | +26B | −16N | +24B | +7N | +9B | +5B | 5.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 13.50 | 1984 | +17.2 |
| 3 | Yorkan, Ahmet Selim | 1714 | TUR | −20N | +14B | +28N | +8B | =10N | +11B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 12.75 | 1798 | +24.0 |
| 4 | Sadik, Muhammed Selim | 1914 | TUR | −10N | =12B | +23N | +20B | +13N | +9B | 4.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 13.25 | 1837 | -15.2 |
| 5 | Uluer, Burak | 1749 | TUR | +14N | +15B | +21B | =9N | =1B | −2N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 13.75 | 1877 | +41.6 |
| 6 | Erol, Alp Emre | 1729 | TUR | +29N | −8B | +15N | +12B | +16B | −1N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 10.00 | 1830 | +28.0 |
| 7 | Gulceken, Sumeyye | 1748 | TUR | +22B | =1N | =10B | −2B | +29N | +18N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.75 | 1766 | +3.4 |
| 8 | Yildirim, Yasin | 1801 | TUR | +18B | +6N | −9B | −3N | +17B | +16N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 13.00 | 1801 | +0.8 |
| 9 | Uztetik, Ahmet Oguzhan | 1767 | TUR | +30N | +19B | +8N | =5B | −2N | −4N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 9.00 | 1853 | +29.6 |
| 10 | Atam, Aliriza | 1629 | TUR | +4B | =11B | =7N | =21N | =3B | =12B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 13.50 | 1845 | +69.2 |
| 11 | Mercan, Mehmet Fatih | 1771 | TUR | +32B | =10N | +16B | −1N | +21B | −3N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.25 | 1785 | +6.4 |
| 12 | Kaplica, Mehmet Deniz | 1764 | TUR | =17B | =4N | +18B | −6N | +28B | =10N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1674 | -22.8 |
| 13 | Canpolat, Berat Yagiz | 1677 | TUR | +23B | −21N | =17B | +22N | −4B | +20N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1667 | -0.8 |
| 14 | Iyimutaf, Musab | 1601 | TUR | −5B | −3N | +31B | +24N | =22B | +21N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 1714 | +18.4 |
| 15 | Ozlu, Ali Caner | 1603 | TUR | +28B | −5N | −6B | =17N | +23B | +25N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1618 | +4.0 |
| 16 | Kaban, Mahmut | 1750 | TUR | +31N | +2B | −11N | +19B | −6N | −8B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 1759 | +1.8 |
| 17 | Guler, Ilhan Emir | 1495 | TUR | =12N | =20B | =13N | =15B | −8N | +29B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1586 | +20.4 |
| 18 | Anar, Oskun | 1603 | TUR | −8N | +29B | −12N | +25B | +19N | −7B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1692 | +10.6 |
| 19 | Oguz, Emek Ege | 1875 | TUR | +24B | −9N | +26B | −16N | −18B | +28N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1602 | -70.8 |
| 20 | Seytin, Efe | 1443 | TUR | +3B | =17N | −1B | −4N | +24B | −13B | 2.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 7.00 | 1644 | +25.6 |
| 21 | Turhan, Cinar | 1814 | TUR | +27N | +13B | −5N | =10B | −11N | −14B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.25 | 1615 | -64.4 |
| 22 | Ozdemir, Erden | 1508 | TUR | −7N | +25B | =27N | −13B | =14N | =23N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1568 | +8.4 |
| 23 | Keske, Aren | 1485 | TUR | −13N | =27B | −4B | +30N | −15N | =22B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1518 | +6.0 |
| 24 | Yaprak, Umut | 1633 | TUR | −19N | +30B | −2N | −14B | −20N | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 1431 | -25.8 |
| 25 | Kilic, Kerem Ege | 1631 | TUR | −1B | −22N | +30B | −18N | F | −15B | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 1393 | -60.8 |
| 26 | Karabulut, Zekeriya Burak | 1616 | TUR | −2N | +31B | −19N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1626 | -0.4 |
| 27 | Tutar, Kayra | 1605 | TUR | −21B | =23N | =22B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1478 | -20.8 |
| 28 | FIDE 525037315 | 0 | — | −15N | F | −3B | F | −12N | −19B | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 939 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Kesgin, Himmet Toprak | 0 | TUR | −6B | −18N | F | F | −7B | −17N | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Celik, Duru | 1578 | TUR | −9B | −24N | −25N | −23B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 829 | -69.2 |
| 31 | Ataer, Melisa | 1520 | TUR | −16B | −26N | −14N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 856 | -19.4 |
| 32 | Sezgin, Hakan Ertug | 1587 | TUR | −11N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 971 | -5.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Atam, AlirizaTUR+69.23.5 pts · #7
- 2Uluer, BurakTUR+41.64.0 pts · #4
- 3Uztetik, Ahmet OguzhanTUR+29.63.5 pts · #8
- 1Oguz, Emek EgeTUR-70.83.0 pts · #22
- 2Celik, DuruTUR-69.20.0 pts · #28
- 3Turhan, CinarTUR-64.42.5 pts · #19
- R1+285 Elo gap
- R5+272 Elo gap
- R1+271 Elo gap