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Caissa Hotel IM Chess Tournament - Trumpet Group

Double Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 25 Sept 2025 to 30 Sept 2025 in Balikesir, Turkey. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2219, and top seed was Viacheslav Tilicheev (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2428).

Maksim Schekachikhin ( FID, IM, 2337) won with 6.5/10, ahead of Ali Batuhan Biyiksiz (6.0) and Viacheslav Tilicheev (6.0). Schekachikhin won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ali Batuhan Biyiksiz (CM, 2068) beat Viacheslav Tilicheev (GM, 2428), a +360-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Balikesir, Turkey
Dates
25 Sept 2025 → 30 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸GMViacheslav Tilicheev2428
Avg top 10
2,219
Participants
6
Titled players · 5
GM×1
IM×2
CM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×4
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

IM Maksim Schekachikhin led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10
Schekachikhin#1Biyiksiz#2Tilicheev#3Ozsakallioglu#4Deveci#5Dal#6
R5–R10 · LEAD HELD

IM Maksim Schekachikhin held the sole lead from R5 through R10 without losing it.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

IM Maksim Schekachikhin 1.0–1.0 against CM Ali Batuhan Biyiksiz (R3 ½-½, R8 ½-½).

R1–R10 · UNBEATEN

IM Maksim Schekachikhin went unbeaten across 10 games (R1–R10).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1IMSchekachikhin, Maksim2337*
½½
½½
½½
1½
11
6.527.2547.0-2.22306
2🇹🇷CMBiyiksiz, Ali Batuhan2068
½½
*
1½
½½
½0
11
6.026.2548.0+125.62321
3🇷🇸GMTilicheev, Viacheslav2428
½½
½0
*
½½
11
½1
6.026.2548.0-18.82249
4🇹🇷IMOzsakallioglu, Okan2329
½½
½½
½½
*
½½
1½
5.525.2549.0-10.82233
5🇹🇷CMDeveci, Huseyin Said2096
½0
1½
00
½½
*
1½
4.520.0051.0+50.42208
6🇹🇷Dal, Emir Saygin2057
00
00
0½
½0
½0
*1.58.0057.0-48.81956

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets