Ankara August 30 Victory Day Chess Tournament-A
20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2012, and top seed was Tuna Ozates (🇹🇷 TUR, FM, 2217).
Yusuf Baran Cevizci (🇹🇷 TUR, CM, 2095) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Tuna Ozates (4.5) and Mehmet Alper Celebi (4.0). Cevizci broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Eren Cinar Coban (1866) beat Berkay Ekinci (2004), a +138-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCM Yusuf Baran Cevizci led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
CM Yusuf Baran Cevizci takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
CM Yusuf Baran Cevizci drew with FM Tuna Ozates (Black).
CM Yusuf Baran Cevizci went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMYusuf Baran Cevizci | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2FMTuna Ozates | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3CMMehmet Alper Celebi | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Yigit Efe Oner | 0 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cevizci, Yusuf BaranCM | 2095 | TUR | +12N | =7B | +9N | =2N | +10B | +4B | 5.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 14.25 | 2184 | +13.0 |
| 2 | Ozates, TunaFM | 2217 | TUR | =9N | +18B | +3N | =1B | =4N | +7B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 13.50 | 2124 | -9.2 |
| 3 | Celebi, Mehmet AlperCM | 2063 | TUR | +15B | +4N | −2B | +13N | +5N | F | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 2232 | +42.0 |
| 4 | Oner, Yigit Efe | 1827 | TUR | +20N | −3B | +16B | +11N | =2B | −1N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 2078 | +76.4 |
| 5 | Altun, ArdaFM | 2104 | TUR | +8B | =11N | =13B | +7N | −3B | =6N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 9.25 | 2006 | -14.4 |
| 6 | Ekinci, Berkay | 2004 | TUR | −7N | +12B | −15N | +8N | +11B | =5B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.25 | 1976 | -3.6 |
| 7 | Coban, Eren Cinar | 1866 | TUR | +6B | =1N | =11B | −5B | +13N | −2N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.00 | 2049 | +27.2 |
| 8 | Gok, Altay Erdem | 1893 | TUR | −5N | +14B | =10N | −6B | +16N | −12B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 4.75 | 1866 | -10.8 |
| 9 | Koca, Emirhan | 1898 | TUR | =2B | +17N | −1B | +18N | F | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 2090 | +18.8 |
| 10 | Yilmaz, Atakan | 1822 | TUR | =19B | =16N | =8B | +17N | −1N | F | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1936 | +14.8 |
| 11 | Ergani, Efe | 1939 | TUR | +14B | =5B | =7N | −4B | −6N | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1856 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Ceylan, Arda (Ali Riza) | 1836 | TUR | −1B | −6N | −17B | F | +18B | +8N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1859 | +2.2 |
| 13 | Aydogan, AryaWCM | 1933 | TUR | =17B | +19N | =5N | −3B | −7B | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1886 | -13.2 |
| 14 | Ozata, Doruk | 1840 | TUR | −11N | −8N | F | =16B | +17B | =18N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1814 | -3.6 |
| 15 | Genc, Arda | 1880 | TUR | −3N | +20B | +6B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 2106 | +18.0 |
| 16 | Baytar, Cagan Enes | 1936 | TUR | =18N | =10B | −4N | =14N | −8B | F | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1694 | -65.6 |
| 17 | Dundar, Goktug | 1831 | TUR | =13N | −9B | +12N | −10B | −14N | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1716 | -30.4 |
| 18 | Durmus, Cinar | 1836 | TUR | =16B | −2N | F | −9B | −12N | =14B | 1.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 1.75 | 1705 | -34.0 |
| 19 | Seven, Ali Oytun | 1926 | TUR | =10N | −13B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1684 | -25.2 |
| 20 | Gursu, Ahmet Burak | 1875 | TUR | −4B | −15N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1053 | -21.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Oner, Yigit EfeTUR+76.43.5 pts · #4
- 2Celebi, Mehmet AlperCMTUR+42.04.0 pts · #3
- 3Coban, Eren CinarTUR+27.23.0 pts · #7
- 1Baytar, Cagan EnesTUR-65.61.5 pts · #17
- 2Durmus, CinarTUR-34.01.0 pts · #18
- 3Dundar, GoktugTUR-30.41.5 pts · #16
- R1+138 Elo gap
- R3+124 Elo gap
- R4+112 Elo gap