1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament

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63 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 06 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1849, and top seed was Rasim Nizam (🇧🇬 BUL, IM, 2152).

Seyed Emadeddin Mousavi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1943) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Rasim Nizam (6.5) and Suleyman Saltik (6.5). Mousavi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Ercan Sen (1542) beat Meric Pehlivan (1832), a +290-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey

Dates

06 Oct 2025 → 10 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬IMRasim Nizam2152

Avg top 10

1,849

Participants

Titled players · 1

IM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×44

🇮🇷Iran×3

🇧🇬Bulgaria×2

🇸🇮Slovenia×1

Top 3

🥇
Seyed Emadeddin Mousavi
🇮🇷IRI·1943
6.5pts·2000perf+13.4
🥈
IMRasim Nizam
🇧🇬BUL·2152
6.5pts·2048perf-12.0
🥉
Suleyman Saltik
🇹🇷TUR·1770
6.5pts·2024perf+50.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 3 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Nizam6.5Saltik6.5Mousavi6.5Selcuk6Ivanov6Altinok6

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/8. Mousavi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Rasim Nizam drew with Suleyman Saltik (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Rasim Nizam 3 wins (R1–R3)Suleyman Saltik 4 wins (R1–R4)Seyed Emadeddin Mousavi 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMRasim Nizam	*	½	½	—
2Suleyman Saltik	½	*	½	—
3Seyed Emadeddin Mousavi	½	½	*	½
4Umit Selcuk	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mousavi, Seyed Emadeddin	1943	IRI	+23N	+9B	+13N	+37B	=3N	=2B	+11N	=4B	6.5	39.0	42.5	33.00	2000	+13.4
2	Nizam, RasimIM	2152	BUL	+39B	+29N	+21B	=5N	+8B	=1N	=3B	+9N	6.5	38.5	42.0	32.50	2048	-12.0
3	Saltik, Suleyman	1770	TUR	+33N	+43B	+14N	+7B	=1B	=5N	=2N	+11B	6.5	38.5	41.5	32.00	2024	+50.0
4	Selcuk, Umit	1791	TUR	+30B	+15N	+12B	−8N	=9B	+6B	+17N	=1N	6.0	38.5	42.5	31.00	1860	+15.6
5	Ivanov, Ljubomir	1825	BUL	+50N	+22B	+6N	=2B	=11N	=3B	=12N	+13B	6.0	38.5	41.5	30.00	1918	+18.8
6	Altinok, Selim Eyup	1686	TUR	+47B	+17N	−5B	+24N	+22B	−4N	+16B	+15N	6.0	36.0	39.0	27.00	1812	+26.4
7	Gradisek, Bor	1857	SLO	+25B	+16N	+10B	−3N	+29B	=12N	−9B	+24N	5.5	36.5	40.5	26.00	1771	-30.0
8	Pehlivan, Meric	1832	TUR	+34B	=26N	+19B	+4B	−2N	−17N	+39B	+12B	5.5	36.0	39.5	25.75	1819	+0.4
9	Balci, Muhammet	1617	TUR	+58B	−1N	+31B	+35N	=4N	+37B	+7N	−2B	5.5	36.0	37.0	21.00	1866	+43.2
10	Selcuk, Emre	1668	TUR	+45N	+42B	−7N	−22B	+30B	=39N	+38B	+21N	5.5	28.5	31.5	19.75	1748	+31.6
11	Altinok, Kerim Osman	1717	TUR	+20B	=31N	+26B	+21N	=5B	+16N	−1B	−3N	5.0	38.0	42.0	24.00	1781	+13.8
12	Tahvili Raftar, Iman	1653	IRI	+40N	+27B	−4N	+18B	+23N	=7B	=5B	−8N	5.0	37.0	40.5	23.25	1748	+17.8
13	Dal, Ibrahim	1762	TUR	+52B	+24N	−1B	+15N	−16B	+35N	+18B	−5N	5.0	36.0	39.0	21.50	1731	-5.0
14	Solak, Yusuf	1659	TUR	+48B	+35N	−3B	−17N	+25B	+20N	−15B	+30N	5.0	34.0	37.0	20.50	1600	-10.2
15	Ozalp, Sinan	1604	TUR	+60N	−4B	+40N	−13B	+32N	+27B	+14N	−6B	5.0	34.0	35.0	18.00	1640	+11.6
16	Kiran, Bunyamin	1616	TUR	+49N	−7B	+45N	+27B	+13N	−11B	−6N	+23B	5.0	33.5	36.5	20.00	1677	+9.6
17	Sen, Ercan	1542	TUR	+62N	−6B	+55N	+14B	=37N	+8B	−4B	=19N	5.0	33.5	34.5	18.25	1717	+26.8
18	Korkmaz, Serdar	1547	TUR	+57B	−21N	+20B	−12N	+34B	+29N	−13N	+32B	5.0	31.5	33.0	18.50	1634	+16.8
19	Aksu, Mumin	1691	TUR	=32N	+28B	−8N	−23B	+41N	+40B	+37N	=17B	5.0	30.5	34.0	19.50	1604	-14.0
20	Sonmez, Yunus	1439	TUR	−11N	+53B	−18N	+59B	+42N	−14B	+31N	+37B	5.0	28.5	29.5	14.50	1611	+26.6
21	Zendehboodi, Fariba	1720	IRI	+41N	+18B	−2N	−11B	+33N	+31B	=23N	−10B	4.5	34.5	38.0	18.75	1672	-10.2
22	Demirel, Ismail	1597	TUR	+54B	−5N	+34B	+10N	−6N	−23B	+33N	=28B	4.5	34.5	37.5	18.75	1587	-2.4
23	Erden, Enes	1513	TUR	−1B	+58N	+63B	+19N	−12B	+22N	=21B	−16N	4.5	31.5	31.5	12.75	1641	+17.4
24	Yeter, Orhan	1578	TUR	+55N	−13B	+36N	−6B	+45N	=38N	+29B	−7B	4.5	31.0	33.5	15.25	1605	+2.4
25	Yordamli, Tahsin	1504	TUR	−7N	=46B	+41N	=32B	−14N	+26B	+45N	=27B	4.5	30.0	33.0	16.75	1585	+11.2
26	Ada, Isa	1611	TUR	+44B	=8B	−11N	−30N	+46B	−25N	+36B	+38N	4.5	29.5	32.5	16.25	1520	-12.8
27	Yardimci, Bekir Ertan	1525	TUR	+61B	−12N	+48B	−16N	+47B	−15N	+44B	=25N	4.5	28.5	29.5	12.25	1407	-32.0
28	Veliler, Kerem	1497	TUR	=38B	−19N	+44B	−31N	+51B	=30N	+47B	=22N	4.5	27.0	30.0	15.00	1535	+7.6
29	Karakoseli, Sefik	1631	TUR	+46N	−2B	+33N	+42B	−7N	−18B	−24N	+45B	4.0	31.5	34.5	13.00	1543	-16.8
30	Ata, Mustafa	1458	TUR	−4N	+60B	=43N	+26B	−10N	=28B	+48N	−14B	4.0	31.5	32.5	12.25	1508	+12.4
31	Cariklioglu, Turgay	1567	TUR	+53N	=11B	−9N	+28B	=38B	−21N	−20B	+47N	4.0	31.0	34.0	14.75	1553	-7.6
32	Cetin, Ibrahim	1419	TUR	=19B	−38N	+51B	=25N	−15B	+56N	+35B	−18N	4.0	30.0	32.0	13.75	1491	+17.2
33	Coban, Celal	1458	TUR	−3B	+54N	−29B	+36N	−21B	+55N	−22B	+44N	4.0	29.5	32.0	12.50	879	-36.0
34	Ozturk, Ozgur	1466	TUR	−8N	+49B	−22N	+55B	−18N	−48B	+40N	+46B	4.0	27.5	30.0	12.00	858	-32.4
35	Celik, Adil	1530	TUR	+59N	−14B	+61N	−9B	+48N	−13B	−32N	+49B	4.0	26.5	27.5	8.00	814	-31.4
36	Kazma, Erhan	0	TUR	−37N	+39N	−24B	−33B	+59N	+43B	−26N	+42B	4.0	26.0	27.0	10.50	1509	0.0
37	Demirel, Huseyin	1642	TUR	+36B	+63N	+38B	−1N	=17B	−9N	−19B	−20N	3.5	34.5	34.5	10.00	1485	-25.2
38	Boztepe, Suleyman	1835	TUR	=28N	+32B	−37N	+43B	=31N	=24B	−10N	−26B	3.5	30.5	33.5	13.50	1528	-120.8
39	Kayaci, Hasan	1518	TUR	−2N	−36B	+46N	+58B	+49N	=10B	−8N	F	3.5	30.5	31.5	9.75	1533	-0.4
40	Dogan, Rabia	0	TUR	−12B	+56N	−15B	=44N	+52B	−19N	−34B	+57N	3.5	27.0	28.5	8.00	1332	0.0
41	Tekin, Mursel	1440	TUR	−21B	=51N	−25B	+60N	−19B	=50B	=53N	+55N	3.5	25.5	26.5	8.00	1273	-29.2
42	Cavusoglu, Adem	1535	TUR	+56B	−10N	+47B	−29N	−20B	−44N	+54B	−36N	3.0	27.5	29.5	8.00	1342	-40.0
43	Kayaci, Ismail	1571	TUR	+51B	−3N	=30B	−38N	=44B	−36N	+60B	F	3.0	27.5	28.5	7.50	1415	-22.8
44	Gormez, Saadet	0	TUR	−26N	+50B	−28N	=40B	=43N	+42B	−27N	−33B	3.0	27.0	30.0	9.25	1421	0.0
45	FIDE 525038826	0	—	−10B	+57N	−16B	+56N	−24B	+62N	−25B	−29N	3.0	27.0	28.0	4.50	800	0.0
46	FIDE 44532814	0	—	−29B	=25N	−39B	+54N	−26N	=51B	+62B	−34N	3.0	26.5	27.5	7.75	1180	0.0
47	Polat, Taner	1402	TUR	−6N	+62B	−42N	+61B	−27N	+49B	−28N	−31B	3.0	26.0	27.0	5.00	762	-29.2
48	Gocek, Ramazan	0	TUR	−14N	+59B	−27N	F	−35B	+34N	−30B	+52N	3.0	25.5	25.5	8.00	1389	0.0
49	FIDE 525038770	0	—	−16B	−34N	+57B	+52N	−39B	−47N	+56B	−35N	3.0	24.5	26.0	6.50	1223	0.0
50	Sanli, Imdat	1465	TUR	−5B	−44N	=54B	−51N	+57B	=41N	=55B	=53N	3.0	24.0	25.5	7.50	1440	-5.2
51	Saglam, Derya	0	TUR	−43N	=41B	−32N	+50B	−28N	=46N	−52B	+58B	3.0	24.0	25.0	7.25	1280	0.0
52	Gulumser, Engin	1446	TUR	−13N	−55B	+53N	−49B	−40N	+59B	+51N	−48B	3.0	23.0	24.0	7.00	962	-5.2
53	Oner, Imrahan	0	TUR	−31B	−20N	−52B	=57N	=54B	+58N	=41B	=50B	3.0	23.0	24.0	6.50	1231	0.0
54	FIDE 44563213	0	—	−22N	−33B	=50N	−46B	=53N	+63B	−42N	+59B	3.0	21.5	21.5	4.00	1192	0.0
55	FIDE 44563264	0	—	−24B	+52N	−17B	−34N	+61N	−33B	=50N	−41B	2.5	27.0	28.0	5.50	1255	0.0
56	FIDE 525038842	0	—	−42N	−40B	+60N	−45B	+58N	−32B	−49N	F	2.0	18.5	18.5	2.00	677	0.0
57	FIDE 525038753	0	—	−18N	−45B	−49N	=53B	−50N	F	+61B	−40B	1.5	21.5	21.5	2.50	706	0.0
58	FIDE 525038745	0	—	−9N	−23B	+62N	−39N	−56B	−53B	F	−51N	1.0	22.5	22.5	1.00	749	0.0
59	FIDE 525038761	0	—	−35B	−48N	F	−20N	−36B	−52N	+63B	−54N	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	672	0.0
60	FIDE 525038818	0	—	−15B	−30N	−56B	−41B	F	F	−43N	+62N	1.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	718	0.0
61	FIDE 525038850	0	—	−27N	F	−35B	−47N	−55B	F	−57N	+63N	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	686	0.0
62	FIDE 525038796	0	—	−17B	−47N	−58B	F	+63N	−45B	−46N	−60B	1.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	672	0.0
63	FIDE 525038869	0	—	F	−37B	−23N	F	−62B	−54N	−59N	−61B	0.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	777	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Saltik, SuleymanTUR
+50.0
6.5 pts · #2
2Balci, MuhammetTUR
+43.2
5.5 pts · #11
3Selcuk, EmreTUR
+31.6
5.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Boztepe, SuleymanTUR
-120.8
3.5 pts · #18
2Cavusoglu, AdemTUR
-40.0
3.0 pts · #42
3Coban, CelalTUR
-36.0
4.0 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R6+290 Elo gap
Sen, Ercan1542 beat Pehlivan, Meric1832
R7+240 Elo gap
Balci, Muhammet1617 beat Gradisek, Bor1857
R8+224 Elo gap
Ada, Isa1611 beat Boztepe, Suleyman1835