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Antalya Ibrahim Sencan Memorial Chess Tournament - B

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Antalya, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1573, and top seed was Naim Karakose (🇹🇷 TUR, 1600).

Seymen Erdogan (🇹🇷 TUR, 1580) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ibrahim Refetoglu (4.5) and Yigit Simsek (4.0). Erdogan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Abdurrahman Tuzun (1414) beat Mehmet Ali Cuha (1549), a +135-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Antalya, Turkey
Dates
12 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Naim Karakose1600
Avg top 10
1,573
Participants
29
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×29
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Seymen Erdogan
    🇹🇷TUR·1580
    4.5pts·1888perf+53.6
  • 🥈
    Ibrahim Refetoglu
    🇹🇷TUR·1593
    4.5pts·1910perf+66.4
  • 🥉
    Yigit Simsek
    🇹🇷TUR·1515
    4.0pts·1774perf+65.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Refetoglu4.5Erdogan4.5Simsek4Bahceci4Yildirim3.5Akaoglu3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Ibrahim Refetoglu held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Erdogan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ibrahim Refetoglu 4 wins (R1–R4)Seymen Erdogan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ibrahim Refetoglu*—
½
—
2Seymen Erdogan—*
½
1
3Yigit Simsek
½
½
*—
4Alper Bahceci—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Erdogan, Seymen1580TUR+9N=3B+4B+5N+8B4.514.517.515.501888+53.6
2Refetoglu, Ibrahim1593TUR+10B+21N+16B+8N=3B4.512.013.511.501910+66.4
3Simsek, Yigit1515TUR+24B=1N+17B+16N=2N4.013.014.09.501774+65.6
4Bahceci, Alper1553TUR+15N+26B−1N+18B+9N4.011.512.58.001610+8.8
5Yildirim, Yagiz Furkan1590TUR=17B+23N+20B−1B+11N3.511.012.06.501654+16.8
6Akaoglu, Mert Tayyar1558TUR+28B+13N−8B=14N+17B3.510.010.05.751645+11.4
7Ceylan, Berk1554TUR+19B−8N=25B+20N+14B3.59.010.06.501607+11.2
8Yilmaz, Ali Burak1549TUR+18N+7B+6N−2B−1N3.016.018.09.001572+4.4
9Ozkan, Buglem0TUR−1B+24N+21B+25N−4B3.011.012.03.5015360.0
10Ataseven, Huseyin1506TUR−2N−15B+22N+24B+27N3.09.010.03.501528+3.0
11Eren, Celal Toprak1519TUR−23B+28N+15B+13N−5B3.09.09.04.501554+10.0
12Karakose, Naim1600TUR−13B−20N+19B+23N+15B3.08.09.05.001470-14.0
13Eryildiz, Erol Kayra1488TUR+12N−6B+26N−11B=25B2.510.511.54.501517+8.0
14Teke, Ruzgar1503TUR+27N−16N+23B=6B−7N2.510.011.03.751510+2.4
15Donmez, Aybars1444TUR−4B+10N−11N+22B−12N2.013.014.54.501446-2.0
16Ozkan, Burak1599TUR+25N+14B−2N−3BF2.013.014.03.501524-8.4
17Beytas, Elena1485TUR=5N+22B−3N=26B−6N2.012.513.53.751428-8.2
18Akin, Fatih0TUR−8B+19N+27B−4NF2.011.012.03.0013810.0
19Aksay, Yigitalp0TUR−7N−18B−12N+28N+23B2.09.59.51.0015090.0
20Gokce, Deniz1512TUR=22N+12B−5N−7BF1.511.511.53.751451-14.0
21Cuha, Mehmet Ali1549TUR+29N−2B−9N−27B=26N1.59.59.50.501380-37.6
22Lutfullin, Meryem1409TUR=20B−17N−10B−15N+24B1.58.59.51.751324-22.8
23Coban, Bulut1427TUR+11N−5B−14N−12B−19N1.012.014.03.001360-12.8
24Gokgun, Fatih Yigit1412TUR−3N−9B+28B−10N−22N1.011.511.50.001279-26.8
25Aktas, Gulce Deniz1481TUR−16BF=7N−9B=13N1.011.011.03.001422-10.0
26Oguz, Masal1423TURF−4N−13B=17N=21B1.010.010.01.751326-18.8
27Tuzun, Abdurrahman1414TUR−14BF−18N+21N−10B1.09.09.01.501393-2.8
28Yildirim, Remzi1455TUR−6N−11B−24N−19BF0.09.59.50.00697-26.6
29Aksoy, Murathan1438TUR−21BFFFF0.02.52.50.00748-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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