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30th Canakkale Troia Chess Tournament - A

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Nov 2025 to 15 Nov 2025 in Canakkale, Turkey. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1910, and top seed was Yilmaz Basoglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 2091).

Arda Cankurt (🇹🇷 TUR, 2062) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Elnur Aliyev (5.5) and Metin Cakiroglu (4.5). Cankurt shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ibrahim Firat Deniz (1759) beat Yilmaz Basoglu (2091), a +332-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Canakkale, Turkey
Dates
12 Nov 2025 → 15 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Yilmaz Basoglu2091
Avg top 10
1,910
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×17
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Arda Cankurt led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
3
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Cankurt6Aliyev5.5Deniz4.5Cakiroglu4.5Kahyaoglu4Basoglu4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Arda Cankurt held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arda Cankurt lost to CM Elnur Aliyev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Arda Cankurt 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)CM Elnur Aliyev 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Arda Cankurt*
0
1
1
2CMElnur Aliyev
1
*
½
½
3Ibrahim Firat Deniz
0
½
*
½
4Metin Cakiroglu
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cankurt, Arda2062TUR+14N+4B+6N−2B+5N+3N+10B6.025.527.522.002205+44.8
2Aliyev, ElnurCM2062AZE=8B+17N+12B+1N=3B=4N+9B5.525.026.520.002075+4.4
3Cakiroglu, Metin1996TUR+7B=12N+8B+6N=2N−1B=4N4.528.030.518.251947-6.2
4Deniz, Ibrahim Firat1759TUR+5B−1N+13B+14N=7N=2B=3B4.526.028.015.002007+86.8
5Basoglu, Yilmaz2091TUR−4N+10B=7N+18B−1B+13N=6N4.023.525.010.501841-36.6
6Kecili, Mustafa Firat1786TUR+15B+13N−1B−3B+11N=9N=5B4.023.025.010.751897+19.6
7Kahyaoglu, Mert1705TUR−3N+9N=5B+12N=4B−10B+11N4.022.525.013.251901+69.2
8Zaimov, Berk1754TUR=2N+11B−3N=10B−9B+15N+12B4.022.024.011.751876+22.2
9Demircin, Kasim1893TUR−13N−7B+15N+16B+8N=6B−2N3.521.523.09.501775-21.6
10Hamurcu, Mehmet1848TUR=17B−5N+16B=8NF+7N−1N3.021.523.08.251848-0.6
11Gonultas, Bakriya Anastasya1587TUR+16B−8N−14N+13B−6B+18N−7B3.017.519.05.001676+15.6
12Cakmak, Sarven1787TUR+18N=3B−2N−7B−13N+16B−8N2.521.523.05.251701-17.8
13Erke, Mustafa Yigit1686TUR+9B−6B−4N−11N+12B−5B−17N2.021.523.06.001636-12.2
14Bakioglu, Ersin1732TUR−1B+15N+11B−4BFFF2.018.518.55.001755+2.8
15Turk, Burak1613TUR−6N−14B−9B+17N+18N−8BF2.016.518.03.001613-1.2
16Topcuoglu, Ata1817TUR−11N=18B−10N−9N+17B−12NF1.515.517.02.251536-43.6
17Andac, Efe1660TUR=10N−2B−18N−15B−16NF+13B1.515.515.53.501578-29.6
18Savas, Cihan1600TUR−12B=16N+17B−5N−15B−11BF1.514.514.52.251551-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets