World White Cane Day Cup National Chess Tournament - A
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Izmir, Turkey. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1918, and top seed was Alper Tezcan (🇹🇷 TUR, CM, 2191).
Yigit Tuna Teksahin (🇹🇷 TUR, 1786) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Nazim Efe Ozkeskin (4.0) and Atakan Yilmaz (4.0).
The biggest upset came in round 2: Fikret Kucukkara (1768) beat Kemal Bulut (1985), a +217-point gap.
Location
🇹🇷Izmir, Turkey
Dates
17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×18
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 4 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
9
2
1
4
3
4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 4.0/6. Teksahin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Enver Konyar drew with Yigit Tuna Teksahin (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enver Konyar | * | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 2Yigit Tuna Teksahin | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Atakan Yilmaz | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Nazim Efe Ozkeskin | 1 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teksahin, Yigit Tuna | 1786 | TUR | +18B | =4N | =5B | +11N | =3N | =2B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 10.25 | 1995 | +66.8 |
| 2 | Ozkeskin, Nazim Efe | 1867 | TUR | +12N | +7B | −9B | +4N | =5B | =1N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 12.75 | 1987 | +35.2 |
| 3 | Yilmaz, Atakan | 1938 | TUR | +17B | =5N | =4B | +7N | =1B | =10N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 10.50 | 1915 | -3.2 |
| 4 | Konyar, Enver | 1883 | TUR | +13N | =1B | =3N | −2B | +17N | +8B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 9.50 | 1959 | +23.6 |
| 5 | Eracar, Ali Arda | 1804 | TUR | +10N | =3B | =1N | =8B | =2N | =6B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 11.75 | 1896 | +31.6 |
| 6 | Unsal, Yusuf Kaan | 1848 | TUR | +11B | −9N | =10B | =12N | +7B | =5N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 9.50 | 1886 | +10.0 |
| 7 | Akyuz, Pars | 1760 | TUR | +8N | −2N | +15B | −3B | −6N | +11N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 6.50 | 1842 | +26.4 |
| 8 | Sanan, Demirhan | 1869 | TUR | −7B | +17N | +12B | =5N | =10B | −4N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1783 | -28.4 |
| 9 | Tezcan, AlperCM | 2191 | TUR | +14N | +6B | +2N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 2638 | +13.6 |
| 10 | Deniz, Ibrahim Firat | 1727 | TUR | −5B | F | =6N | +13B | =8N | =3B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.25 | 1845 | +31.2 |
| 11 | Celik, Evren Inan | 1741 | TUR | −6N | +14B | =13N | −1B | +15N | −7B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 3.50 | 1735 | -1.4 |
| 12 | Soydan, Can | 1748 | TUR | −2B | +15N | −8N | =6B | =13N | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 3.75 | 1757 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Kucukkara, Fikret | 1768 | TUR | −4B | +18N | =11B | −10N | =12B | −14N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.25 | 1689 | -26.0 |
| 14 | Pusmaz, Onur | 1799 | TUR | −9B | −11N | =17B | −15N | F | +13B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1705 | -30.0 |
| 15 | Hisir, Onur | 1792 | TUR | −16N | −12B | −7N | +14B | −11B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1569 | -55.6 |
| 16 | Savran, BoraCM | 1997 | TUR | +15B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2591 | +9.2 |
| 17 | Duran, Burak | 1777 | TUR | −3N | −8B | =14N | F | −4B | F | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.75 | 1551 | -39.2 |
| 18 | Bulut, Kemal | 1985 | TUR | −1N | −13B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 977 | -61.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Teksahin, Yigit TunaTUR+66.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Ozkeskin, Nazim EfeTUR+35.24.0 pts · #4
- 3Eracar, Ali ArdaTUR+31.63.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Bulut, KemalTUR-61.60.0 pts · #18
- 2Hisir, OnurTUR-55.61.0 pts · #16
- 3Duran, BurakTUR-39.20.5 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R2+217 Elo gap
- R1+199 Elo gap
- R1+109 Elo gap