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Tavas October 29 Republic Day Chess Tournament

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15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Denizli, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1711, and top seed was Aydin Emre Ceviz (🇹🇷 TUR, 1962).

Mustafa Kerem Ergun (🇹🇷 TUR, 1582) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ozan Oz (4.0) and Ahmet Kerem Kocayigit (3.5). Ergun won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Halil Tuna Ocal (1486) beat Ahmet Guclu (1808), a +322-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Denizli, Turkey
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Aydin Emre Ceviz1962
Avg top 10
1,711
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
3
5
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Ergun takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mustafa Kerem Ergun beat Ozan Oz (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mustafa Kerem Ergun 3 wins (R3–R5)Ozan Oz 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mustafa Kerem Ergun*
1
0
2Ozan Oz
0
*
3Alaz Kocak*
½
4Ahmet Kerem Kocayigit
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ergun, Mustafa Kerem1582TUR+2B3N+12B+10N+9B4.012.013.09.501907+80.0
2Oz, Ozan1894TUR1N+15B+13N+11B+5N4.09.09.05.001836-1.8
3Kocayigit, Ahmet Kerem1748TUR+15N+1B=9N=5B=4N3.513.013.08.501840+18.4
4Kocak, Alaz1695TUR+11N=5B=6N+9B=3B3.512.013.58.751903+54.8
5Ceviz, Aydin Emre1962TUR+7B=4N+10B=3N2B3.014.016.08.501773-20.0
6Guclu, Ahmet1808TUR+8B10N=4B=7N+15B3.011.511.56.251588-43.2
7Contuk, Ahmet Eray1604TUR5N=11B+14N=6B+10N3.09.510.04.751692+14.8
8Kandemir, Mehmet Guvenc1564TUR6N+14B11N+13B+12N3.06.06.52.001575+0.8
9Kiran, Seyit Kaan1739TUR+13B+12N=3B4N1N2.512.012.53.251602-17.4
10Ocal, Halil Tuna1486TUR+14N+6B5N1B7B2.013.013.53.501528+3.2
11Gurbuz, Bugra1501TUR4B=7N+8B2NF1.513.513.54.501602+14.4
12Arslan, Nil Hilal1464TURF9B1N+15N8B1.09.59.50.00829-35.2
13Aynaoglu, Mete1515TUR9NF2B8N=14B0.510.010.00.25933-29.6
14Manisali, Suleyman Ozan0TUR10B8N7BF=13N0.58.58.50.2512210.0
15FIDE 634551403B2NF12B6N0.011.511.50.009290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets