Adana Metropolitan Municipality 29 October Republic Day Chess Tournament
35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Adana, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Emir Cihangir Inciroglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1988).
Emir Cihangir Inciroglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1988) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Diren Can Abdullahoglu (5.0) and Sefa Var (4.5). Inciroglu won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Omer Abdurrahman Yildirim (1603) beat Mehmet Fahri Ercan (1810), a +207-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Kerem Umut Turak takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Inciroglu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).
Emir Cihangir Inciroglu drew with Diren Can Abdullahoglu (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Emir Cihangir Inciroglu | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Diren Can Abdullahoglu | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Kerem Umut Turak | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Sefa Var | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inciroglu, Emir Cihangir | 1988 | TUR | +13N | +9B | =20N | +5B | =2N | +4B | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 19.25 | 2013 | +8.8 |
| 2 | Abdullahoglu, Diren Can | 1807 | TUR | +31N | =22B | +7N | +9B | =1B | +12N | 5.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 14.75 | 1996 | +27.2 |
| 3 | Var, Sefa | 1887 | TUR | +15N | −20B | +26N | +13B | =5N | +10B | 4.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 13.50 | 1866 | -1.4 |
| 4 | Turak, Kerem Umut | 1667 | TUR | =29N | +34B | +6N | +20B | +8B | −1N | 4.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 10.75 | 1943 | +84.8 |
| 5 | Zuberoglu, Ibrahim Berk | 1873 | TUR | +25B | +12N | +14B | −1N | =3B | =8N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 12.25 | 1910 | +7.2 |
| 6 | Kiyak, Ali | 1855 | TUR | +23B | =10N | −4B | +11N | =7B | +14N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 12.75 | 1716 | -16.8 |
| 7 | Secereli, Sidar | 1647 | TUR | +32B | =8N | −2B | +23N | =6N | +15B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 1809 | +24.8 |
| 8 | Donmez, Tahsin Efe | 1840 | TUR | +26N | =7B | +22N | +21B | −4N | =5B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 11.00 | 1789 | -13.6 |
| 9 | Karabas, Beren Nisa | 1783 | TUR | +18B | −1N | +25B | −2N | +32B | +20N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 7.50 | 1793 | +8.8 |
| 10 | Karakose, Tuna Alp | 1693 | TUR | +19N | =6B | −21N | +22B | +20N | −3N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 10.00 | 1746 | +18.0 |
| 11 | Tas, Kerem | 0 | TUR | =17N | +29B | −16N | −6B | +22N | +21B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1687 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Bektas, Arda | 1771 | TUR | +30N | −5B | +15N | +16B | F | −2B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1782 | +3.0 |
| 13 | Yildirim, Omer Abdurrahman | 1603 | TUR | −1B | +18N | +33B | −3N | F | +16B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 1783 | +43.2 |
| 14 | Ural, Emir Fuad | 1638 | TUR | +27N | +16B | −5N | −17B | +21N | −6B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1710 | +13.0 |
| 15 | Demirtas, Ali | 1584 | TUR | −3B | +24N | −12B | +31N | +23B | −7N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1646 | +17.6 |
| 16 | Ercan, Mehmet Fahri | 1810 | TUR | +28B | −14N | +11B | −12N | +18B | −13N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 7.50 | 1531 | -35.0 |
| 17 | Seyhanli, Yusuf Timucin | 1680 | TUR | =11B | =21N | +31B | +14N | F | F | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1859 | +24.8 |
| 18 | Ulgez, Selin | 1467 | TUR | −9N | −13B | +27N | +30B | −16N | +33B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1585 | +32.0 |
| 19 | Kaya, Akin Ekrem | 1450 | TUR | −10B | =23N | +28B | −25N | =24B | +32N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1552 | +30.4 |
| 20 | Sengul, Ertugrul | 1712 | TUR | +24B | +3N | =1B | −4N | −10B | −9B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 9.50 | 1688 | -4.8 |
| 21 | Doven, Hakan | 1607 | TUR | +33N | =17B | +10B | −8N | −14B | −11N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1649 | +5.4 |
| 22 | Sifan, Seymen | 1617 | TUR | +35B | =2N | −8B | −10N | −11B | +30N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 1618 | -2.0 |
| 23 | Risvanoglu, Sirzat Bera | 1583 | TUR | −6N | =19B | +29N | −7B | −15N | +31B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 1528 | -20.0 |
| 24 | Gundogan, Hena Nurten | 1454 | TUR | −20N | −15B | =30N | +29B | =19N | =27B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1459 | -0.8 |
| 25 | Copur, Aytekin | 1598 | TUR | −5N | +30B | −9N | +19B | F | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 1646 | +4.4 |
| 26 | Erdogan, Erdil | 1569 | TUR | −8B | +32N | −3B | +33N | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1642 | +12.0 |
| 27 | Avluk, Osman Gazi | 1413 | TUR | −14B | −28N | −18B | F | +31B | =24N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1375 | -15.2 |
| 28 | Hanedan, Kuzey | 1554 | TUR | −16N | +27B | −19N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1440 | -18.8 |
| 29 | Yildirim, Efe Melih | 1437 | TUR | =4B | −11N | −23B | −24N | F | F | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.25 | 1294 | -20.0 |
| 30 | Boduk, Demir Ates | 1476 | TUR | −12B | −25N | =24B | −18N | F | −22B | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.25 | 1215 | -53.6 |
| 31 | Boz, Ruzgar | 1516 | TUR | −2B | F | −17N | −15B | −27N | −23N | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 817 | -78.0 |
| 32 | Elibol, Kerem | 1435 | TUR | −7N | −26B | F | F | −9N | −19B | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 814 | -22.4 |
| 33 | Gundogan, Misra | 1419 | TUR | −21B | F | −13N | −26B | F | −18N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 762 | -47.6 |
| 34 | Eker, Yasar | 1665 | TUR | F | −4N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 866 | -10.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 51689278 | 0 | — | −22N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Turak, Kerem UmutTUR+84.84.5 pts · #3
- 2Yildirim, Omer AbdurrahmanTUR+43.23.0 pts · #13
- 3Ulgez, SelinTUR+32.03.0 pts · #14
- 1Boz, RuzgarTUR-78.00.0 pts · #32
- 2Boduk, Demir AtesTUR-53.60.5 pts · #29
- 3Gundogan, MisraTUR-47.60.0 pts · #31
- R6+207 Elo gap
- R3+188 Elo gap
- R2+175 Elo gap