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Ankara November Chess Tournament - A

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1789, and top seed was Kuay Kam Cecen (🇹🇷 TUR, 1922).

Melih Gupluce (🇹🇷 TUR, 1741) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Alpgiray Aksoy (4.5) and Furkan Aydin (4.0). Gupluce won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Omer Efe Hazer (1615) beat Erdem Istekli (1805), a +190-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey
Dates
29 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Kuay Kam Cecen1922
Avg top 10
1,789
Participants
29
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/6. Gupluce takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Alpgiray Aksoy won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Melih Gupluce*
½
2Alpgiray Aksoy*
3Furkan Aydin
½
*
4Ufuk Atbas*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gupluce, Melih1741TUR+23N=11B+26N=7N+10B=3B4.515.016.010.751936+60.4
2Aksoy, Alpgiray1696TUR+27N+20B+12B+10N=7B11N4.514.515.010.251899+62.8
3Aydin, Furkan1775TUR+28B10N+8B+12N=4B=1N4.018.018.511.251842+10.4
4Gurkan, Ahmet Akif1780TUR=13N+24B=11N=6B=3N+10B4.016.518.011.251821+12.8
5Atbas, Ufuk1667TUR+16N+6B10B+24N11B+12N4.015.016.510.501843+56.8
6Ozkaner, Mehmet Kerem1743TUR+14B5N+9B=4N12B+17N3.517.520.011.001735-0.8
7Ince, Eymen Berat1807TUR+15N=21B+19N=1B=2NF3.515.515.510.001828+5.6
8Dilsiz, Kerem1679TUR26N+23B3N+13B=17N+15B3.513.514.58.251768+28.4
9Kaceroglu, Ekrem Baris1638TUR20N+29B6N+27B=15N+25B3.59.59.52.751724+29.2
10Guler, Semih1711TUR+29N+3B+5N2B1N4N3.021.021.08.001712+0.4
11Coskun, Ahmet1600TURF=1N=4BF+5N+2B3.019.019.012.751915+65.6
12Durmuscan, Ahmet1741TUR+18N+26B2N3B+6N5B3.018.519.57.001737-1.6
13Gokdemir, Demir1639TUR=4B22N+25B8N+19B=14N3.014.515.56.501691+16.8
14Tol, Berke Inan1625TUR6N=16B24N+23N+29B=13B3.012.012.04.251690+21.2
15Seyhanli, Ahmet Gorkem1674TUR7B+17N=16B=19N=9B8N2.515.517.56.501644-11.2
16Istekli, Erdem1805TUR5B=14N=15N17B=18N+27B2.514.515.04.501576-37.2
17Hazer, Omer Efe1615TUR21N15B+29N+16N=8B6B2.514.014.04.251632+3.6
18Yildirim, Enes1616TUR12B=28N23B=25N=16B+29N2.58.58.52.001617-2.0
19Andac, Efe1660TUR=22B+25N7B=15B13NF2.012.012.03.251633-8.0
20Bektas, Arda1774TUR+9B2N+27BFFF2.011.511.54.001770-0.2
21Sarsik, Bedirhan1624TUR+17B=7N=22BFFF2.08.08.05.251866+38.4
22Durmus, Cinar1801TUR=19N+13B=21NFFF2.07.07.05.001766-5.2
23Kenar, Ali Alp1637TUR1B8N+18N14B=27NF1.514.014.02.751504-36.0
24Baykali, Metin1707TUR=25B4N+14B5BFF1.512.012.03.501582-28.4
25Arslan, Erdem1603TUR=24N19B13N=18BF9N1.012.512.52.001412-23.2
26Cecen, Kuay Kam1922TUR+8B12N1BFFF1.011.011.03.501596-51.2
27Akyil, Etka Selim1602TUR2BF20N9N=23B16N0.514.014.00.751344-51.2
28Togrul, Ayberk1646TUR3N=18BFFFF0.56.56.51.251503-7.4
29Gurgur, Zeki Kaan1608TUR10B9N17BF14N18B0.014.514.50.00841-91.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets