Ankara November Chess Tournament - A
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Melih Gupluce | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Alpgiray Aksoy | — | * | — | — |
| 3Furkan Aydin | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Ufuk Atbas | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gupluce, Melih | 1741 | TUR | +23N | =11B | +26N | =7N | +10B | =3B | 4.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 10.75 | 1936 | +60.4 |
| 2 | Aksoy, Alpgiray | 1696 | TUR | +27N | +20B | +12B | +10N | =7B | −11N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 10.25 | 1899 | +62.8 |
| 3 | Aydin, Furkan | 1775 | TUR | +28B | −10N | +8B | +12N | =4B | =1N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 11.25 | 1842 | +10.4 |
| 4 | Gurkan, Ahmet Akif | 1780 | TUR | =13N | +24B | =11N | =6B | =3N | +10B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 11.25 | 1821 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Atbas, Ufuk | 1667 | TUR | +16N | +6B | −10B | +24N | −11B | +12N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 10.50 | 1843 | +56.8 |
| 6 | Ozkaner, Mehmet Kerem | 1743 | TUR | +14B | −5N | +9B | =4N | −12B | +17N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 11.00 | 1735 | -0.8 |
| 7 | Ince, Eymen Berat | 1807 | TUR | +15N | =21B | +19N | =1B | =2N | F | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10.00 | 1828 | +5.6 |
| 8 | Dilsiz, Kerem | 1679 | TUR | −26N | +23B | −3N | +13B | =17N | +15B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 8.25 | 1768 | +28.4 |
| 9 | Kaceroglu, Ekrem Baris | 1638 | TUR | −20N | +29B | −6N | +27B | =15N | +25B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.75 | 1724 | +29.2 |
| 10 | Guler, Semih | 1711 | TUR | +29N | +3B | +5N | −2B | −1N | −4N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 1712 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Coskun, Ahmet | 1600 | TUR | F | =1N | =4B | F | +5N | +2B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 12.75 | 1915 | +65.6 |
| 12 | Durmuscan, Ahmet | 1741 | TUR | +18N | +26B | −2N | −3B | +6N | −5B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1737 | -1.6 |
| 13 | Gokdemir, Demir | 1639 | TUR | =4B | −22N | +25B | −8N | +19B | =14N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1691 | +16.8 |
| 14 | Tol, Berke Inan | 1625 | TUR | −6N | =16B | −24N | +23N | +29B | =13B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1690 | +21.2 |
| 15 | Seyhanli, Ahmet Gorkem | 1674 | TUR | −7B | +17N | =16B | =19N | =9B | −8N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 1644 | -11.2 |
| 16 | Istekli, Erdem | 1805 | TUR | −5B | =14N | =15N | −17B | =18N | +27B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1576 | -37.2 |
| 17 | Hazer, Omer Efe | 1615 | TUR | −21N | −15B | +29N | +16N | =8B | −6B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1632 | +3.6 |
| 18 | Yildirim, Enes | 1616 | TUR | −12B | =28N | −23B | =25N | =16B | +29N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1617 | -2.0 |
| 19 | Andac, Efe | 1660 | TUR | =22B | +25N | −7B | =15B | −13N | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1633 | -8.0 |
| 20 | Bektas, Arda | 1774 | TUR | +9B | −2N | +27B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1770 | -0.2 |
| 21 | Sarsik, Bedirhan | 1624 | TUR | +17B | =7N | =22B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1866 | +38.4 |
| 22 | Durmus, Cinar | 1801 | TUR | =19N | +13B | =21N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1766 | -5.2 |
| 23 | Kenar, Ali Alp | 1637 | TUR | −1B | −8N | +18N | −14B | =27N | F | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.75 | 1504 | -36.0 |
| 24 | Baykali, Metin | 1707 | TUR | =25B | −4N | +14B | −5B | F | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1582 | -28.4 |
| 25 | Arslan, Erdem | 1603 | TUR | =24N | −19B | −13N | =18B | F | −9N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1412 | -23.2 |
| 26 | Cecen, Kuay Kam | 1922 | TUR | +8B | −12N | −1B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1596 | -51.2 |
| 27 | Akyil, Etka Selim | 1602 | TUR | −2B | F | −20N | −9N | =23B | −16N | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.75 | 1344 | -51.2 |
| 28 | Togrul, Ayberk | 1646 | TUR | −3N | =18B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1503 | -7.4 |
| 29 | Gurgur, Zeki Kaan | 1608 | TUR | −10B | −9N | −17B | F | −14N | −18B | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 841 | -91.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Coskun, AhmetTUR+65.63.0 pts · #12
- 2Aksoy, AlpgirayTUR+62.84.5 pts · #2
- 3Gupluce, MelihTUR+60.44.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Gurgur, Zeki KaanTUR-91.20.0 pts · #29
- 2Cecen, Kuay KamTUR-51.21.0 pts · #25
- 3Akyil, Etka SelimTUR-51.20.5 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R4+190 Elo gap
- R2+181 Elo gap
- R3+181 Elo gap