Ankara November Chess Tournament - B
32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1570, and top seed was Yigit Kayra Yadigar (🇹🇷 TUR, 1599).
Mehmet Ata Kizilova (🇹🇷 TUR, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Mete Metin (4.5) and Nedim Kerem Kabasakal (4.5). Kizilova clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Umuralp Yalcinkaya (1478) beat Yigit Kayra Yadigar (1599), a +121-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsMehmet Ata Kizilova led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Mehmet Ata Kizilova held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.
Mehmet Ata Kizilova 3 wins (R4–R6)Mete Metin 3 wins (R1–R3)Hasan Yucel Ildeniz 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mehmet Ata Kizilova | * | — | — | — |
| 2Mete Metin | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Hasan Yucel Ildeniz | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Nedim Kerem Kabasakal | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kizilova, Mehmet Ata | 0 | TUR | +12N | +21B | −11N | +8B | +13N | +5N | 5.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 15.50 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Metin, Mete | 1520 | TUR | +16N | +8B | +9N | =5N | =4B | =3B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 16.00 | 1748 | +70.4 |
| 3 | Kabasakal, Nedim Kerem | 1581 | TUR | =14B | +27N | +6B | +11N | =5B | =2N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 13.50 | 1663 | +21.6 |
| 4 | Ildeniz, Hasan Yucel | 1524 | TUR | −27B | +32N | +28B | +15N | =2N | +12B | 4.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.75 | 1888 | +66.4 |
| 5 | Ozkan, Ayla Melis | 1524 | TUR | +24N | +26B | +20N | =2B | =3N | −1B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1697 | +36.0 |
| 6 | Simsek, Ahmet Feyzi | 1577 | TUR | +18N | =11B | −3N | +20B | +19N | =7B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 10.50 | 1581 | +0.6 |
| 7 | Aksoy, Emir Taha | 1491 | TUR | −8N | +16B | =12N | +21B | +15N | =6N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 10.50 | 1697 | +66.0 |
| 8 | Ates, Ahmet Yagiz | 1573 | TUR | +7B | −2N | +17B | −1N | =14B | +11N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 10.75 | 1586 | +2.0 |
| 9 | Celik, Kuzey Emrah | 1531 | TUR | +29B | +17N | −2B | −13B | +20N | =10B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 7.25 | 1513 | -4.4 |
| 10 | Gul, Omer Turgut | 1546 | TUR | =31N | +22B | −13N | +24B | =11B | =9N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1417 | -29.2 |
| 11 | Izci, Kadir | 1438 | TUR | +32B | =6N | +1B | −3B | =10N | −8B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 8.75 | 1377 | -5.8 |
| 12 | Yucebalkan, Ata Alp | 1581 | TUR | −1B | +23N | =7B | =14N | +25B | −4N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.25 | 1561 | -5.2 |
| 13 | Sarikaya, Muhammed | 1581 | TUR | −20N | +18B | +10B | +9N | −1B | F | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 9.50 | 1650 | +10.8 |
| 14 | Alkan, Sukru | 1511 | TUR | =3N | =15N | =19B | =12B | =8N | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1563 | +7.4 |
| 15 | Kibrit, Seda Irem | 1545 | TUR | =22N | =14B | +26N | −4B | −7B | =17N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1398 | -33.2 |
| 16 | Yadigar, Yigit Kayra | 1599 | TUR | −2B | −7N | +23B | −25N | +24N | =18B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.75 | 1290 | -64.4 |
| 17 | Akova, Bartu | 0 | TUR | +30N | −9B | −8N | −18B | +23N | =15B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1527 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Can, Omer | 0 | TUR | −6B | −13N | −29B | +17N | +32B | =16N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.75 | 1222 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Turkay, Metin | 1528 | TUR | −26N | +25B | =14N | +22B | −6B | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1408 | -14.2 |
| 20 | Yilmaz, Gokce | 1499 | TUR | +13B | +28N | −5B | −6N | −9B | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1483 | -2.6 |
| 21 | Orhan, Kubra Nur | 1555 | TUR | +23B | −1N | =24B | −7N | =22B | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.75 | 1467 | -10.0 |
| 22 | Geyimci, Atahan | 0 | TUR | =15B | −10N | +32B | −19N | =21N | −23B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.25 | 1285 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Akar, Cihan | 1470 | TUR | −21N | −12B | −16N | +32N | −17B | +22N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 779 | -37.6 |
| 24 | Ekiz, Goktug | 0 | TUR | −5B | F | =21N | −10N | −16B | +32N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1234 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Yalcinkaya, Umuralp | 1478 | TUR | −28B | −19N | F | +16B | −12N | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1375 | -10.2 |
| 26 | Metin, Mehmet Efe | 1412 | TUR | +19B | −5N | −15B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1409 | -0.4 |
| 27 | Demir, Mehmet Akif | 0 | TUR | +4N | −3B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Uslu, Mehmet Fatih | 1560 | TUR | +25N | −20B | −4N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1375 | -29.6 |
| 29 | Gur, Berkay | 1419 | TUR | −9N | −30B | +18N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 739 | -27.2 |
| 30 | Seremet, Harun | 1546 | TUR | −17B | +29N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 2219 | +13.2 |
| 31 | Kaygisiz, Kerem | 1469 | TUR | =10B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1546 | +4.4 |
| 32 | FIDE 525039709 | 0 | — | −11N | −4B | −22N | −23B | −18N | −24B | 0.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 668 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Metin, MeteTUR+70.44.5 pts · #2
- 2Ildeniz, Hasan YucelTUR+66.44.5 pts · #4
- 3Aksoy, Emir TahaTUR+66.04.0 pts · #3
- 1Yadigar, Yigit KayraTUR-64.42.5 pts · #19
- 2Akar, CihanTUR-37.62.0 pts · #31
- 3Kibrit, Seda IremTUR-33.22.5 pts · #15
- R4+121 Elo gap
- R1+116 Elo gap
- R2+108 Elo gap