2025 Yalova Chess Tournament
26 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Yalova, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1828, and top seed was Alp Orcun Ozcan (🇹🇷 TUR, 2049).
Alp Orcun Ozcan (🇹🇷 TUR, 2049) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Burak Uluer (5.5) and Eymen Demirtas (4.0). Ozcan shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Uygar Efe Akbelen (1456) beat Cinar Bektas (1729), a +273-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.5/6. Ozcan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
Alp Orcun Ozcan drew with Burak Uluer (Black).
Alp Orcun Ozcan 4 wins (R3–R6)Burak Uluer 4 wins (R3–R6)Eymen Demirtas 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alp Orcun Ozcan | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Burak Uluer | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Eymen Demirtas | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Cinar Sahinoglu | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ozcan, Alp Orcun | 2049 | TUR | +7B | =2N | +5B | +10N | +9B | +4N | 5.5 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 19.25 | 2160 | +9.4 |
| 2 | Uluer, Burak | 1791 | TUR | +18B | =1B | +3N | +9N | +11B | +6B | 5.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 18.25 | 2203 | +102.8 |
| 3 | Demirtas, Eymen | 1716 | TUR | +14B | −20N | −2B | +21N | +13B | +9N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 9.00 | 1776 | +17.2 |
| 4 | Sarioglu, Hakan Bora | 1851 | TUR | +12B | =5N | =10B | =7N | +15B | −1B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 10.50 | 1806 | -11.6 |
| 5 | Sahinoglu, Cinar | 1765 | TUR | +22N | =4B | −1N | +17B | =6N | =8B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1805 | +15.2 |
| 6 | Ucar, Umut Can | 1823 | TUR | +19B | =10N | =13B | +18N | =5B | −2N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 8.50 | 1700 | -32.0 |
| 7 | Cetin, Beren | 1626 | TUR | −1N | +19B | +24N | =4B | −8N | +17B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 1756 | +38.4 |
| 8 | Sonmez, Zeynep | 1674 | TUR | +23B | −9N | −18B | +22N | +7B | =5N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 1650 | -6.4 |
| 9 | Ates, Erdem | 1808 | TUR | +17N | +8B | +11N | −2B | −1N | −3B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 8.50 | 1781 | -9.2 |
| 10 | Anik, Abdullah Mert | 1694 | TUR | F | =6B | =4N | −1B | +19N | +11N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1894 | +50.8 |
| 11 | Dere, Ali Mete | 1827 | TUR | +21N | +24B | −9B | +13N | −2N | −10B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1625 | -56.0 |
| 12 | Aydin, Oguz Han | 1628 | TUR | −4N | +21B | =14N | −16B | =17N | +22B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1637 | +2.0 |
| 13 | Kilim, Goktug Batur | 1456 | TUR | =16N | +26B | =6N | −11B | −3N | =25B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 1666 | +55.6 |
| 14 | Kacar, Engin | 0 | TUR | −3N | +25B | =12B | −15N | −21B | +23N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Bektas, Cinar | 1729 | TUR | −24N | +16B | =17N | +14B | −4N | F | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1571 | -34.0 |
| 16 | Yalcin, Arda Yusuf | 1701 | TUR | =13B | −15N | +25B | +12N | F | F | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 1711 | +2.8 |
| 17 | Olcer, Ozcan | 1627 | TUR | −9B | +23N | =15B | −5N | =12B | −7N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.75 | 1471 | -18.6 |
| 18 | Besdas, Tarik Ziyad | 1589 | TUR | −2N | +22B | +8N | −6B | F | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1688 | +20.0 |
| 19 | Uslu, Mehmet Fatih | 1563 | TUR | −6N | −7N | +23B | F | −10B | +21N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1479 | -17.2 |
| 20 | Bulut, Kemal | 1922 | TUR | +25N | +3B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2484 | +16.4 |
| 21 | Herdem, Osman Eray | 1543 | TUR | −11B | −12N | F | −3B | +14N | −19B | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 884 | -52.0 |
| 22 | Ellibesoglu, Mustafa | 1464 | TUR | −5B | −18N | F | −8B | +23N | −12N | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 864 | -39.6 |
| 23 | Yilmaz, Halit Yusuf | 0 | TUR | −8N | −17B | −19N | +25N | −22B | −14B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 0.50 | 1355 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Akbelen, Uygar Efe | 1456 | TUR | +15B | −11N | −7B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1603 | +18.0 |
| 25 | Karabulut, Umit | 1652 | TUR | −20B | −14N | −16N | −23B | F | =13N | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1420 | -17.0 |
| 26 | Sitki, Muhammed Umud | 1619 | TUR | F | −13N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 656 | -28.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Uluer, BurakTUR+102.85.5 pts · #2
- 2Kilim, Goktug BaturTUR+55.62.5 pts · #14
- 3Anik, Abdullah MertTUR+50.83.0 pts · #10
- 1Dere, Ali MeteTUR-56.03.0 pts · #7
- 2Herdem, Osman ErayTUR-52.01.0 pts · #25
- 3Ellibesoglu, MustafaTUR-39.61.0 pts · #26
- R1+273 Elo gap
- R2+163 Elo gap
- R6+133 Elo gap