2026 Turkish Cadet Chess Championship - U10 Girls

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65 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1520, and top seed was Defne Karaman (🇹🇷 TUR, 1698).

Berra Yilmaz (🇹🇷 TUR, 1500) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Defne Karaman (7.5) and Tomris Hilal Orten (7.0). Yilmaz won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Berra Yilmaz (1500) beat Defne Karaman (1698), a +198-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Antalya, Turkey

Dates

25 Jan 2026 → 31 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇷Defne Karaman1698

Avg top 10

1,520

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×25

Top 3

🥇
Berra Yilmaz
🇹🇷TUR·1500
8.0pts·1786perf+59.6
🥈
Defne Karaman
🇹🇷TUR·1698
7.5pts·1643perf-14.0
🥉
Tomris Hilal Orten
🇹🇷TUR·1568
7.0pts·1567perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Berra Yilmaz led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Yilmaz8Karaman7.5Orten7Yilmaz7Eren7Eriskin7

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Berra Yilmaz held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Berra Yilmaz beat Defne Karaman (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Berra Yilmaz 5 wins (R1–R5)Defne Karaman 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)Tomris Hilal Orten 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Berra Yilmaz	*	1	½	½
2Defne Karaman	0	*	1	—
3Tomris Hilal Orten	½	0	*	½
4Nefise Zehra Yilmaz	½	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yilmaz, Berra	1500	TUR	+61B	+33N	+52B	+19N	+2B	=3N	+4B	+16N	=5B	8.0	49.0	52.5	45.50	1786	+59.6
2	Karaman, Defne	1698	TUR	+12N	+15B	+18N	+14B	−1N	=4B	+19N	+10B	+3B	7.5	52.0	57.5	46.00	1643	-14.0
3	Orten, Tomris Hilal	1568	TUR	+17N	+32B	+21N	+6B	+16N	=1B	=5N	+20B	−2N	7.0	52.5	57.5	42.50	1567	0.0
4	Eren, Elif	1480	TUR	+47B	=42N	+48B	+10N	+41B	=2N	−1N	+33B	+16B	7.0	46.5	51.0	37.00	1411	-9.2
5	Yilmaz, Nefise Zehra	1595	TUR	+37B	−41N	+58B	+51N	+32B	+11N	=3B	+18B	=1N	7.0	45.5	49.0	37.00	1616	+3.6
6	Eriskin, Beray Gece	1463	TUR	+63B	+38N	+28B	−3N	=12B	=15N	+49B	+34N	+11B	7.0	45.0	47.5	34.50	767	-14.4
7	Ozer, Elif Defne	1530	TUR	+44N	=26B	+25B	=11N	+23N	−16B	=12N	+27B	+18N	6.5	45.5	50.0	35.25	2207	+13.2
8	Sen, Elif Isil	1478	TUR	+36N	+53B	=41N	+24B	=13N	=18B	−10N	+22B	+20N	6.5	44.0	48.0	33.50	1407	-4.0
9	FIDE 525018400	0	—	+?N	−23B	=44N	+39B	+22N	+40B	−18N	+26N	+15B	6.5	42.0	42.0	28.75	607	0.0
10	Coban, Zeynep (Ismet)	0	TUR	+?N	+?B	=?N	−4B	+24N	+?B	+8B	−2N	+?B	6.5	26.5	26.5	12.00	1550	0.0
11	Ari, Deniz	0	TUR	+?N	=24B	+26N	=7B	+36N	−5B	+28N	+12B	−6N	6.0	48.0	48.0	28.00	1258	0.0
12	Altunbas, Elif	0	TUR	−2B	+59N	+?B	+52N	=6N	+21B	=7B	−11N	+34B	6.0	45.0	45.0	24.75	1444	0.0
13	FIDE 51678756	0	—	+?B	=57N	+39B	+42N	=8B	+14N	−16B	−15N	+25B	6.0	43.5	43.5	26.25	1507	0.0
14	Takaz, Gizem	1484	TUR	+40N	+46B	+22N	−2N	+49B	−13B	−33N	+55B	+35N	6.0	42.5	46.5	28.00	908	-9.2
15	Bozdemir, Defne	0	TUR	+?N	−2N	=50B	+29B	+?N	=6B	+38N	+13B	−9N	6.0	42.0	42.0	22.25	1571	0.0
16	Deniz, Merve Ipek	0	TUR	+?N	+49B	+?N	+?B	−3B	+7N	+13N	−1B	−4N	6.0	39.0	39.0	17.00	1456	0.0
17	Tulum, Zeynep Basak	0	TUR	−3B	+?N	−?N	+?B	+?N	+46B	+32N	−?B	+33N	6.0	21.5	21.5	14.50	730	0.0
18	Yuksel, Umay Defne	1408	TUR	+60N	+31B	−2B	+43N	+35B	=8N	+9B	−5N	−7B	5.5	49.0	52.5	28.25	1257	-25.6
19	FIDE 525045016	0	—	+?N	+55B	+23N	−1B	=40N	+26B	−2B	−25N	+38N	5.5	45.5	45.5	22.25	804	0.0
20	FIDE 525018213	0	—	+56B	=48N	−42B	+50N	+31B	+41N	+25B	−3N	−8B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.25	723	0.0
21	FIDE 525003950	0	—	+54B	+43N	−3B	+62N	=25B	−12N	+42B	−29N	+48B	5.5	41.5	44.5	23.25	767	0.0
22	FIDE 525004026	0	—	+59B	+?N	−14B	=37N	−9B	+50N	+43B	−8N	+42B	5.5	41.0	41.0	19.50	687	0.0
23	FIDE 525003879	0	—	+65B	+9N	−19B	+?N	−7B	+54N	=27B	−?N	+50B	5.5	34.5	34.5	19.75	701	0.0
24	FIDE 525017977	0	—	+?B	=11N	+?B	−8N	−10B	−42N	+58B	+59N	+52B	5.5	34.5	34.5	14.00	1473	0.0
25	Ekiz, Erva Nur	0	TUR	+?N	+?B	−7N	+53B	=21N	+?B	−20N	+19B	−13N	5.5	33.0	33.0	12.25	1498	0.0
26	Mutlu, Ezgi	0	TUR	+?B	=7N	−11B	+58N	+?B	−19N	+?N	−9B	+61N	5.5	31.5	31.5	10.25	1534	0.0
27	FIDE 51678713	0	—	+?N	−?B	−40N	+?B	+30N	+48B	=23N	−7N	+43B	5.5	31.0	31.0	17.25	733	0.0
28	FIDE 525035550	0	—	+?N	+?B	−6N	−36B	+?N	+?B	−11B	+56N	=30B	5.5	27.5	27.5	6.75	1474	0.0
29	Karsiyaka, Leyla	0	TUR	=?B	−58N	+?B	−15N	+57N	+?B	+45N	+21B	−?N	5.5	23.5	23.5	14.00	1311	0.0
30	FIDE 525018094	0	—	−?N	+?B	+?N	−32B	−27B	+64N	+?N	+46B	=28N	5.5	22.5	22.5	9.25	740	0.0
31	FIDE 525045172	0	—	+?B	−18N	+64B	=?B	−20N	−?N	+?B	+?N	+41B	5.5	17.5	17.5	6.50	1179	0.0
32	FIDE 525004050	0	—	+?B	−3N	+47B	+30N	−5N	+51B	−17B	−37N	+56B	5.0	43.5	43.5	18.50	781	0.0
33	Zere, Gulce Nisa	0	TUR	+?N	−1B	+?N	−40B	+?N	+36B	+14B	−4N	−17B	5.0	36.5	36.5	11.00	1374	0.0
34	FIDE 51678900	0	—	+?N	−?B	−36N	+?B	+47N	+37B	+35N	−6B	−12N	5.0	32.5	32.5	14.50	703	0.0
35	FIDE 525018310	0	—	−?N	+?B	+55N	+46B	−18N	+53B	−34B	+?N	−14B	5.0	29.0	29.0	12.50	1263	0.0
36	Gultekin, Inci	0	TUR	−8B	+?N	+34B	+28N	−11B	−33N	−?N	+?B	+?N	5.0	28.0	28.0	10.50	1335	0.0
37	FIDE 525018051	0	—	−5N	+?B	+?N	=22B	=45N	−34N	+?B	+32B	−?N	5.0	27.0	27.0	10.00	717	0.0
38	FIDE 525003771	0	—	+?N	−6B	=?N	=?B	+60N	+?B	−15B	+52N	−19B	5.0	26.0	26.0	7.50	1465	0.0
39	Savas, Deniz	0	TUR	+?N	=?B	−13N	−9N	−?B	+?B	=?N	+?B	+?N	5.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1438	0.0
40	FIDE 525035584	0	—	−14B	+?N	+27B	+33N	=19B	−9N	−?B	−41N	+58B	4.5	36.5	36.5	16.75	682	0.0
41	Dincer, Ilke	0	TUR	+?N	+5B	=8B	+?N	−4N	−20B	−?N	+40B	−31N	4.5	36.0	36.0	14.75	1510	0.0
42	FIDE 525018302	0	—	+?N	=4B	+20N	−13B	−?N	+24B	−21N	+?B	−22N	4.5	35.0	35.0	14.50	1299	0.0
43	FIDE 51678640	0	—	+?N	−21B	+60N	−18B	+?N	=45B	−22N	+53B	−27N	4.5	34.0	34.0	9.75	607	0.0
44	Karaoglan, Ayzit	1403	TUR	−7B	+?N	=9B	−45N	=58B	−59N	+65B	+64N	=49B	4.5	33.0	33.0	11.25	733	0.0
45	FIDE 525018248	0	—	=58B	−?N	+?N	+44B	=37B	=43N	−29B	F	+60N	4.5	30.0	30.0	14.50	668	0.0
46	FIDE 525045024	0	—	+?B	−14N	+63B	−35N	+?B	−17N	+54B	−30N	=?B	4.5	29.0	29.0	6.50	696	0.0
47	FIDE 525003780	0	—	−4N	+?B	−32N	+?B	−34B	=58N	+?B	−48N	+59B	4.5	28.5	28.5	5.25	701	0.0
48	Bilgin, Begum	0	TUR	+?N	=20B	−4N	+?B	=?B	−27N	=?N	+47B	−21N	4.5	28.0	28.0	7.25	1277	0.0
49	FIDE 525018124	0	—	+?B	−16N	+?B	+?N	−14N	+52B	−6N	−?B	=44N	4.5	27.5	27.5	6.25	667	0.0
50	FIDE 525045121	0	—	−?N	+?B	=15N	−20B	+?N	−22B	+?N	+51B	−23N	4.5	27.0	27.0	7.50	682	0.0
51	FIDE 525003968	0	—	−?B	+?N	+54B	−5B	+?N	−32N	=59B	−50N	+?B	4.5	24.0	24.0	5.75	795	0.0
52	FIDE 525004123	0	—	+?N	+?B	−1N	−12B	+?N	−49N	+?B	−38B	−24N	4.0	29.0	29.0	0.00	700	0.0
53	FIDE 525045130	0	—	+?B	−8N	+56B	−25N	+63B	−35N	=?B	−43N	=?B	4.0	28.0	28.0	6.50	678	0.0
54	FIDE 525018132	0	—	−21N	+?B	−51N	+?B	+55N	−23B	−46N	−?B	+?N	4.0	24.0	24.0	4.00	664	0.0
55	FIDE 525044990	0	—	+?B	−19N	−35B	+64N	−54B	+?N	+?B	−14N	−?B	4.0	22.5	22.5	2.00	696	0.0
56	FIDE 525045008	0	—	−20N	+?B	−53N	−?B	+?N	+?B	+?N	−28B	−32N	4.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	1484	0.0
57	FIDE 51678748	0	—	+?N	=13B	−?N	−?N	−29B	−?B	+?N	+?B	=?N	4.0	11.5	11.5	3.00	653	0.0
58	FIDE 525045245	0	—	=45N	+29B	−5N	−26B	=44N	=47B	−24N	+?B	−40N	3.5	41.5	41.5	12.25	795	0.0
59	FIDE 525045202	0	—	−22N	−12B	+?N	−?B	+?N	+44B	=51N	−24B	−47N	3.5	30.5	30.5	6.75	664	0.0
60	FIDE 51694034	0	—	−18B	+?N	−43B	+?N	−38B	=?N	−61B	+?N	−45B	3.5	23.0	23.0	0.00	607	0.0
61	FIDE 525018396	0	—	−1N	=?B	−?N	+?B	+?N	−?B	+60N	F	−26B	3.5	21.5	21.5	3.50	720	0.0
62	FIDE 51678950	0	—	−?N	+?B	+?N	−21B	−?N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	3.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	664	0.0
63	FIDE 525045091	0	—	−6N	+?B	−46N	+?B	−53N	−?B	−?N	−?B	=?N	2.5	15.5	15.5	0.00	666	0.0
64	FIDE 525045075	0	—	−?N	+?B	−31N	−55B	+?N	−30B	F	−44B	F	2.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	1484	0.0
65	FIDE 525018159	0	—	−23N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	+?B	−44N	−?B	−?N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	664	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yilmaz, BerraTUR
+59.6
8.0 pts · #3
2Ozer, Elif DefneTUR
+13.2
6.5 pts · #13
3Yilmaz, Nefise ZehraTUR
+3.6
7.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Yuksel, Umay DefneTUR
-25.6
5.5 pts · #24
2Eriskin, Beray GeceTUR
-14.4
7.0 pts · #55
3Karaman, DefneTUR
-14.0
7.5 pts · #2

Biggest upsets

R5+198 Elo gap
Yilmaz, Berra1500 beat Karaman, Defne1698