2026 Turkish Youth Chess Championship - U15 Girls

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33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1808, and top seed was Arya Aydogan (🇹🇷 TUR, WCM, 1947).

Ela Aslan (🇹🇷 TUR, 1755) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Beren Kalyoncu (6.5) and Arya Aydogan (6.5). Aslan clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Buglem Ozkan (1647) beat Ovgu Zengin (1889), a +242-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

🇹🇷WCMArya Aydogan1947

Avg top 10

1,808

Participants

Titled players · 2

WCM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×24

Top 3

🥇
Ela Aslan
🇹🇷TUR·1755
7.0pts·1936perf+68.8
🥈
WCMBeren Kalyoncu
🇹🇷TUR·1822
6.5pts·1863perf+17.6
🥉
WCMArya Aydogan
🇹🇷TUR·1947
6.5pts·1827perf-38.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Ela Aslan led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Aslan7Kalyoncu6.5Nurdogan6.5Aydogan6.5Sahin6Cetinavci6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE31 Jan

Ela Aslan takes the sole lead (7.0/9).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ela Aslan beat WCM Beren Kalyoncu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ela Aslan 3 wins (R7–R9)WCM Beren Kalyoncu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ela Aslan	*	1	—	½
2WCMBeren Kalyoncu	0	*	—	—
3Ilgin Destina Nurdogan	—	—	*	—
4WCMArya Aydogan	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Aslan, Ela	1755	TUR	+15N	−6B	+7N	+24B	=12N	=3B	+10N	+5N	+2B	7.0	46.5	50.0	38.25	1936	+68.8
2	Kalyoncu, BerenWCM	1822	TUR	+28B	+17N	+19B	=5N	+18B	=8N	=6B	+9N	−1N	6.5	43.0	45.5	29.75	1863	+17.6
3	Aydogan, AryaWCM	1947	TUR	+14B	−19N	+23B	+17N	=5B	=1N	+20B	=6N	+8B	6.5	42.0	46.0	32.50	1827	-38.4
4	Nurdogan, Ilgin Destina	1672	TUR	+24N	−12B	+21N	+11B	=6N	=16B	=5B	+17N	+9B	6.5	41.0	44.5	31.25	1854	+76.8
5	Sahin, Cagla Yudum	1885	TUR	+21N	+8B	+10N	=2B	=3N	=9B	=4N	−1B	+13N	6.0	48.0	52.0	32.50	1803	-26.0
6	Cetinavci, Irmak	1654	TUR	+22B	+1N	=16B	=18N	=4B	+12B	=2N	=3B	=7N	6.0	46.5	50.5	33.25	1900	+101.2
7	Omak, Defne	1724	TUR	+23B	=20N	−1B	+22N	−17B	+25N	+19B	+16N	=6B	6.0	38.0	41.5	25.00	1712	-5.2
8	Asri, Azra Gaye	1693	TUR	+25B	−5N	+22B	+20N	+16B	=2B	−9N	+11B	−3N	5.5	42.5	46.0	24.75	1771	+26.8
9	Yazici, Zumral	1714	TUR	+30B	=16N	=20B	+13N	+19B	=5N	+8B	−2B	−4N	5.5	42.0	44.0	23.75	1764	+23.2
10	Aydin, Aslinur Berrin	1526	TUR	+32B	+14N	−5B	−16N	+13B	=18N	−1B	+19N	+17B	5.5	40.5	41.5	21.75	1752	+89.2
11	Donmez, Elif	1526	TUR	−16B	+30N	+29B	−4N	+23B	=17N	+22B	−8N	+18B	5.5	36.0	38.0	19.25	1580	+9.2
12	Zengin, Ovgu	1889	TUR	+13B	+4N	=18B	=19N	=1B	−6N	−17B	=14N	+16B	5.0	43.0	47.0	26.25	1722	-70.8
13	Kilic, Melis	1485	TUR	−12N	+26B	+33N	−9B	−10N	+15B	+21N	+20N	−5B	5.0	38.0	38.5	16.50	1553	+12.8
14	Sehirli, Hayat	1552	TUR	−3N	−10B	+26N	+31B	=24N	−20N	+25B	=12B	+23N	5.0	35.0	36.0	15.75	1415	-27.6
15	Cetinavci, Duru	0	TUR	−1B	−22N	=25B	+30N	=26B	−13N	+27N	+24B	+20B	5.0	32.5	34.5	15.25	1484	0.0
16	Dogan, Ipek	1919	TUR	+11N	=9B	=6N	+10B	−8N	=4N	+18B	−7B	−12N	4.5	45.5	50.0	24.50	1679	-101.2
17	Ozkan, Buglem	1647	TUR	+27N	−2B	+31N	−3B	+7N	=11B	+12N	−4B	−10N	4.5	44.0	45.0	17.25	1627	-12.0
18	Tumer, Eylul	1716	TUR	+31N	+33B	=12N	=6B	−2N	=10B	−16N	+28B	−11N	4.5	36.5	37.0	12.25	1529	-58.4
19	Zeybek, Kayla Nil	1713	TUR	+26N	+3B	−2N	=12B	−9N	+24B	−7N	−10B	=21N	4.0	42.5	45.5	17.50	1570	-54.0
20	Pehlivan, Oyku	1577	TUR	+29N	=7B	=9N	−8B	+21N	+14B	−3N	−13B	−15N	4.0	42.5	45.0	17.25	1606	+2.8
21	Kilic, Derin	1475	TUR	−5B	+25N	−4B	+29N	−20B	=23N	−13B	+27N	=19B	4.0	35.5	38.0	12.50	1300	-34.8
22	FIDE 525042904	0	—	−6N	+15B	−8N	−7B	+31N	+32B	−11N	+26B	−25N	4.0	35.5	36.5	10.00	849	0.0
23	Gelisgen, Fatma Berra	0	TUR	−7N	+27B	−3N	+32B	−11N	=21B	=24N	+30B	−14B	4.0	35.0	36.0	9.25	1279	0.0
24	Cener, Sebra	0	TUR	−4B	+28N	+30B	−1N	=14B	−19N	=23B	−15N	=29N	3.5	36.5	38.5	10.25	1351	0.0
25	FIDE 525020218	0	—	−8N	−21B	=15N	+27B	+33N	−7B	−14N	F	+22B	3.5	32.5	32.5	9.50	811	0.0
26	FIDE 51608375	0	—	−19B	−13N	−14B	F	=15N	=28N	+31B	−22N	+32B	3.0	27.5	27.5	5.75	783	0.0
27	FIDE 51690977	0	—	−17B	−23N	=28B	−25N	+29B	+33N	−15B	−21B	F	2.5	27.0	27.5	4.25	761	0.0
28	FIDE 51652013	0	—	−2N	−24B	=27N	=33B	=32N	=26B	F	−18N	=30B	2.5	23.5	23.5	4.50	969	0.0
29	FIDE 525042920	0	—	−20B	F	−11N	−21B	−27N	=30B	=32N	+31N	=24B	2.5	23.5	23.5	4.25	729	0.0
30	FIDE 525042912	0	—	−9N	−11B	−24N	−15B	F	=29N	+33B	−23N	=28N	2.0	29.0	29.0	3.00	820	0.0
31	Topcu, Dilara	0	TUR	−18B	+32N	−17B	−14N	−22B	F	−26N	−29B	F	1.0	27.0	27.0	1.00	838	0.0
32	FIDE 51642409	0	—	−10N	−31B	F	−23N	=28B	−22N	=29B	F	−26N	1.0	23.0	23.0	2.50	726	0.0
33	FIDE 525042939	0	—	F	−18N	−13B	=28N	−25B	−27B	−30N	F	F	0.5	21.0	21.0	1.25	801	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cetinavci, IrmakTUR
+101.2
6.0 pts · #7
2Aydin, Aslinur BerrinTUR
+89.2
5.5 pts · #10
3Nurdogan, Ilgin DestinaTUR
+76.8
6.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Dogan, IpekTUR
-101.2
4.5 pts · #8
2Zengin, OvguTUR
-70.8
5.0 pts · #5
3Tumer, EylulTUR
-58.4
4.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R7+242 Elo gap
Ozkan, Buglem1647 beat Zengin, Ovgu1889
R6+235 Elo gap
Cetinavci, Irmak1654 beat Zengin, Ovgu1889
R2+234 Elo gap
Zeybek, Kayla Nil1713 beat WCMAydogan, Arya1947