2026 Turkish Youth Chess Championship - U16 Girls

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39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1746, and top seed was Latife Yade Gunasti (🇹🇷 TUR, 1886).

Fatma Zehra Oflaz (🇹🇷 TUR, 1824) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Julide Aysu Mutlu (7.0) and Melis Emekli (6.5). Oflaz won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Elis Cagil Bay (1583) beat Duru Aksoy (1780), a +197-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

🇹🇷Latife Yade Gunasti1886

Avg top 10

1,746

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×30

Top 3

🥇
Fatma Zehra Oflaz
🇹🇷TUR·1824
8.0pts·2039perf+76.0
🥈
Julide Aysu Mutlu
🇹🇷TUR·1695
7.0pts·1871perf+75.6
🥉
Melis Emekli
🇹🇷TUR·1645
6.5pts·1818perf+65.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Fatma Zehra Oflaz led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Oflaz8Mutlu7Emekli6.5Mirioglu6Acar6Celik6

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Fatma Zehra Oflaz never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fatma Zehra Oflaz drew with Julide Aysu Mutlu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Fatma Zehra Oflaz 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)Melis Emekli 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Fatma Zehra Oflaz	*	½	1	1
2Julide Aysu Mutlu	½	*	—	½
3Melis Emekli	0	—	*	—
4Eylul Mirioglu	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Oflaz, Fatma Zehra	1824	TUR	+19N	+12B	+18B	=5N	+29B	=2N	+3B	+4N	+7N	8.0	45.0	48.0	41.50	2039	+76.0
2	Mutlu, Julide Aysu	1695	TUR	+20N	+15B	=10N	=4B	+19N	=1B	+5B	+11N	=6B	7.0	45.5	50.0	37.50	1871	+75.6
3	Emekli, Melis	1645	TUR	+22N	=7B	−25N	+28B	+8N	+10B	−1N	+12B	+5B	6.5	42.5	45.5	31.25	1818	+65.2
4	Mirioglu, Eylul	1623	TUR	+35B	=6N	+11B	=2N	=10N	=7B	+18N	−1B	+13N	6.0	46.0	48.0	28.25	1809	+77.6
5	Celik, Fatma Nisa	1668	TUR	+36N	+26B	+8N	=1B	=7N	+18B	−2N	+13B	−3N	6.0	45.5	47.5	27.25	1755	+33.6
6	Acar, Zeynep	1720	TUR	+23N	=4B	+28N	=10B	−18N	=13B	+17N	+8B	=2N	6.0	42.0	45.0	29.00	1690	-12.0
7	Gunasti, Latife Yade	1886	TUR	+9B	=3N	+14B	+25N	=5B	=4N	−11B	+19N	−1B	5.5	46.5	50.0	27.75	1745	-58.0
8	Fidan, Naz Mercan	1708	TUR	+21B	+30N	−5B	=14N	−3B	+16N	+10B	−6N	+11B	5.5	43.0	46.0	25.00	1710	+0.8
9	Daggul, Begum	1591	TUR	−7N	+22B	+32N	−12B	−15N	+23B	+20N	=18B	+19N	5.5	37.0	39.5	21.75	1576	-7.6
10	Oztatar, Meleknaz	1632	TUR	+34B	+29N	=2B	=6N	=4B	−3N	−8N	+22B	=12N	5.0	43.0	45.5	21.50	1637	+1.2
11	Mullakutukcu, Ela	1785	TUR	+13B	−14N	−4N	+36B	+23N	+15B	+7N	−2B	−8N	5.0	43.0	45.0	21.50	1630	-60.0
12	Sahin, Ecrin Zeycan	1647	TUR	+31B	−1N	=13B	+9N	=14B	+30N	=19B	−3N	=10B	5.0	42.5	45.5	21.25	1627	-8.8
13	Karadayi, Ozlem	1506	TUR	−11N	+33B	=12N	+26B	+25B	=6N	+14B	−5N	−4B	5.0	40.0	42.5	20.00	1623	+41.6
14	Kurnaz, Duru	1622	TUR	+33N	+11B	−7N	=8B	=12N	+25B	−13N	+15B	−18N	5.0	39.0	41.5	21.25	1680	+23.2
15	Atakisi, Bahar Ece	1592	TUR	+32B	−2N	+21B	−29N	+9B	−11N	+30B	−14N	+28B	5.0	36.0	38.5	18.50	1554	-12.4
16	Bodur, Ilke Lal	1647	TUR	−26N	+36B	+17N	−19B	=20N	−8B	=27B	+24N	+23N	5.0	34.5	36.5	19.00	1531	-30.0
17	Korkmaz, Ipek Umay	1506	TUR	−29B	+31N	−16B	+32N	=21B	+26N	−6B	=28N	+22B	5.0	32.0	34.5	16.75	915	-28.4
18	Celik, Zeynep Duru	1674	TUR	+24B	F	−1N	+30N	+6B	−5N	−4B	=9N	+14B	4.5	43.5	44.5	20.75	1666	-3.2
19	Bay, Elis Cagil	1583	TUR	−1B	+24N	+37B	+16N	−2B	+29N	=12N	−7B	−9B	4.5	43.0	44.0	15.50	1620	+9.6
20	Keskin, Cemre	0	TUR	−2B	+35N	−30B	+37N	=16B	+21N	−9B	+27N	F	4.5	34.0	35.0	13.50	1447	0.0
21	Koc, Yagmur Erva	0	TUR	−8N	+38B	−15N	+33B	=17N	−20B	−28N	+26N	+27B	4.5	32.5	33.0	12.50	1475	0.0
22	Kamburoglu, Melisa	0	TUR	−3B	−9N	+35B	+27N	−30B	+31N	+29B	−10N	−17N	4.0	34.5	36.5	11.50	1443	0.0
23	Elden, Elif Naz	1419	TUR	−6B	+34N	−29B	+31N	−11B	−9N	+33B	+32N	−16B	4.0	32.5	35.0	10.50	904	-33.2
24	FIDE 26365359	0	—	−18N	−19B	−33N	+35B	−32B	+37N	+31B	−16B	+38N	4.0	25.0	25.5	6.50	834	0.0
25	Sahin, Mirac Nur	1646	TUR	=28B	+27N	+3B	−7B	−13N	−14N	+26B	F	F	3.5	36.5	39.5	15.00	1548	-27.2
26	Mete, Gizem Defne	0	TUR	+16B	−5N	=27B	−13N	+28N	−17B	−25N	−21B	+31B	3.5	35.5	38.5	12.75	1376	0.0
27	Keskin, Ece	1441	TUR	=39N	−25B	=26N	−22B	+34N	+36B	=16N	−20B	−21N	3.5	29.5	30.0	9.00	1547	+14.8
28	Yildiz, Irmak	0	TUR	=25N	F	−6B	−3N	−26B	+32N	+21B	=17B	−15N	3.0	36.5	37.0	11.25	1382	0.0
29	Aksoy, Duru	1780	TUR	+17N	−10B	+23N	+15B	−1N	−19B	−22N	F	F	3.0	35.5	35.5	14.00	1593	-53.6
30	Gorceker, Melike Berra	1617	TUR	+38N	−8B	+20N	−18B	+22N	−12B	−15N	F	F	3.0	32.5	32.5	9.00	856	-71.2
31	FIDE 51652064	0	—	−12N	−17B	+38N	−23B	+33N	−22B	−24N	+34B	−26N	3.0	30.5	31.0	5.50	724	0.0
32	FIDE 525020390	0	—	−15N	F	−9B	−17B	+24N	−28B	+34N	−23B	=33N	2.5	31.5	31.5	7.75	727	0.0
33	FIDE 525020382	0	—	−14B	−13N	+24B	−21N	−31B	F	−23N	+35N	=32B	2.5	30.0	30.5	7.25	715	0.0
34	FIDE 26315181	0	—	−10N	−23B	−36N	+38B	−27B	+35N	−32B	−31N	=37B	2.5	23.0	23.5	3.00	697	0.0
35	FIDE 525043080	0	—	−4N	−20B	−22N	−24N	+38B	−34B	+37N	−33B	F	2.0	25.0	25.0	1.50	822	0.0
36	FIDE 26343347	0	—	−5B	−16N	+34B	−11N	+37B	−27N	F	F	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	3.50	835	0.0
37	FIDE 525043110	0	—	F	F	−19N	−20B	−36N	−24B	−35B	=38N	=34N	1.0	24.5	24.5	1.50	782	0.0
38	FIDE 525043099	0	—	−30B	−21N	−31B	−34N	−35N	F	F	=37B	−24B	0.5	22.5	22.5	0.50	815	0.0
39	Keskin, Feyza	1723	TUR	=27B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	1.75	1440	-13.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mirioglu, EylulTUR
+77.6
6.0 pts · #4
2Oflaz, Fatma ZehraTUR
+76.0
8.0 pts · #1
3Mutlu, Julide AysuTUR
+75.6
7.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Gorceker, Melike BerraTUR
-71.2
3.0 pts · #33
2Mullakutukcu, ElaTUR
-60.0
5.0 pts · #9
3Gunasti, Latife YadeTUR
-58.0
5.5 pts · #3

Biggest upsets

R6+197 Elo gap
Bay, Elis Cagil1583 beat Aksoy, Duru1780
R2+163 Elo gap
Kurnaz, Duru1622 beat Mullakutukcu, Ela1785
R3+162 Elo gap
Mirioglu, Eylul1623 beat Mullakutukcu, Ela1785