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2026 Turkish Youth Chess Championship - U18 Girls

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1706, and top seed was Ceren Tirpan (🇹🇷 TUR, WFM, 2239).

Ceren Tirpan (🇹🇷 TUR, WFM, 2239) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Aybike Kucuk (6.0) and Ekin Ulus (5.0). Tirpan won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Ekin Ulus (1696) beat Ecrin Tuana Engel (1885), a +189-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 · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷WFMCeren Tirpan2239
Avg top 10
1,706
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×13
Top 3
  • 🥇
    WFMCeren Tirpan
    🇹🇷TUR·2239
    7.0pts·2659perf+22.4
  • 🥈
    WCMAybike Kucuk
    🇹🇷TUR·1883
    6.0pts·1996perf+37.2
  • 🥉
    Ekin Ulus
    🇹🇷TUR·1696
    5.0pts·1843perf+44.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WFM Ceren Tirpan led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Tirpan7Kucuk6Ulus5Karatiken4Demirok4Yildiz3.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

WFM Ceren Tirpan never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Ceren Tirpan beat WCM Aybike Kucuk (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Ceren Tirpan 7 wins (R1–R7)WCM Aybike Kucuk 4 wins (R4–R7)Ekin Ulus 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMCeren Tirpan*
1
1
1
2WCMAybike Kucuk
0
*
1
—
3Ekin Ulus
0
0
*—
4Beray Karatiken
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tirpan, CerenWFM2239TUR+12B+3N+2B+9N+4B+5N+6B7.025.527.527.502659+22.4
2Kucuk, AybikeWCM1883TUR+11B+8N−1N+3B+6N+9B+7B6.025.527.520.501996+37.2
3Ulus, Ekin1696TUR+13B−1B+11N−2N+10B+4N+9N5.025.026.513.501843+44.0
4Demirok, Seren0TUR−9B+13N+8B+5N−1N−3B+10B4.025.527.012.0017800.0
5Karatiken, Beray1872TUR=7N=10B+6N−4B+13N−1B+11B4.023.024.510.251754-23.2
6Dalkilinc, Gul1550TUR+14B=9N−5B+7N−2B+12N−1N3.525.525.57.001691+30.8
7Demirok, Sezen1437TUR=5B+12N−9B−6B+14N+8B−2N3.522.022.07.501554+18.4
8Yildiz, Duru0TUR+10B−2B−4N+12N=9B−7N+14N3.521.521.56.5016480.0
9Engel, Ecrin Tuana1885TUR+4N=6B+7N−1B=8N−2N−3B3.029.032.511.001622-66.4
10Solak, Serra1573TUR−8N=5N=13B+11B−3N+14B−4N3.020.020.04.751609+6.0
11Gokcen, Aleyna1457TUR−2N+14B−3B−10N−12B+13B−5N2.021.521.51.501370-30.0
12Uman, Elya Aynur1463TUR−1N−7B+14N−8B+11N−6BF2.021.021.02.001383-20.4
13Cilekaya, Hatice Kubra1412TUR−3N−4B=10N+14B−5B−11NF1.520.020.01.501313-18.8
14FIDE 516109300—−6N−11N−12B−13N−7B−10N−8B0.017.519.00.006820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets