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Luleburgaz Cup 2025 Chess Tournament

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Kirklareli, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1713, and top seed was Doruk Karayayla (🇹🇷 TUR, 1976).

Doruk Karayayla (🇹🇷 TUR, 1976) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Muhammet Ali Yurtseven (4.0) and Yilmaz Ucgul (3.5). Karayayla shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Yilmaz Ucgul (1654) beat Doruk Karayayla (1976), a +322-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Kirklareli, Turkey
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Doruk Karayayla1976
Avg top 10
1,713
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Doruk Karayayla led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
3
4
2
3
3
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Karayayla4.5Yurtseven4Yilmaz3.5Ucgul3.5Akin3.5Sirin3.5
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Doruk Karayayla held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Doruk Karayayla drew with Muhammet Ali Yurtseven (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Doruk Karayayla*
½
1
0
2Muhammet Ali Yurtseven
½
*
½
½
3Selman Ergin Yilmaz
0
½
*
1
4Yilmaz Ucgul
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karayayla, Doruk1976TUR+7B=2N+4B−3N+5B+8N4.517.520.515.001926-8.4
2Yurtseven, Muhammet Ali1804TUR+12N=1B+8N=4B=3N=6B4.018.020.012.501837+6.6
3Ucgul, Yilmaz1654TUR=10N=6B+14N+1B=2B−4N3.518.019.511.001836+36.0
4Yilmaz, Selman Ergin1824TURF+13B−1N=2N+7B+3B3.518.019.510.001862+8.0
5Sirin, Ahmet1875TUR=8N+10B−6N+11B−1N+7N3.516.518.59.001648-24.6
6Akin, Mustafa Mirac1740TUR=11B=3N+5B−7N+13B=2N3.516.017.59.751744+1.6
7Kocaoglu, Idil1630TUR−1N+12B+13N+6B−4N−5B3.017.018.57.001709+15.2
8Uysal, Bulut1595TUR=5B+11N−2B=13N+12B−1B3.016.017.56.501700+14.8
9Kefeli, Deniz Emre1551TURF−14N−12B+10B+11N+13B3.011.513.06.00683-23.6
10Ozcan, Ali0TUR=3B−5N−11B−9N+14B+12N2.514.015.55.2515570.0
11Demir, Yusuf Vedat0TUR=6N−8B+10N−5N−9B=14N2.015.517.05.0013700.0
12Sentuna, Doga1483TUR−2B−7N+9N+14B−8N−10B2.015.517.04.501453-7.6
13Kantar, Ozgur0TUR+14B−4N−7B=8B−6N−9N1.516.017.53.0013020.0
14Turhan, Melih0TUR−13N+9B−3B−12N−10N=11B1.513.014.54.0014380.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets