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Ankara Chess Tournament - March 2026 - A

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25 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1761, and top seed was Dogukan Kocacik (🇹🇷 TUR, 1868).

Kerem Dilsiz (🇹🇷 TUR, 1785) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Ahmet Tuna Yilmaz (4.5) and Sirat Huseyin Duran (4.5). Dilsiz won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Sirat Huseyin Duran (1601) beat Mehmet Gokhan Agirgol (1807), a +206-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey
Dates
14 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Dogukan Kocacik1868
Avg top 10
1,761
Participants
25
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Kerem Dilsiz led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
1
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Dilsiz5.5Yilmaz4.5Koyuncu4.5Duran4.5Guzel4Seyhanli3.5
R2–R6 · LEAD HELD

Kerem Dilsiz never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kerem Dilsiz drew with Ahmet Tuna Yilmaz (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kerem Dilsiz 3 wins (R1–R3)Rahim Utku Koyuncu 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kerem Dilsiz*
½
1
1
2Ahmet Tuna Yilmaz
½
*
½
½
3Rahim Utku Koyuncu
0
½
*—
4Sirat Huseyin Duran
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dilsiz, Kerem1785TUR+6B+4N+18B=2N+3B+8N5.520.022.019.752112+75.6
2Yilmaz, Ahmet Tuna1669TUR=3N+20B+12N=1B+7N=4B4.520.522.014.751891+69.2
3Duran, Sirat Huseyin1601TUR=2B+5N+21B+9B−1N+17N4.519.020.512.751905+94.4
4Koyuncu, Rahim Utku1679TUR+23N−1B+14N+13B+8B=2N4.518.019.011.251889+33.0
5Guzel, Mehmet Alp1730TUR=14N−3B+20N=18N+15B+9B4.014.516.09.251801+22.0
6Seyhanli, Ahmet Gorkem1670TUR−1N−8N+25B+22B=12N+13B3.514.515.05.251775+36.0
7Yildirim, Memet Deniz1736TUR+22B=18B−9N+16N−2B+19N3.514.015.06.5017310.0
8Gok, Altay Erdem1779TUR−9N+6B+22N+19B−4N−1B3.018.519.56.501673-34.0
9Coskun, Ahmet1659TUR+8B=21N+7B−3N=17B−5N3.017.018.58.251712+17.2
10Kapusuz, Hasan Huseyin1736TUR=20N=14B=17N=11B−19N+12B3.012.013.57.001653-13.6
11Andac, Efe1690TUR=16B=17N=15B=10N+20BF3.011.511.56.501725+9.6
12Atbas, Ufuk1764TUR+25B=19N−2B=15N=6B−10N2.515.516.04.501607-52.8
13Ozmen, Abdullah Murat1710TUR=17B+16N=19B−4N=14B−6N2.515.017.05.751575-45.2
14Metin, Mete1620TUR=5B=10N−4B+24N=13NF2.515.015.05.751705+23.2
15Ceylan, Mehmet Halim1683TUR−18N+23B=11N=12B−5N=24B2.512.513.54.251666-7.6
16Goris, Ismail1605TUR=11N−13B+24N−7B−23N+22B2.511.012.03.501620+4.0
17Hicyilmaz, Mustafa1618TUR=13N=11B=10BF=9N−3B2.016.017.55.751607-3.2
18Kocacik, Dogukan1868TUR+15B=7N−1N=5BFF2.015.515.56.251734-28.8
19Celik, Kuzey Emrah1600TURF=12B=13N−8N+10B−7B2.014.514.55.501673+18.4
20Ilbeyi, Demir Arslan1626TUR=10B−2N−5B+25N−11NF1.515.015.02.001541-21.2
21Agirgol, Mehmet Gokhan1807TUR+24N=9B−3NFFF1.510.510.52.501644-25.6
22Bayraktar, Metehan1645TUR−7NF−8B−6N+25B−16N1.013.013.00.501442-50.4
23Kocaman, Ahmet Eymen1612TUR−4B−15NFF+16BF1.09.59.52.501530-12.8
24Kunt, Ruzgar Erdi1671TUR−21B=25N−16B−14BF=15N1.09.59.51.501427-61.2
25Ilbeyi, Mehmet Ilker1652TUR−12N=24B−6N−20B−22NF0.59.59.50.501309-65.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets