Ankara Chess Tournament - March 2026 - B
35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Mustafa Doruk Basoglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1596).
Umut Kagan Kilic (🇹🇷 TUR, 1590) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Ates Mete Yesil (4.5) and Hasan Melih Olmez (4.5). Kilic won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ates Mete Yesil (1432) beat Mustafa Doruk Basoglu (1596), a +164-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsUmut Kagan Kilic led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Umut Kagan Kilic never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Umut Kagan Kilic beat Ates Mete Yesil (Black).
Umut Kagan Kilic 3 wins (R1–R3)Hasan Melih Olmez 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Umut Kagan Kilic | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Ates Mete Yesil | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Hasan Melih Olmez | — | — | * | — |
| 4Nihat Hakan Keles | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilic, Umut Kagan | 1590 | TUR | +34N | +24B | +2N | =5B | +9N | +4N | 5.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 16.00 | 1915 | +75.2 |
| 2 | Yesil, Ates Mete | 1432 | TUR | +6B | +21N | −1B | +11N | =24B | +7B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 13.25 | 1742 | +97.2 |
| 3 | Olmez, Hasan Melih | 1459 | TUR | =28N | =10B | =7N | +26B | +14B | +24N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.75 | 1666 | +55.2 |
| 4 | Keles, Nihat Hakan | 1593 | TUR | =12B | +8N | =11B | +6N | +5N | −1B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 14.50 | 1657 | +20.0 |
| 5 | Simsek, Fatih Emir | 1563 | TUR | +30B | +27N | +18B | =1N | −4B | =9N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1619 | +16.0 |
| 6 | Akyil, Etka Selim | 1507 | TUR | −2N | +15B | +30N | −4B | +19N | +13B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1557 | +14.4 |
| 7 | Ates, Ahmet Yagiz | 1594 | TUR | =8B | =12N | =3B | +19N | +16B | −2N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 1459 | -36.0 |
| 8 | Temiz, Baris | 1467 | TUR | =7N | −4B | =15N | +25B | +27N | =10B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.75 | 1556 | +23.6 |
| 9 | Kartal, Omer Faruk | 1534 | TUR | F | +25B | +23N | +18N | −1B | =5B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 1731 | +53.2 |
| 10 | Aksoy, Emir Taha | 1558 | TUR | =31B | =3N | =16B | =12N | +30B | =8N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 8.25 | 1508 | -14.0 |
| 11 | Cevik, Zeynep Naz | 1586 | TUR | =15N | +14B | =4N | −2B | =12N | =17B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 1412 | -48.4 |
| 12 | Uslu, Mehmet Fatih | 1480 | TUR | =4N | =7B | =14N | =10B | =11B | =20N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 9.25 | 1562 | +20.5 |
| 13 | Kosaner, Mehmet Hakan | 1527 | TUR | −14N | −22B | +34N | +15B | +18B | −6N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1715 | +38.8 |
| 14 | Avci, Erdem | 0 | TUR | +13B | −11N | =12B | F | −3N | +19B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1427 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Kilic, Alperen | 1440 | TUR | =11B | −6N | =8B | −13N | =25N | +34B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 4.50 | 1479 | +9.2 |
| 16 | Gunes, Ahmet Aytug | 1451 | TUR | −25N | +32B | =10N | +17B | −7N | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1546 | +25.6 |
| 17 | Yuruk, Zeynep | 1464 | TUR | −18B | +35N | −22B | −16N | +31B | =11N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1524 | +16.4 |
| 18 | Gunes, Poyraz | 1594 | TUR | +17N | +26B | −5N | −9B | −13N | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1430 | -45.2 |
| 19 | Ekiz, Goktug | 0 | TUR | −23N | +20B | +25N | −7B | −6B | −14N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Orhan, Ozan | 1477 | TUR | −21B | −19N | F | =27B | +26N | =12B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1500 | +3.6 |
| 21 | Basoglu, Mustafa Doruk | 1596 | TUR | +20N | −2B | +28N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1627 | +4.8 |
| 22 | FIDE 51616513 | 0 | — | −33B | +13N | +17N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Simsek, Ahmet Feyzi | 1574 | TUR | +19B | +33N | −9B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1526 | -2.6 |
| 24 | Cetin, Aras | 1416 | TUR | +29B | −1N | F | F | =2N | −3B | 1.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 3.75 | 1419 | -0.8 |
| 25 | Asci, Kerem Cinar | 1587 | TUR | +16B | −9N | −19B | −8N | =15B | F | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.75 | 1389 | -44.8 |
| 26 | Celik, Kerem | 1423 | TUR | +35B | −18N | =29B | −3N | −20B | −30N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.75 | 1316 | -31.6 |
| 27 | Gunes, Sarp | 1403 | TUR | +32N | −5B | F | =20N | −8B | F | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ildeniz, Hasan Yucel | 1594 | TUR | =3B | +31N | −21B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1493 | -16.4 |
| 29 | Mihcak, Kaan | 1541 | TUR | −24N | +34B | =26N | F | F | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1460 | -13.2 |
| 30 | Arisoy, Batin | 1423 | TUR | −5N | F | −6B | F | −10N | +26B | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 1319 | -20.8 |
| 31 | Guven, Ahmet Tarik | 1423 | TUR | =10N | −28B | −32N | =34B | −17N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1296 | -29.2 |
| 32 | Turkay, Metin | 1525 | TUR | −27B | −16N | +31B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1437 | -4.8 |
| 33 | Kahya, Mehmet Yasar | 1516 | TUR | +22N | −23B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 774 | -8.4 |
| 34 | Atalay, Ela | 1425 | TUR | −1B | −29N | −13B | =31N | F | −15N | 0.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.50 | 1139 | -89.6 |
| 35 | Kement, Yakup | 1562 | TUR | −26N | −17B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 643 | -53.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Yesil, Ates MeteTUR+97.24.5 pts · #2
- 2Kilic, Umut KaganTUR+75.25.5 pts · #1
- 3Olmez, Hasan MelihTUR+55.24.5 pts · #5
- 1Atalay, ElaTUR-89.60.5 pts · #33
- 2Kement, YakupTUR-53.20.0 pts · #34
- 3Cevik, Zeynep NazTUR-48.43.0 pts · #18
- R2+164 Elo gap
- R6+162 Elo gap
- R4+154 Elo gap