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Caissa Hotel IM-GM Chess Tournament - Clairnet Group - A

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6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 08 May 2026 to 13 May 2026 in Balikesir, Turkey. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2337, and top seed was Aryan Gholami (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2478).

Mihajlo Stojanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2377) won with 8.0/10, ahead of Aryan Gholami (7.0) and Kivanc Haznedaroglu (5.0).

Location
🇹🇷Balikesir, Turkey
Dates
08 May 2026 → 13 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷GMAryan Gholami2478
Avg top 10
2,337
Participants
6
Titled players · 6
GM×3
FM×1
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×3
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

GM Mihajlo Stojanovic led from R1 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10
Stojanovic#1Gholami#2Haznedaroglu#3Gur#4Biyiksiz#5Allahverdiyeva#6
R1–R10 · LEAD HELD

GM Mihajlo Stojanovic never relinquished the lead after R1; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · DECISIVE LEAD11 May

GM Mihajlo Stojanovic opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: GM Aryan Gholami); the title is out of reach before R10.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Mihajlo Stojanovic 1.0–1.0 against GM Aryan Gholami (R4 ½-½, R9 ½-½).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇸GMStojanovic, Mihajlo2377*
½½
1½
11
11
½1
8.033.2544.0+23.62569
2🇮🇷GMGholami, Aryan2478
½½
*
½½
11
½1
1½
7.030.0046.0-2.02458
3🇹🇷GMHaznedaroglu, Kivanc2367
½0
½½
*
10
01
1½
5.022.2550.0-5.02331
4🇹🇷FMGur, Ali2285
00
00
10
*
01
11
4.013.5052.0-3.22276
5🇹🇷CMBiyiksiz, Ali Batuhan2268
00
0½
01
01
*
½½
3.515.0053.0-14.42241
6🇦🇿WIMAllahverdiyeva, Ayan2249
0½
½0
½0
00
½½
*2.513.5055.0-22.02162

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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