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Turkiye Armed Forces Chess Championship

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 May 2026 to 15 May 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Muhammed Kaan Bacak (🇹🇷 TUR, CM, 2208).

Tolga Akin (🇹🇷 TUR, 1838) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Muhammed Kaan Bacak (8.0) and Mert Sakarya (6.0). Akin shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Yigit Kalender (1687) beat Devrim Alaslar (2013), a +326-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey
Dates
11 May 2026 → 15 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak2208
Avg top 10
1,833
Participants
32
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×28
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Tolga Akin
    🇹🇷TUR·1838
    8.0pts·2111perf+50.2
  • 🥈
    CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak
    🇹🇷TUR·2208
    8.0pts·2185perf-1.8
  • 🥉
    Mert Sakarya
    🇹🇷TUR·1686
    6.0pts·1869perf+36.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
13
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Akin8Bacak8Sakarya6Vatansever5.5Kaygisiz5.5Ulken5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Tolga Akin held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Akin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tolga Akin drew with CM Muhammed Kaan Bacak (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tolga Akin*
½
½
1
2CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak
½
*
1
—
3Mert Sakarya
½
0
*
½
4Ugur Vatansever
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Akin, Tolga1838TUR+25B+19N+6B+5N=2B=3N+4B+10N+8B8.044.548.541.502111+50.2
2Bacak, Muhammed KaanCM2208TUR=17B+20N+8N+7B=1N+9B+3B+11N+6B8.043.547.541.252185-1.8
3Sakarya, Mert1686TUR+31B=7N+12B+17N=6B=1B−2N+13N=4B6.046.047.527.751869+36.6
4Vatansever, Ugur1771TUR−27N+23B+22N=9B+7N=11B−1N+14B=3N5.542.045.526.001848+16.2
5Kaygisiz, Ozgur Can1635TUR+29N=10B+27N−1B−14N+23B=12N+9B=7N5.540.543.523.001703+12.0
6Arcasoy, Tugrul1766TUR+32N+9B−1N+21B=3N=14B=11N=8B−2N5.046.046.520.001792+2.6
7Cakir, Semih1683TUR+18B=3B+10N−2N−4B−13N+30B+21N=5B5.043.546.021.751762+14.4
8Kalender, Yigit1687TUR+28B+11N−2B−18N=21B+24N+17B=6N−1N5.043.046.521.501770+14.0
9Kamisli, Yigit1617TUR+16B−6N+24B=4N+20B−2N+18B−5N=11B5.042.546.522.751756+25.6
10Ulken, Neset Taha1865TUR+24B=5N−7B+12N=17B=18N+21B−1B=15N5.041.545.522.751696-37.2
11Alaslar, Devrim2013TUR+22N−8B=26N+27B+18B=4N=6B−2B=9N5.041.044.521.751767-38.6
12Cankaya, Galip Berhan1637TUR+21N=14B−3N−10B+15N+20N=5B=19N=13B5.040.044.023.001726+42.0
13Ulu, Ekrem1751TUR=15N=27B−18N=24B+26N+7B+14N−3B=12N5.038.542.022.751650-18.6
14Yuzsever, Ihsan Cenk1726TUR+30B=12N−17B+23N+5B=6N−13B−4N+22B5.038.541.021.001664-13.0
15Yuksel, Mehmet1628TUR=13B−17N−20B+31N−12B+25N+29B+24N=10B5.034.536.017.501618-6.0
16Anbarci, Muzaffer0TUR−9N+32B−23N−22B+25N−21N+27B+28B+17N5.032.533.016.0014740.0
17Gul, Omer1659TUR=2N+15B+14N−3B=10N=22B−8N+20N−16B4.543.047.022.501773+22.8
18Canbaz, Umut1704TUR−7N+31N+13B+8B−11N=10B−9N=22B=19N4.538.540.018.251676-15.6
19Vatansever, Ozgur1598TUR+26N−1B−21N+25B−22N=29B+23N=12B=18B4.537.540.518.251592-4.4
20Coker, Emir Ahmet1653TUR=23N−2B+15N+26B−9N−12B+22N−17B=21N4.039.543.517.001574-41.2
21Deveci, Fatih Murat1603TUR−12B+30N+19B−6N=8N+16B−10N−7B=20B4.038.541.016.501540-24.8
22Babur, Ahmet Erdi1539TUR−11B+28N−4B+16N+19B=17N−20B=18N−14N4.038.041.517.501563+1.4
23Tural, Kerim1555TUR=20B−4N+16B−14B+27N−5N−19B+30N=24B4.037.039.515.001372-51.2
24Degirmenci, Berhan1488TUR−10N+29B−9N=13N+30B−8B+28N−15B=23N4.035.538.013.501411-22.4
25Kucukkurt, Fahri1620TUR−1N−26B+28N−19N−16B−15B+32N+31N+29B4.034.535.08.50888-49.6
26Kaya, Mirac0TUR−19B+25N=11B−20N−13B−30N+31B=29N+32N4.029.530.010.0015780.0
27Kuvvetli, Ozkan0TUR+4B=13N−5B−11N−23B−28B−16N+32B+31N3.535.035.510.0015960.0
28FIDE 5250319700—−8N−22B−25B=32N+31B+27N−24B−16N+30B3.529.530.07.757840.0
29Mutlu, Izzet Eren0TUR−5B−24N=31B=30N+32B=19N−15N=26B−25N3.031.031.56.7512280.0
30FIDE 5250319960—−14N−21B+32N=29B−24N+26B−7N−23B−28N2.532.533.06.008110.0
31FIDE 345537540—−3N−18B=29N−15B−28N+32B−26N−25B−27B1.533.534.02.008600.0
32FIDE 5250320110—−6B−16N−30B=28B−29N−31N−25B−27N−26B0.530.532.01.758930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
Turkiye Armed Forces Chess Championship (2026) — Istanbul, Turkey | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats