2026 Turkiye Yesilay Senior Chess Championship - B

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 22 May 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1820, and top seed was Mustafa Sabri Kocak (🇹🇷 TUR, 1963).

Cemil Cicek (🇹🇷 TUR, 1854) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mustafa Sabri Kocak (7.0) and Hikmet Bagci (6.5). Cicek shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ibrahim Bapoglu (1515) beat Halil Nejat Ozmen (1871), a +356-point gap.

Location

🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey

Dates

16 May 2026 → 22 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇹🇷Mustafa Sabri Kocak1963

Avg top 10

1,820

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇷Turkiye×43

Top 3

🥇
Cemil Cicek
🇹🇷TUR·1854
8.0pts·2067perf+39.8
🥈
Mustafa Sabri Kocak
🇹🇷TUR·1963
7.0pts·1948perf-0.4
🥉
Hikmet Bagci
🇹🇷TUR·1611
6.5pts·1939perf+66.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Cemil Cicek led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Cicek8Kocak7Ozmen6.5Bagci6.5Severcan6.5Tasan6

R6 · LEADER CHANGE19 May

Cemil Cicek takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Cemil Cicek drew with Mustafa Sabri Kocak (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Cemil Cicek 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R5–R8)Mustafa Sabri Kocak 3 wins (R1–R3)Halil Nejat Ozmen 5 wins (R5–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Cemil Cicek	*	½	—	1
2Mustafa Sabri Kocak	½	*	—	1
3Halil Nejat Ozmen	—	—	*	—
4Hikmet Bagci	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cicek, Cemil	1854	TUR	+18N	+13B	+39N	=2B	+6N	+8B	+3N	+9B	=4B	8.0	46.5	48.5	41.75	2067	+39.8
2	Kocak, Mustafa Sabri	1963	TUR	+21B	+7N	+12B	=1N	+3B	=17N	+6B	−4N	+10B	7.0	48.0	52.0	39.25	1948	-0.4
3	Bagci, Hikmet	1611	TUR	+37B	=8N	+44B	+4B	−2N	+12N	−1B	+16N	+6B	6.5	45.5	47.5	29.75	1939	+66.8
4	Severcan, Sedat Sabri	1828	TUR	+14B	+24N	+31B	−3N	−12B	+16N	+23B	+2B	=1N	6.5	44.0	47.5	32.00	1803	-1.0
5	Ozmen, Halil Nejat	1871	TUR	+32B	−34N	=8B	−16N	+11B	+22N	+35B	+7N	+15B	6.5	37.0	40.0	29.75	1801	-10.2
6	Tasan, Mehmet Askin	1838	TUR	+16B	+11N	+34B	+17N	−1B	+7N	−2N	+12B	−3N	6.0	47.0	50.0	28.50	1829	-0.6
7	Ozturk, Ali	1663	TUR	+38N	−2B	+43N	+21B	+10N	−6B	+8N	−5B	+23N	6.0	41.5	43.5	24.00	1820	+36.8
8	Yasin, HurCM	1833	TUR	+40N	=3B	=5N	+42B	+14N	−1N	−7B	+21B	=9N	5.5	43.5	45.5	22.25	1705	-23.6
9	Suzan, Mehmet	1644	TUR	+20B	−17N	−19B	+28N	+31B	+18N	+15B	−1N	=8B	5.5	40.5	44.0	24.25	1664	+5.6
10	Ozates, Veysel	1728	TUR	−19B	+22N	=16B	+11N	−7B	+31N	+24B	+17N	−2N	5.5	40.0	43.5	23.75	1681	-9.2
11	Samli, Ibrahim	1621	TUR	+27N	−6B	=26N	−10B	−5N	+37B	+31N	+33N	+16B	5.5	37.5	40.5	20.50	1662	+6.0
12	Asilkefeli, Hasan	1760	TUR	+22B	+19N	−2N	+39B	+4N	−3B	+17B	−6N	F	5.0	44.0	46.0	21.50	1774	+4.8
13	Parcaoglu, Umit	1635	TUR	+26B	−1N	+28B	−19N	−18B	+38N	−14B	+22N	+29B	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.00	1517	-18.2
14	Kutuk, Mustafa	0	TUR	−4N	+45B	+35B	+34N	−8B	−23N	+13N	+25B	F	5.0	36.0	37.0	16.00	1716	0.0
15	Altinok, Metin	1735	TUR	−31N	+36B	+32N	−24B	+39N	+21B	−9N	+19B	−5N	5.0	34.5	36.5	17.00	1584	-30.4
16	Bapoglu, Ibrahim	1515	TUR	−6N	+27B	=10N	+5B	+25N	−4B	+32N	−3B	−11N	4.5	44.5	48.0	20.75	1674	+28.8
17	Mavi, Mehmet	1707	TUR	+33N	+9B	+25N	−6B	+24N	=2B	−12N	−10B	−20N	4.5	41.5	45.0	20.50	1760	+22.8
18	Su, Kutsal	1521	TUR	−1B	−26N	+20B	+29N	+13N	−9B	−25N	+36B	=19N	4.5	39.5	42.5	18.75	1503	-7.2
19	Savas, Kemal	1447	TUR	+10N	−12B	+9N	+13B	F	−24N	+34B	−15N	=18B	4.5	37.5	37.5	21.25	1696	+50.8
20	Nemutlu, Arif Murat	0	TUR	−9N	=33B	−18N	−30B	+36N	+26B	+39N	F	+17B	4.5	32.5	34.5	15.25	1517	0.0
21	Alkan, Sukru	1561	TUR	−2N	+38B	+46B	−7N	+35B	−15N	+22B	−8N	−27B	4.0	37.5	38.0	10.50	1628	+9.2
22	Korkmaz, Ahmet Murat	1470	TUR	−12N	−10B	+27N	+36B	+42N	−5B	−21N	−13B	+37N	4.0	36.0	38.0	12.00	1416	-8.6
23	Akinci, Ahmet	1571	TUR	F	−28N	+33B	+37B	+43N	+14B	−4N	F	−7B	4.0	34.0	34.0	13.50	1517	-8.0
24	Arabacioglu, Metin	1563	TUR	+45N	−4B	+36N	+15N	−17B	+19B	−10N	F	F	4.0	34.0	34.0	13.50	1617	+6.0
25	Imamoglu, Mustafa	1681	TUR	+28B	+46N	−17B	=31N	−16B	=34N	+18B	−14N	−30B	4.0	33.0	33.5	12.25	1478	-74.4
26	Timusev, Nail	0	TUR	−13N	+18B	=11B	−35N	−33B	−20N	+40N	=37B	+36N	4.0	32.0	34.0	13.75	1531	0.0
27	Turkucu, Eyup	0	TUR	−11B	−16N	−22B	+45N	+28B	+42N	−33B	F	+21N	4.0	30.5	31.5	11.00	1481	0.0
28	Tuzun, Abdurrahman	1411	TUR	−25N	+23B	−13N	−9B	−27N	+40B	−36N	+38B	+45N	4.0	30.5	31.5	10.00	1574	+49.2
29	Muti, Erol	0	TUR	−34B	−32N	+40N	−18B	=37N	=30B	+41N	+31B	−13N	4.0	28.5	30.5	11.00	1435	0.0
30	Erakman, Muhittin	1442	TUR	−35B	−42N	−41B	+20N	=46B	=29N	+38B	F	+25N	4.0	25.5	26.0	13.75	1587	+14.6
31	Odabasi, Nail	1459	TUR	+15B	+35N	−4N	=25B	−9N	−10B	−11B	−29N	+41B	3.5	39.0	41.0	12.00	1601	+21.4
32	Oymanli, Veli	1557	TUR	−5N	+29B	−15B	+41N	=34B	+33N	−16B	F	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	11.00	1515	-7.2
33	Sahin, Ali Haydar	1558	TUR	−17B	=20N	−23N	+40B	+26N	−32B	+27N	−11B	F	3.5	32.0	32.0	12.25	1353	-25.2
34	Yalciner, Suleyman	1639	TUR	+29N	+5B	−6N	−14B	=32N	=25B	−19N	F	F	3.0	37.5	37.5	14.25	1607	-5.0
35	Nardemir, Ismail Berat	1683	TUR	+30N	−31B	−14N	+26B	−21N	+39B	−5N	F	F	3.0	33.0	33.0	10.00	1509	-23.2
36	Balci, Hidir	0	TUR	+42B	−15N	−24B	−22N	−20B	+46N	+28B	−18N	−26B	3.0	32.0	32.5	6.50	1422	0.0
37	Uysalli, Zuhtu	0	TUR	−3N	+40B	−42B	−23N	=29B	−11N	+46B	=26N	−22B	3.0	32.0	32.5	6.50	1288	0.0
38	Alparslan, Ayse	1401	TUR	−7B	−21N	+45B	−44N	+41B	−13B	−30N	−28N	+46B	3.0	28.0	28.5	3.50	784	-68.0
39	Korkut, Kadri	1571	TUR	+41B	+44N	−1B	−12N	−15B	−35N	−20B	F	F	2.0	29.5	29.5	4.00	1524	-5.2
40	Atakan, Kazim	1509	TUR	−8B	−37N	−29B	−33N	+45B	−28N	−26B	+41N	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	3.00	801	-47.6
41	FIDE 51687755	0	—	−39N	−43B	+30N	−32B	−38N	+45N	−29B	−40B	−31N	2.0	24.0	25.0	5.00	1180	0.0
42	Bulut, Mustafa	1581	TUR	−36N	+30B	+37N	−8N	−22B	−27B	F	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	7.00	1457	-21.2
43	Turkay, Metin	1487	TUR	−44B	+41N	−7B	+46N	−23B	F	F	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.50	875	-15.8
44	Yildiz, Mustafa	1790	TUR	+43N	−39B	−3N	+38B	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	1518	-25.6
45	FIDE 51687828	0	—	−24B	−14N	−38N	−27B	−40N	−41B	F	+46N	−28B	1.0	24.5	24.5	0.50	671	0.0
46	FIDE 51687844	0	—	F	−25B	−21N	−43B	=30N	−36B	−37N	−45B	−38N	0.5	24.0	24.0	2.00	1148	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bagci, HikmetTUR
+66.8
6.5 pts · #6
2Savas, KemalTUR
+50.8
4.5 pts · #10
3Tuzun, AbdurrahmanTUR
+49.2
4.0 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Imamoglu, MustafaTUR
-74.4
4.0 pts · #21
2Alparslan, AyseTUR
-68.0
3.0 pts · #45
3Atakan, KazimTUR
-47.6
2.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R4+356 Elo gap
Bapoglu, Ibrahim1515 beat Ozmen, Halil Nejat1871
R1+281 Elo gap
Savas, Kemal1447 beat Ozates, Veysel1728
R1+276 Elo gap
Odabasi, Nail1459 beat Altinok, Metin1735