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Traditional Yalova Governor's Cup Chess Tournament

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Yalova, Turkey. Top 10 Elo average was 1823, and top seed was Arda Tuna Karacan (🇹🇷 TUR, 1958).

Hakan Bora Sarioglu (🇹🇷 TUR, 1931) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Deniz Ege Duran (5.0) and Erdem Emre (4.5). Sarioglu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Emir Demiroglu (1413) beat Bayram Adanur (1789), a +376-point gap.

Location
🇹🇷Yalova, Turkey
Dates
20 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇷Arda Tuna Karacan1958
Avg top 10
1,823
Participants
23
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇷Turkiye×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
5
3
2
2
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Sarioglu5Duran5Emre4.5Alim4.5Ince4Ates4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Sarioglu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Hakan Bora Sarioglu beat Deniz Ege Duran (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Hakan Bora Sarioglu 4 wins (R1–R4)Deniz Ege Duran 3 wins (R4–R6)Erdem Emre 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Hakan Bora Sarioglu*
1
½
½
2Deniz Ege Duran
0
*
1
1
3Erdem Emre
½
0
*—
4Mehmet Emir Alim
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sarioglu, Hakan Bora1931TUR+21N+11B+2N+6B=3N=4B5.021.022.017.502023+26.4
2Duran, Deniz Ege1630TUR+18B+4N−1B+12N+9B+3B5.019.521.016.002015+95.6
3Emre, Erdem1866TUR+19B+14N+12B+9N=1B−2N4.517.519.011.501877+8.4
4Alim, Mehmet Emir1812TUR+16N−2B+17N+11B+15B=1N4.517.018.511.001812+7.2
5Karacan, Arda Tuna1958TUR=10B−6N+18B+8N=13B+9N4.015.517.010.501697-52.8
6Ates, Erdem1827TUR=13N+5B=20N−1N+10B+19B4.015.517.010.251861+14.4
7Ince, Eymen Berat1815TUR−9B=8N+23B=10N+17B+13N4.013.013.57.251635-44.8
8Herdem, Osman Eray1497TUR−20N=7B+16N−5B+22B+12N3.514.014.57.001768+78.4
9Sapan, Deniz1476TUR+7N+20B+13N−3B−2N−5B3.019.521.07.501749+73.6
10Aydin, Oguz Han1626TUR=5N−13B+21N=7B−6N+22B3.015.015.55.501696+19.2
11Aydin, Ali Eren1757TUR+23B−1N+22B−4N=14N=15B3.014.014.53.001630-17.2
12Sitki, Muhammed Umud1788TUR+17N+15B−3N−2B=19N−8B2.516.518.04.251519-79.6
13Kilim, Goktug Batur1519TUR=6B+10N−9BF=5N−7B2.018.020.07.001661+28.8
14Yazgan, Omer Faruk1687TUR+22N−3B=15NF=11B−16N2.013.514.03.001530-40.4
15Demiroglu, Emir1413TURF−12N=14B+20B−4N=11N2.013.513.54.001695+58.0
16Kirman, Ediz Yahya1527TUR−4B−18N−8BF+21N+14B2.012.512.53.001651+24.8
17Akbelen, Uygar Efe1453TUR−12B+19N−4BF−7N=18B1.514.014.52.251559+14.8
18FIDE 5250529930—−2N+16B−5N−19BF=17N1.514.014.02.7514830.0
19Kacar, Engin1594TUR−3N−17BF+18N=12B−6N1.514.014.02.751412-32.8
20Adanur, Bayram1789TUR+8B−9N=6B−15NFF1.512.512.55.501466-62.8
21Karabulut, Umit1606TUR−1B=23N−10B=22N−16BF1.011.011.00.501364-31.6
22Gundogan, Mehmet Emir1448TUR−14BF−11N=21B−8N−10N0.512.512.50.501269-33.2
23Ozgenc, Ozhan1487TUR−11N=21B−7NFFF0.59.59.50.501453-2.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets