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Mustafa Yilmaz is the Winner of the Turkish Chess Championship

The 2022 Turkish Chess Championship took place from 25 November to 3 December in Keymer. It was a 10-player round-robin tournament with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

The rating favourite GM Mustafa Yilmaz won the event scoring 6.5/9 points. He was a full point ahead of a group of four players who tied for second with 5.5 points, each. Tiebreaks criteria favored GM Mert Yilmazyerli who came second, FM Huseyin Can Agdelen won bronze, FM Alparslan Isik finished in the fourth place, and Efe Metehan Yavuz came fifth. Scroll down for the final rankings

Turkish Chess Championship 2022 – Final rankings:


Rk   Name ELO Pts
1 GM YILMAZ Mustafa  2621 6.5
2 GM YILMAZYERLİ Mert  2534 5.5
3 FM AĞDELEN Hüseyin Can  2416 5.5
4 FM IŞIK Alparslan  2463 5.5
5 CM YAVUZ Efe Metehan  2256 5.5
6 FM KILIÇ Eray  2437 5
7 IM KÖKSAL Ege  2321 4
8 FM ÖZSAKALLIOĞLU Okan  2288 3.5
9 CM YARAN Şiar  2291 3.5
10 WFM GÖKBULUT Yulia  1912 0.5