Kübra Öztürk wins Turkish Women's Championship
2/4/2012 – There were two dominating female players in this event: Kübra, 20, rated 2309, and the eight times Turkish Women's Champion, Betul Yildiz, 22, rated 2340. The two, who are at least 350 rating points ahead of the others, finished tied for first, 1.5 points ahead of the field. In the playoff it was the younger player who won the Armageddon tiebreak game. Report by WGM Anatasiya Karlovich.
Turkish Chess Championships 2012
By WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
The Turkish Chess Championships for men and women started on January 29th, 2012 in Kemer (Antalya), Turkey. The tournament is a ten round Swiss and will last until Sunday, February 5th.
Kubra Ozturk Turkish Women's Champion
In the ninth round the leaders of the tournament Kubra Ozturk and Betul Yildiz both won their games and had to play tie-break match in order to determine the winner. Betul Yildiz, who is eight-time Turkish Champion, won the first game of the playoff, in which both players had ten minutes for the whole game and five seconds increment per move. In the second game her teammate Kubra Ozturk managed to equalize a score. The fate of the first place was decided in Armageddon: Kubra Ozturk managed to win the game and title. Busra Arig took the bronze medal.
Final top standings
| Rnk | Title | Player | Rtng | Cat. | Pts. | BH. | BH. | SB |
| 1 | WGM | Öztürk Kübra | 2309 | 8 | 49 | 43½ | 47.00 | |
| 2 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2340 | 8 | 46½ | 42½ | 42.00 | |
| 3 | Ariğ Büşra | 1820 | 6½ | 50½ | 45½ | 36.75 | ||
| 4 | WCM | Cemhan Kardelen | 1952 | U16 | 6½ | 47½ | 42½ | 35.75 |
| 5 | Menzi Nezihe Ezgi | 1887 | U14 | 6½ | 46½ | 41½ | 33.25 | |
| 6 | Aksoy Ayca | 1696 | U12 | 6½ | 43½ | 39½ | 31.75 | |
| 7 | Ulusoy Nisan | 1692 | U13 | 6½ | 39½ | 36 | 28.75 | |
| 8 | Patel Yeşim | 1824 | U15 | 6 | 48 | 43½ | 32.75 | |
| 9 | Öztürk Hilal | 1773 | U15 | 6 | 43½ | 38½ | 30.00 | |
| 10 | Firat Deniz | 1632 | U15 | 6 | 42 | 38 | 27.50 | |
| 11 | Alev Gönülden Seda | 1617 | 6 | 36 | 33 | 24.25 | ||
| 12 | WCM | Kaya Emel | 2005 | 5½ | 50½ | 45½ | 29.50 | |
| 13 | Yilmaz Ezgi | 1876 | 5½ | 48 | 43 | 29.00 | ||
| 14 | WFM | Süral Yanik Emine | 1972 | 5½ | 48 | 43 | 28.75 | |
| 15 | Sahin Handenur | 1729 | U15 | 5½ | 45 | 40½ | 25.25 | |
| 16 | Abdimanoğlu Beste | 1741 | U15 | 5½ | 44 | 40½ | 26.00 | |
| 17 | Tulay Seray | 1807 | 5½ | 43 | 38½ | 25.75 | ||
| 18 | Öney Gülümser | 1726 | 5½ | 41½ | 37½ | 26.25 | ||
| 19 | Kovan Nazli | 1617 | 5½ | 39 | 35½ | 22.25 | ||
| 20 | Onur Çiğdem | 1627 | U11 | 5½ | 37½ | 34 | 23.25 | |
| 21 | Gülay Ayça Nuriye | 1541 | 5½ | 33 | 30 | 19.75 |
The first place was decided on tie-break: Kübra Özturk vs Betul
Yildiz
These are the two strongest female players in Turkey
Kübra Öztürk, the winner and new Turkish Women's Champion!
Chairman Arzum Murat Kolbasi gives the trophy to Kübra
Second place for WIM Betul Cemre Yildiz
Kubra Ozturk, Betul Yildiz and Büşra Ariğ, the three medalists
of the Championship
Cups and prizes for the winners
Gonulden Seda Alev and Seray Tulay are happy with their tournament results
Turkish Championship for men
The Turkish Championship for men will last until Sunday. With one round to go Dragan Solak, Firat Burak, Mert Erdogdu, Ege Koksal are leading with 7½ points out of 9. The group of 14 players following them is half a point behind. We will report on the final results when the tournament is over.
Top standings after nine rounds (one round to go)
| Rnk | Sd | Ti. | Player | Rtng | Pts | BH. | BH. | SB |
| 1 | 5 | IM | Erdoğdu Mert | 2424 | 7½ | 49½ | 44½ | 44.75 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2613 | 7½ | 49 | 45 | 42.00 |
| 7 | IM | Firat Burak | 2396 | 7½ | 49 | 45 | 42.00 | |
| 4 | 35 | Köksal Ege | 2121 | 7½ | 44½ | 40 | 38.50 | |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Esen Bariş | 2534 | 7 | 51½ | 46½ | 41.50 |
| 6 | 10 | IM | Atakişi Umut | 2345 | 7 | 51½ | 46½ | 40.75 |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Haznedaroğlu Kivanç | 2455 | 7 | 49 | 44 | 41.75 |
| 8 | 11 | FM | Yilmazyerli Mert | 2314 | 7 | 49 | 43½ | 39.25 |
| 9 | 9 | IM | Erturan Yakup | 2372 | 7 | 48½ | 44 | 40.50 |
| 10 | 3 | GM | Can Emre | 2462 | 7 | 48 | 44 | 37.50 |
| 11 | 24 | CM | Daştan Muhammed | 2211 | 7 | 48 | 43 | 38.75 |
| 12 | 45 | Arat Ufuk Sezen | 2047 | 7 | 46 | 41½ | 37.75 | |
| 13 | 6 | IM | Kanmazalp Oğulcan | 2397 | 7 | 45½ | 41 | 39.50 |
| 14 | 27 | Şengül Cengiz | 2168 | 7 | 45½ | 40½ | 37.75 | |
| 15 | 36 | Asilkefeli Metin | 2108 | 7 | 45 | 41 | 36.00 | |
| 16 | 21 | Eminov Orkhan | 2216 | 7 | 44½ | 40 | 35.75 | |
| 17 | 19 | Duman Aydin | 2220 | 7 | 44 | 39½ | 35.75 | |
| 18 | 71 | Özalp Burak | 1957 | 7 | 43½ | 38½ | 36.00 |
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