Mustafa Yilmaz wins 2022 Turkish Championship

Three-time national champion

Press release by FIDE

Mustafa Yilmaz emerged as the winner of the 2022 Turkish Championship. The native of Mamak claimed his third national title, repeating his triumphs of 2009 and 2017.

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The 2022 Turkish Championship, a 10-player round-robin tournament with classical time control, took place in Kemer, a seaside resort in the province of Antalya, from 25 November to 3 December.

The playing hall

Yilmaz entered the event as the rating favourite and did not disappoint, although it was not all smooth sailing for him. After suffering a defeat at the hands of Alparslan Isik, he entered the penultimate round sharing first place with Huseyin Can Agdelen.

The eventual champion of the event finished strong, scoring 1½ points in the final two rounds and came out on top with 6½/9, a full point ahead of Mert Yilmazyerili, Huseyin Can Agdelen, Alparslan Isik and Efe Metehan Yavuz, who tied for the second position.

Yilmaz vs. Isik (0-1) - Round 7

 

Yilmaz, Mustafa2621

0–1

Isik, Alparslan2463

Turkish Championship 2022 Kemer-Antalya01.12.2022[TA]

1.c4 1:00 e5 1:00 2.g3 30 Nf6 30 3.Bg2 0 Bc5 30 4.d3 1:00       0-0 3:30 5.Nf3 1:30 d6 1:30 6.0-0 4:30 Nc6 30 7.Nc3 1:30 Re8 3:30 8.e3 4:30 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3. Bf5 5:30

9.d4N 4:30 Predecessor: 9.Na4 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.a3 Nb4 12.e4 Bd7 13.Be3 Nc6 14.b4 Ne7 15.Bg5 ½-½ (35) Gonzalez,A (1761) -Galeano,O (1591) Bogota 2016 9...Bb6 2:30 10.d5 0 The position is equal. Ne7 7:30 11.Nh4 9:30 Bg4 16:30 12.Qc2 1:30 Qd7 30 13.Na4 0 e4 4:30 14.Nxb6 6:30 14.b4= 14...axb6 30 15.f3 1:30 Prevents b5. exf3 1:30 16.Nxf3 3:30 Bf5 3:30 Inhibits b3. 17.Qc3 0 Bh3 4:30 18.Nd4 2:30 Bxg2 2:30 19.Kxg2 0 c6 30 19...Ne4 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.Kg1 20.dxc6 7:00 bxc6 0 21.b3 5:30 Ra5 8:00 22.a4 4:30 Rh5 30 Hoping for ...Qh3+. 22...Ne4 23.Qc2 Ng6 24.Ba3 23.Kg1 2:00 Qh3 0 23...c5-+ 24.Nf3 d5 24.Qc2 1:45 c5 2:30 25.Nb5 6:53 Nf5 3:30       aiming for ...Nxg3! 26.Qg2 2:11 Qxg2+ 1:30 26...Nxe3?! 27.Qxh3 Rxh3 28.Re1= 27.Kxg2 2 Ng4 30 27...Nxe3+ simplifies 28.Bxe3 Rxe3 29.Nxd6 Re2+ 28.Kg1 1:20 Nfxe3 10:54       White needs to defend precisely. Black is much more active. 28...Nxh2 29.Rf2 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Nxd6 Rf1+ 31.Kxh2 Rd8= 29...Ng4 30.Rxf5! Rxf5 31.Nxd6= 28...Ngxe3 29.Re1= 29.Re1 1:27 Rhe5! 3:50 29...Rxh2? 30.Bxe3 30.Nxd6? Rg2+ 31.Kh1 Nf2# 30...h6 31.Bf4 31.Nxd6 Re5± 31...Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1+- 30.Bd2 0 Nc2 2:43 Prevents a5. Pair of Knights! 31.Rxe5 3 dxe5 1:01 32.Ra2 1:31 Nd4 30 33.Nc7 1:20 Rd8 2:01 And now ...Nf3+ would win. 34.Nd5 49 Nf6 1:27 Not 34...Nxb3 35.Bc3 34...Nf3+! 35.Kg2 Nxd2 36.Rxd2 Ne3+ 37.Kf2 Nxd5 35.Nxb6= 56 Nf3+ 9 36.Kf2? 0       36.Kg2= and White is okay. Nxd2 37.a5 36...Nxd2-+ 0 37.a5 8 Nde4+ 1:54 And not 37...Nxb3 38.a6= 38.Ke1 25 Nd6 9 39.Rd2 0 Nfe4 39 Against a6 40.Rd5 0 Re8? 0 40...Rb8!-+ White must now prevent ...f6. 41.Rxe5 Rb7 41.a6 4:43 Nc8 3:53 42.Nxc8 1:30 Rxc8 0 43.Rxe5 11:44       Endgame KRN-KR Nd6 1:00 Strongly threatening ...Re8. 44.Rd5 5:09 Ne8 1:30 ...Nf6 is the strong threat. 45.a7 14 Ra8 0 46.Rd7 2:17 g6 1:00 47.Kd2 0

47.g4 might work better. 47...Kg7!-+ 30 48.Ke3 2:23

48.Rb7 48...Kf6! 1:30 49.Kf4 35 49.g4 49...Ke6 30 50.Rb7 0 Nd6 30 51.Rc7 5 Nf5 9:35 52.g4 29 Nd4 18 53.Rxc5 22 Rxa7 59 Inferior is 53...Nxb3 54.Rb5 54.Re5+? 0 54.b4 was forced. 54...Kf6 38 55.g5+ 30 Kg7 0 56.Re3 1:12 Rb7 0 57.Ke4 16 Nxb3 1:06 58.Kd5 5 Na5 0 59.Rc3 37 Rd7+ 2:05 60.Kc5 4 Rc7+ 19 61.Kb5 5

61...Nxc4! 25 Threatens to win with ...Nd6+. 62.Rxc4 38 62.Rg3 Nd6+ 62...Rxc4 30 Black mates. 63.Kxc4 0 K3P-KPP h6 0       64.h4 0 f6 1:27 65.Kd3 1:17 fxg5 1:02 66.hxg5 3 hxg5 0 KP-KP 67.Ke3 20 Kh6 23       68.Kf3 0 Kh5 30 69.Kg3 30 g4 0 70.Kg2 0 Kh4 0 71.Kh2 0 g3+ 3 72.Kg2 20 Kg4 0 73.Kg1 0 Kh3 0 74.Kh1 13 g2+ 10 75.Kg1 0 g5 0 Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/ Black=0.15 (very precise) 0–1

Mert Yilmazyerili and Huseyin Can Agdelen made it to the podium as the highest scorers among all the players who shared second place on 5½ points, with the former taking silver thanks to a slightly better Sonneborn-Berger score.

Mert Yilmazyerili

Huseyin Can Agdelen

Final standings

Tie Break1: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point group)
Tie Break2: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break variable
Tie Break3: The greater number of victories (variable)
Tie Break4: Manually input (after Tie-Break matches)

All games

Links

• Official website
• Vahap Sanal is the 2020 Turkish chess champion