The Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Open 2025 will take place from November 09 to November 15 in Mersin, Turkey. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Turkey, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Vugar Rasulov (2525), GM Aryan Gholami (2468), IM Arash Tahbaz (2468), GM Athanasios Mastrovasilis (2424), IM Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla (2423), GM Meylis Annaberdiyev (2407), GM Alex Yermolinsky (2388), FM Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab (2384), GM Evgeny Gleizerov (2378), FM Ege Tuna Oktem (2374), GM Mikhail Ulybin (2349), IM Gaioz Nigalidze (2348), FM Arian Baradaran Tamadon (2330), FM Rashad Zeynalli (2284), FM Sultan Chubakov (2252). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More Asian events: 62nd Indian National Championship 2025 / The Chembur Gymkhana 3rd All India FIDE Rapid Rating Open Chess Tournament 2025 / Ganja Open 2025 – Group A / Ganja Open 2025 – Group B / West Bengal State U-19 Championship 2025 – Open
Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Open 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Rasulov, Vugar
AZE
2525
2
GM
Gholami, Aryan
IRI
2468
3
IM
Tahbaz, Arash
IRI
2468
4
GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
GRE
2424
5
IM
Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad
IND
2423
6
GM
Annaberdiyev, Meylis
TKM
2407
7
GM
Yermolinsky, Alex
USA
2388
8
FM
Ebrahimi Herab, Hamidreza
IRI
2384
9
GM
Gleizerov, Evgeny
RUS
2378
10
FM
Oktem, Ege Tuna
TUR
2374
11
GM
Ulybin, Mikhail
RUS
2349
12
IM
Nigalidze, Gaioz
GEO
2348
13
FM
Baradaran Tamadon, Arian
IRI
2330
14
FM
Zeynalli, Rashad
AZE
2284
15
FM
Chubakov, Sultan
KGZ
2252
16
FM
Hosseinzadeh, Nima
IRI
2233
17
Alaghehmand, Arshia
IRI
2233
18
CM
Ozkan, Kaan
TUR
2225
19
CM
Tutuncu, Ali
TUR
2208
20
WGM
Yakubbaeva, Nilufar
UZB
2207
21
FM
Khalesi, Vahid
IRI
2200
22
FM
Asgari, Morteza
IRI
2174
23
Habibifard, Parham
IRI
2171
24
Binboga, Yaman
TUR
2159
25
Gunebakan, Yunus Emre
TUR
2159
26
CM
Yazici, Ugur Doga
TUR
2158
27
Salci, Aytug Celal
TUR
2152
28
CM
Sevig, Mert Can
TUR
2143
29
Sahin, Taha
TUR
2113
30
CM
Ererdem, Gani Eren
TUR
2104
31
Simsek, Ayaz
TUR
2101
32
FM
Idrisov, Tabriz
AZE
2099
33
Ilkhanipour, Ramtin
IRI
2084
34
FM
Mohannad, Farhan
JOR
2082
35
Ucoluk, Umut
TUR
2057
36
Kilic, Cihan
TUR
2051
37
Mutlu, Burak Alp
TUR
2051
38
CM
Karabulut, Etka
TUR
2041
39
CM
Oz, Ege
TUR
2033
40
Alpaslan, Utku
TUR
2033
41
Kalinoglu, Yagiz
TUR
2030
42
CM
Akkara, Omer
TUR
2024
43
Turksoi, Zhanpolat
KGZ
2014
44
Savran, Bora
TUR
2007
45
Nuhoglu, Yusahan
TUR
2006
46
Karayayla, Doruk
TUR
2003
47
CM
Aynaoglu, Efe
TUR
2002