9th Golden Apricot 2026

Malatya TURAug 24 – 29, 2026Classical

9th Golden Apricot 2026 brought together 45 players in Malatya TUR, including 2 grandmasters. Arshia Alaghehmand has the best score, 7½ out of 9. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 45
Games: 90
Average Elo: 2003
Top rating: 2449

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	FMArshia Alaghehmand	IRI	2297	7½/9	6 / 3 / 0
2	IMAmirreza Pour Agha Bala	IRI	2449	7/9	5 / 4 / 0
3	IMG Nigalidze	GEO	2354	6½/9	4 / 5 / 0
4	IMSadig Mammadov	AZE	2315	6/9	4 / 4 / 1
4	FMMahdi Nikookar	IRI	2305	6/9	6 / 0 / 3
4	Taha Golshaani	IRI	2186	6/9	6 / 0 / 3
7	CMYasin Azimov	AZE	2041	5½/8	5 / 1 / 2
7	CMAli Zeynali	IRI	2031	5½/8	4 / 3 / 1
9	FMNi Chkhaidze	GEO	2196	5/8	3 / 4 / 1
10	FMM Asgari	IRI	2158	4½/6	4 / 1 / 1
10	FMK Primbetov	KAZ	2132	4½/8	3 / 3 / 2
12	FMV Khalesi	IRI	2226	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
12	GMH Odeev	TKM	2203	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
14	CMP Doostkam	IRI	1969	3/5	2 / 2 / 1
15	WIMEk Smirnova	FID	2132	2/5	1 / 2 / 2
15	Batuhan Ihsan Dulger	TUR	1904	2/6	1 / 2 / 3
17	M Yayik	TUR	2065	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
17	CMMirsaleh Seyidli	AZE	1959	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
19	Giorgi Chaladze	GEO	1968	1/3	0 / 2 / 1
19	M Mahmoody	IRI	1938	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
19	Davood Asgharvand	IRI	1865	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
19	Nurullah Kilic	TUR	1865	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
19	WFMMaedeh Yousefian	IRI	1818	1/5	1 / 0 / 4
19	Davut Can Yuksel	TUR	1817	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
25	GMJa Stopa	POL	2359	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
25	Arda Sahin	TUR	1890	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
25	Arda Uzgur	TUR	1870	½/4	0 / 1 / 3
25	Kagan Harmansa	TUR	1846	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
25	Ferhat Oguzhan Yarici	TUR	1828	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
25	Mert Onder	TUR	1766	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
31	M Sadatnajafi	IRI	2194	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	FMF Mohannad	JOR	2106	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	R Taavoni	IRI	1952	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	Muratcan Bingul	TUR	1916	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	Hafize Demirtas	TUR	1906	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
31	Ahmet Selim Yorkan	TUR	1902	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	Feyzullah Citil	TUR	1857	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
31	Demir Gokdemir	TUR	1850	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	Deniz Soyer	TUR	1850	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
31	Neset Eren Karaboga	TUR	1821	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	Suleyman Saltik	TUR	1807	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
31	Muhammed Doruk Oztepeli	TUR	1777	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
31	Fayik Akcun	TUR	1714	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	R Saeedi	IRI	1713	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
31	Murat Ermis		–	0/1	0 / 0 / 1

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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