2012 Turkish Women's Chess Championship

WIM Betul Yildiz, back in 2012 to
defend her title.

There's a report from Chessbase by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich with, as always for Chessbase, lots of photographs including several lovely female players.

Here's the website for the Women's Championship, in Turkish.  Sorry, I can't read it!

According to WGM Karlovich's report, 69 women are participating.  Wow - a big championship!  About the prizes:

Turkey continues showing its growing support of chess, and especially of women's chess, by having impressive prize funds in both the men and women sections. The Turkish Chess Federation together with the general sponsor, Is Bank, have provided a prize fund of roughly €12,500 in the men's tournament. The women's event is being sponsored again by Arzum Small Home Appliances Company, who has been generous towards this event since 2009. Arzum has provided about TL 45,000 – which is roughly €20,000. The prizes include products (around €4300) as well as monetary prizes (around €7500). On top of that more than 20 of the women players received free accommodation in the 5-star Limra Hotel from this sponsorship.

The event was held January 29 - February 3, 2012.

There were 9 rounds.  Complete cross-table.  According to this report from Chessdom, Betul Yildiz and Kubra Ozturk finished with a tie-score and went to play-off, which Ozturk won in a final Armageddon game.  Here are the final standings:

Sıra		SOYADI ADI	UKD	ELO	Kategori	Pts.	BH.	BH.	SB
1	WGM	ÖZTÜRK KÜBRA	2200	2309		8	49	43½	47,00
2	WIM	YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE	2278	2340		8	46½	42½	42,00
3		ARIĞ BÜŞRA	1861	1820		6½	50½	45½	36,75
4	WCM	CEMHAN KARDELEN	2051	1952	U16	6½	47½	42½	35,75
5		MENZİ NEZİHE EZGİ	1967	1887	U14	6½	46½	41½	33,25
6		AKSOY AYCA	1668	1696	U12	6½	43½	39½	31,75
7		ULUSOY NİSAN	1819	1692	U13	6½	39½	36	28,75
8		PATEL YEŞİM	1890	1824	U15	6	48	43½	32,75
9		ÖZTÜRK HİLAL	1841	1773	U15	6	43½	38½	30,00
10		FIRAT DENİZ	1754	1632	U15	6	42	38	27,50
11		ALEV GÖNÜLDEN SEDA	1701	1617		6	36	33	24,25
12	WCM	KAYA EMEL	2040	2005		5½	50½	45½	29,50
13		YILMAZ EZGİ	1972	1876		5½	48	43	29,00
14	WFM	SÜRAL YANIK EMINE	1849	1972		5½	48	43	28,75
15		SAHIN HANDENUR	1799	1729	U15	5½	45	40½	25,25
16		ABDİMANOĞLU BESTE BAŞAK	1784	1741	U15	5½	44	40½	26,00
17		TULAY SERAY	1839	1807		5½	43	38½	25,75
18		ÖNEY GÜLÜMSER	1631	1726		5½	41½	37½	26,25
19		KOVAN NAZLI	1701	1617		5½	39	35½	22,25
20		ONUR ÇİĞDEM	1548	1627	U11	5½	37½	34	23,25
21		GÜLAY AYÇA NURİYE	1606	1541		5½	33	30	19,75
22		DURMAZ AYÇA FATMA	1983	1823		5	45½	41	24,00
23		AYAN BENGÜ SENA	1549	1398	U11	5	43½	39½	22,75
24		VATANSEVER BUSE	1755	1612	U13	5	40	36½	19,50
25		HEREKLİOĞLU SUDE	1532	1637	U10	5	39½	36	21,25
26		ŞEN BERIL BERFIN	1567	1598	U16	5	39½	35½	20,50
27		AYAZMALI GİZEM	1550	1578	U12	5	39	35½	21,00
28		ŞİMŞEK MELTEM	1791	1748		5	39	35	22,50
29		GÜNDOĞAN SİNEM ÇAĞLA	1733	1492	U12	5	38½	35	19,00
30		AĞUN LÜTFIYE SELVA	1676	1533	U13	5	36	33½	16,00
31		TEMEL BURCU MELİS	1665	1593	U13	5	35½	32½	18,25
32	WCM	ARDA ÇAĞIL IRMAK	1479	1576	U11	5	32½	30	17,25
33		İPEKER MELDA	1576	1450	U12	4½	42½	38½	18,50
34		OKUYAZ DURU	1454	1413	U10	4½	40	36½	17,75
35		KARGACI HÜMEYRA	1410	1477	U10	4½	38½	36	16,25
36		DAYAN CANSU	1728			4½	38½	35	17,75
37		ÖZBAY ECE	1460	1336	U11	4½	38	34½	14,00
38		YILDIRAN NILHAN		1601	U15	4½	37	33½	15,50
39		ZENGİN HANDE	1598		U12	4½	36½	33	18,00
40		MIHLADIZ DENİZ BURCU	1693			4½	31	29	12,50
41		ARKAN YAREN	1616	1633	U14	4	40	36	16,50
42		EROĞLU DENİZ	1576	1376	U15	4	39½	36	14,75
43		YASSIBAĞ ASLI	1452	1430	U12	4	36	33	13,00
44		HAKSAYAR AYŞEN		1767		4	35	31½	14,00
45		ÇAKANEL DİLARA	1599			4	34	31½	12,50
46		ÇAM ESRA	1435			4	34	31	12,50
47		GÜÇLÜ YAĞMUR	1466		U12	4	31½	29	11,75
48		AY USE ÇİSEM	1249		U12	4	31½	29	11,50
49		AKPINAR GÖRKEM	1567			4	31	28½	10,00
50		SADE DEFNE	1383		U9	4	30	27½	10,50
51		YURDAKUL DİDEM NURAY	1429		U12	4	30	27½	10,00
52		YILMAZEL SINEM	1297			3½	40½	36½	16,50
53		BURAN SEHER	1513		U15	3½	40½	36	17,75
54		ÖNCÜ TUĞÇE	1446	1463	U12	3½	39½	36½	12,00
55		ALUÇ BULUT EVRİM	1396		U12	3½	36½	33½	12,00
56		TURAN YASEMIN	1196		U13	3½	30½	28½	8,00
57		YILDIZ GÜNEŞ	1146		U9	3	36	32	11,00
58		CİHANGİR GÜLDEREN	1480		U12	3	35½	33	8,75
59		İLCİ GOZDE ALEYNA	1285		U10	3	33	30½	7,00
60		AR LEYLAHAN	1173		U11	3	33	30	10,50
61		YILDIZ AYBIKE GÜLBÜN	1163		U11	3	31	28½	9,50
62		YILDIRIM BÜŞRA	1100		U13	3	29½	27½	6,00
63		ŞENTÜRK GÖZDE	1153			3	29½	27	6,50
64		GÖNÜLTAŞ BAKRİYA ANASTASYA	1121		U10	3	27	25	7,00
65		YAKABASAN GÖNÜL	1612			3	24	22½	4,50
66		ESTİ KÜBRA SELENAY	1427		U10	2½	35	32½	9,00
67		GÖKBAŞ HİLAL			U16	2½	27½	25	5,25
68		KEÇECİ DİLARA	1243			2	31	28½	5,00
69		AKÇALI SELIN	1241			1	26½	24½	2,00