İstanbul Go Players' Association

25th International Istanbul Go Tournament

Welcome to the official page of the 25th Istanbul International Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 10th thru 11th of October.

This page will be updated regularly until the end of the tournament. Please consider following us through our social media accounts and rss for the latest. Updated on 2026-10-05, preregistration has ended.

Preregistration was open until the 4th of October. Thank you for your interest and registering early to help the organization team.

Tournament Details

The tournament takes part in European Grand Prix 2026, as a Bonus Point Level-C tournament.

Tournament Sponsors and Supporters

We are currently actively looking for sponsors, please contact us if you would like to sponsor the 25th edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament.

The 25th edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament is brought to you by the kind sponsorship of Doğuş University and Doğuş Üniversitesi Akıl Oyunları Kulübü for the venue and the organizational support of Istanbul Go Okulu and the Turkish Go Association.

We also have the support of Go Magic and Kifu Master “www.kifumaster.org” regarding tournament prizes.

Venue

Doğuş University Çengelköy Campus will be the venue for this year’s edition of the Istanbul Go Open with the kind support and sponsorship of Doğuş University.

For details about the venue: https://www.dogus.edu.tr/iletisim/yerleskeler

Address

Doğuş Üniversitesi Çengelköy Campus,
Bosna Blv No: 140, 34680
Üsküdar/İstanbul

How to get there

Will be added

Map

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4FgXN7p6e2FtmDn88

Tournament Rules

Main Tournament Rules

  • Tournament Coordinator: Istanbul Go Players’ Association
  • Appeals Board: To be determined on the day of the tournament.
  • Head Referee: Doğaç Köse
  • Referees: To be announced
  • Pairing Operator: Barkın Çelebican
  • Tournament system: McMahon
  • Game rules: Japanese rule set, no handicap
  • Time: 60 min. + 3 x 30 seconds Byoyomi
  • Komi: 6.5

As an EGF Tournament the 25th Istanbul International Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:

  1. EGF General Tournament Rules
  2. EGF Tournament System Rules

For Turkish Nationals:

As per the directive of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Go Association (TGOD), it is required that national players with a rating of 800 or higher are to pay a Licensing fee. The fee is set at 500TRY for all players, with a 50% discount for TGOD members who have payed their dues before March. If you are a Turkish National player with 800GoR or above please make sure you have made the payment prior to the tournament. See TGOD website for details.

Tournament Schedule

Since the preparations are still under due process, please be informed that the below schedule is provisional and may be subject to change. (All listed times are Turkish local times: UTC+3)

October 10th (Saturday)
08:30 – 09:30 : Registration
09:30 – 10:00 : Opening Ceremony and Pairing
10:00 – 12:30 : Round 1
12:30 – 13:30 : Lunch Break
13:30 – 16:00 : Round 2
16:00 – 16:15 : Break
16:15 – 18:45 : Round 3

October 11th (Sunday)

10:15 – 10:30 : Meeting and preparations
10:30 – 13:00 : Round 4
13:00 – 14:00 : Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 : Round 5
17:00 – 17:30 : Award Ceremony and Finale

In-Seong Hwang Lecture Schedule

Details are yet to be established. We are planning to have a get together on Friday until 21:00 and at least 2 lectures with one being before the first round and another before the award ceremony. Please check back for details.

All times are Turkish Local time (UTC +3)

Saturday, October 10th

09:00-09:45 Morning lecture
13:00-13:30 Game reviews, Q&A
15:50-16:20 Game reviews, Q&A

Sunday, October 11th

09:30-10:15 Morning lecture
13:00-13:30 Game reviews, Q&A
16:00-17:00 Summary, Q&A

Prizes and Awards

Main Awards

We are currently working on sponsoring performance awards…

1st to 5th place prizes are for players of EGF member countries.

  1. First Place — 500€
  2. Second Place — 250€
  3. Third Place — 150€
  4. Fourth Place — 100€
  5. Fifth Place — 50€
  6. Fighting Spirit Special award — Medal
  7. Women Stars – Medal
  8. Young Stars – Medal

Secondary Awards

As a McMahon tournament The Istanbul Go Open also prepares many surprises and small prizes for well performing participants that have participated in all rounds and with a win record over 70%. We are currently working on sponsoring performance awards…

Registration and participation

Preregistration deadline is the 4th of October. We would like to remind our participants that preparations are made based on the list of preregistered players. In the unlikely event of demand surpassing projections, preregistering players will have precedence over latecomers. The risks and liabilities arising from not registering prior to the preregistration deadline rest solely on the players.

Attention: Since it will not be possible to organize the tournament correctly and a timely manner, the participants not present at the tournament venue on the first day of the tournament without prior notice, will be dropped from the tournament. We kindly request registrants who will be absent to notify the organizing committee until 21:00 (UTC+3) on Friday, 9 October.

Registration Fee

Prices maybe subject to change due to economical circumstances.

Late registrants 1.500 TRY
Before September 15thAfter September 15th
Preregistered600 TRY1.000 TRY
Preregistered TR Association Members300 TRY500 TRY
Preregistered U18300 TRY500 TRY
First tournament (No EGF record)300 TRY500 TRY

Pre-Registration

Preregistration deadline was on the 4th of October. The registration form is closed as of midnight of the 4th of October local time. Thank you for your interest.

For ease and speed of communication and possible last minute changes a whatsapp group will be formed, we kindly urge you to participate in the group. The 25th Istanbul Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.

Last Name:    EGD Page

List of Registrants

#Ad / NameSoyad / SurnameSeviye / RankGoRŞehir / CityÜlke Kodu / Country CodeKatılım / Participating inAGVKN / EGDPIN
1ÖmerNaiboğlu3d2266IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519413075
2Efsa IşılÜretener10k148IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519362079
3KarloVlahović3d2265Velika goricaHR1, 2, 3, 4, 518637256
4AhmetAydın9k1237IzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520598149
5Elena Otilia TaritaCimpeanu12k932BucharestRO1, 2, 3, 4, 517662513
6IlijaJevtic11k1002NisRS1, 2, 3, 4, 520525043
7SaraDjordjevic2k1869NisRS1, 2, 3, 4, 518098861
8LidiaAgafitei3k1804ClujRO1, 2, 3, 4, 515813413
9ÖzgeMutlu Köse10k1114EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 513625689
10ArianeOugier5d2445ParisFR1, 2, 3, 4, 515774187
11SerhatTürktan13k793EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520413052
12OktayUysal4k1680EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514001845
13Özgürİşçimen1k2030İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519650136
14DoganErgezen2k1869AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520562146
15EceKara16k469İstanbulTR1, 2, 320449187
16UğurArikan3d2289AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517374423
17OğuzErdoğan1k1989İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520162956
18KayaGuvercin10k1129IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520449473
19ÇağatayTavşanoğlu1k2007AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 513650659
20UlaşÖren6d2564İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516298832
21SerapSüleymanoğlu2k1935İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517625938
22Ahmet EmirAydın9k1191IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518586304
23ÖzgürOcak2k1901EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516562942
24KursatElitok1k1962KonyaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518598701
25IremErman6k1537IstanbulTR4, 514533409
26SemaSeymen9k1190İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519062043
27HandeAçar26k-500IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
28Erkanİşçimen10k1051İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519737278
29ErenKurter2d2201AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514274513
30Emir OsmanMeliye20k101AnkaraTR3, 4, 521050480
31Ayşe DenizYenipazar11k989BursaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515337872
32KübraŞafak13k759İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516362841
33SercanŞafak25k-400İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
34MertÇetin12k894İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520462189
35İlbi̇geKiliç15k617İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520349615
36Hali̇l Remzi̇Kiliç22k-384İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520850027
37GucluYilmaz8k1284İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515098039
38StjepanMedak6d2569ZagrebHR1, 2, 3, 4, 517437574
39İlknurGürşen8k1253ÇanakkaleTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519049041
40SibelYıldırım14k746EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520701648
41EmreAk3k1790İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518698207
42ErdiÇoban2d2189İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517001798
43VolkanBurç4k1748İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514098854
44BilgeGöze3k1806İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515437840
45Ali̇Kulubeci̇oğlu1k2032İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519250198
46MerveGürcan8k1309İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516013536
47NalanKayacan7k1392IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516249497
48SaitSevgi8k1294IstanbulTR519060547
49BeratÖnder2k1873EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516998751
50SeçkinGörüşük5k1590ÇanakkaleTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516498845
51EgeErtok16k453İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520425460
52BirandAdal3d2314AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515250015
53HüsrevAksüt5d2472AntalyaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514649943
54IrmakGüntav5k1630IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519237812
55Tolga EmreBaşargan3k1833İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518786845
56BoyanAlexandrov1k1961SofiaBG1, 2, 3, 4, 515201527
57VeyselÖzbudak2d2150ÇanakkaleTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515762571
58Mete AlpFidan16k486AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520337614
59Görkem BernaBilgin18k252IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520749157
60MustafaUzturk12k870IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518633208
61İlayYılmaz12k828İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518613023
62Muhammad ShahryarKhan20k100IslamabadPK1, 2, 3, 4, 5
63HayriKılıç2d2178IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 513737526
64Muhammed SaidSaraç11k1045IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518013567
65OsmanTiriç2k1928ErzurumTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516062530
66ŞeymaÇavuşoğlu9k1170TekirdağTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520737783
67Ali FıratBulca12k893EskisehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520833021
68Berkan YasinŞen11k576SakaryaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521049237
69DoğukanSarıkaya1k2023EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514325641
70UmmuhanZengin26k-500İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
71ÖmerMahmudlu14k726AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520737651
72Can AlpÜzgün20k26IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520850456
73SevalAltuğ1d2066İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515898542
74HaldunOymak11k1003IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520725782
75BerkeÖzücer16k471İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520898438
76İpekKuşçu Özücer19k154İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521086472
77CanÖzücer18k288İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520886437
78Aksel DenizAkçer20k145IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520625264
79ÇinarÖztürk15k551IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520674731
80ErdemOymak14k745KırklareliTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519313943
81AltanKuntay4d2353DenizliTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515025307
82Zi̇li̇fGüçlüer17k369EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520813023
83UtkuÜzülmez7k1394IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 513862684
84İsmail TansuTunalı12k864AydınTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517213196
85BerkeÜner2d2196İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518398193
86NevaGörüşük20k7ÇanakkaleTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521062239
87Musa BurakErdihan3k1802IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515386657
88KeremBerdibek6k1539AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520174968
89NildeYildiz20k109İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520686765
90SepkenKaptanoğlu15k584EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520450056
91NeslihanGüç Topçu5k1609İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515033997
92İlknurÜner25k-401İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520949621
93EgeÜner20k104IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520662763
94EmirÜner25k-400IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
95EmreBektöre1d2144EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 513674639
96Mert TunaÇiçek4k1749İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521098396
97Deniz EkimAydın1d2130AntalyaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515274149
98SudeDemirbağı8k1267AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520598160
99HüseyinKaçan5k1617İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520350561
100HakanYildirim7k1372IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518949678
101Mehmet SamedKarapınar5k1564EskişehirTR1, 2, 320925058
102HataycanÖzgür3d2274İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515862539
103EmelOymak25k-400IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
104ErhanEren1d2136IzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516833817
105Andrei LucaHeemeryck1k2018BucharestRO1, 2, 3, 4, 520398620
106RokoCrvelin4d2379ZagrebHR1, 2, 3, 4, 518262739
107MehmetTaçalan6k1506KocaeliTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514674946
108ÖmerGokakin19k150İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520825453
109Tuna CanGençoğlu1k1976ÇanakkaleTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519098420
110Arda SerdarPektezol3k1771IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520137469
111KeremÖzenir5k1562AdanaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514398637
112BahadırYavaş6k1486TekirdağTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520625418
113Ramazan BoraKeçeci5k1583AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517801410
114Cemal AtakanBostancı3k1764AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518501714
115Asya NihalDenizBilmiyorum-900İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
116NikolayAleksandrov1k2000SofiaBG1, 2, 3, 4, 515249520
117SimeonHristov6k1500SofiaBG1, 2, 3, 4, 520713693
118EfeÖzgürel19k200AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
119Sami İlkerBayındır10k911AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520137986
120BükeTuncel6k1397IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516537950
121LukatoniKaramatić12k913Velika goricaHR1, 2, 3, 4, 520562751
122SerdarLacin2k1738IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514750219
123EmreApa2k1851İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519074297
124ArenÇayla22k72İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521033408
125OnurSaatçı3k1800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516374831
126OrhanAcar3k1771İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515649810
127GüneyBarsbey20k203BalıkesirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521001409
128FettahYali̇çli̇3k1761İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518674106
129Merve NurBarin17k448İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518933937
130ClaudeBrisson2k1798MarseilleFR1, 2, 313513291
131ÇağlayanDuman2d2188İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516586196
132ÖzkanDursun4k1672İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515013031
133ÖzgurErdoğan9k1217IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515862517
134ÖzgürDeğirmenci5d2487İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514713589
135HaydarOzcan1k1990BursaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514725601
136In-seongHwang8d2803GrenobleFRTeaching14201286
137Mehmet CemUzman30k-900IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
138EgeErgun9k1197İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519650961
139Başak KuralUslu14k700İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
140EgeKöse2d2156İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517401153
141MeteGüney15k643IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520433589
142MaxwellSchneider-White1d2139PhiladelphiaUS1, 2, 3, 4, 5
143Asaf EymenÖngel19k189İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520801451
144Emir OsmanMeliye20k98AnkaraTR2, 3, 421050480
145Anıl AtlasAksoy18k227İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520625759
146OliverSkocic3d2278ZagrebHR1, 2, 3, 4, 519613396
147DenizYaşa27k-600IstanbulTR1, 2, 3
148Ardaİçen20k100IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
149MeteKorg27k-600IstanbulTR1, 2, 3
150İmreÖzbay8k1333AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516474216
151ElifÖztas17k346AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520998285
152BatuAras12k437İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520437593
153Enes SabitKılıç10k1070İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521013465
154RuslanPivnev5k1627AntalyaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 518574369
155Tufan BaranIlıcalı7k1142İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520901254
156Yapak EceYazgıç21k-12İstanbulTR1, 2, 320749179
157Bulut CanHacıoğlu25k-600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
158EmirBayazitoğlu3k1800BursaTR4, 5
159Muhammed CanYıldız18k272İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520833450
160UmutErşahince2k1859AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520974250
161Ahmet BertuğAygün6k1460IstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 516813819
162Ahmet SüheylKiriş2k1892İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 515886079
163Ozlem Aybuke IsikBozbay15k645AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 418033851
164Sarp EgeYılmaz5k1590AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 519233280
165Deniz ErenYılmaz20k-123AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520737167
166Alp KeremŞen18k346İstanbulTR1, 2, 320474465
167BeratBulut14k368AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521086439
168DilekCavusoglu18k296EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520962062
169ÖzlemÇelikkol8k1276BursaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 514733598
170AsyaKurt20k102İstanbulTR120686754
171Cem ÇağlarCanatan9k1160AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520949896
172Ahmet ÇınarDeniz24k-296AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 521037412
173Ahmet KeremErçetin7k1424İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520137953
174TanerTürkmen30k-900İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
175Doruk AhmetBertan14k-26İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 520649618
176DeryaKaptanBilmiyorum-900İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
177Mehmet AliGöktaş6k1590İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 517601804
178DoğaçKöse3d2296Eskişehir / İstanbulTR14825052
179BarkınÇelebican1d2114İstanbulTR13701534

Tournament Results

Will be announced here after the tournament.

Main Tournament Wall List

Will be announced here after the tournament.