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 |
