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Yalkanov, Serdar
🇹🇲FIDE 14003120· Male· Turkmenistan· Born in 1998
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Serdar Yalkanov, a 28-year-old Turkmen player, is rated 1959 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2017–2018) and 55 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: GRAN-PRIX TKF OPEN - (TURKMENBASHI). Also played 1 rapid (including Rapid Moscow. August 2025 - 2) and 1 blitz events (including Blitz Moscow. August 2025 - 4) recently. He reached Turkmen #24 in Apr 2024.
At junior level, he reached #4 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1959
Standard
Rpd1925·Blz1916
All-time high
1959
at best
Jan 2026 · age 28
Jan 2026 · age 28
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#34,834
#34,834 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1959
at age 28
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+60 Elo)
1877 → 1937
May 2024
Peak Turkmen rank: #24
at age 26 · rated 1936
Apr 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 26
Apr 2024
2018
4th Turkmen U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1910
Oct 2018
Inactive for 55 months
paused at 1910 → returned at 1877
May 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+3
1956 → 1959
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
3.5/ 487.5%
3W1D0L
Top 2 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/3 | #29 | 2515 | +2.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSerdar Seyitmyradov
🇹🇲TKM·2090
+0 −8 =0
8 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsMergen KakabayevFM
🇹🇲TKM·2247
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsAhmet Artykov
🇹🇲TKM·1899
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsAzatgeldi Annageldiyev
🇹🇲TKM·1999
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsAmanmuhammet HommadovFM
🇹🇲TKM·2385
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2024
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Rankings
/
Turkmenistan
#37
out of 560 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,207
in continent
World
#34,833
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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