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Kurbandurdyyev, Shageldi
CM🇹🇲FIDE 14004135· Male· Turkmenistan· Born in 2008
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Shageldi Kurbandurdyyev, a 18-year-old Turkmen Candidate Master, is rated 2201 — just 28 short of his peak of 2229 (Jan 2026, age 18) and ranked 14th among Turkmen players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +99 Elo over the past 12 months. 101 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Turkmenistan Team Championship, TURKMENISTAN CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER 18 OPEN (2026) STANDARD, and Turkmenistan Open Championship 2026 (1 liga). Also played 4 rapid (including Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025 - Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including Turkmenistan Chess Federation Cup 2025 Blitz (group A)) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2018–2019) and 13 months (2022–2023). He reached Turkmen #7 in Apr 2022.
Awarded CM in 2016 (age 8). At junior level, he reached World #63 in U8 and #1, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2201
Standard
Rpd2097·Blz2245
All-time high
2229
−28 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 18
Jan 2026 · age 18
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
101 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#14
#14 · Turkmen players · of 420
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
May 2026
1st Turkmen U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2229
Jan 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2229
at age 18 · −28 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Feb 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 16
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+66
2135 → 2201
Tournaments
10
97 games
Score
70.5/ 9772.7%
60W21D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsA P Chenitha Sihas Dinsara KarunasenaCM1,959·Western Asian Junior Chess Championships 2025·R9·-29.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 10/9 | #8 | 2635 | +28.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2181 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/11 | #8 | 2027 | -55.5 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/11 | #4 | 2127 | -12.7 |
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | F | 2284 | +44.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #5 | 2270 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/11 | #13 | 2102 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/8 | #8 | 2403 | +67.3 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #9 | 1961 | -33.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #19 | 2135 | +7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAzym Saryyev
🇹🇲TKM·2121
+10 −5 =5
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSerdar Bayramov
🇹🇲TKM·2093
+13 −5 =2
20 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIlhan Charyyev
🇹🇲TKM·2142
+4 −5 =8
17 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSanjar Gaybullayev
🇹🇲TKM·2047
+9 −1 =5
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIskendershyh Agalyyev
🇹🇲TKM·1898
+11 −0 =2
13 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
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Turkmenistan
#14
out of 543 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,310
in continent
World
#8,115
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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