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Kizil, Yilmaz
🇫🇷FIDE 20631340· Male· France· Born in 1981
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Yilmaz Kizil, a 45-year-old French player, is rated 1849 — just 21 short of his peak of 1870 (May 2025, age 44). He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - EST Fevrier, Team 2026 - EST Janvier, and 2eme Open de Noel du Pays-Haut Pays des 3 Frontieres (-2400). Also played 5 rapid (including 1er Triathlon d'echecs de Carnaval de Tressange Rapide) and 1 blitz events (including 1er tournoi du 25eme anniversaire d'Alexis Cahen) recently. He took a 30-month break between Jun 2022 and Jan 2025.
Current rating
1849
Standard
Rpd1820·Blz1809
All-time high
1870
−21 pts below
May 2025 · age 44
May 2025 · age 44
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#61,760
#61,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1870
at age 44 · −21 from today
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 43
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1745 → returned at 1841
Jun 2022
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 38
May 2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 38
Jan 2019
2018
Re-crossed 1800
at age 37
May 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+10
1839 → 1849
Tournaments
6
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
6W0D3L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsFabrice Santamarianova1,648·2eme Open de Noel du Pays-Haut Pays des 3 Frontieres (-2400)·R4·+5.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #144 | 2473 | +5.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #101 | 2618 | +9.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/3 | #9 | 2642 | +8.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #366 | 1046 | -9.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #159 | 2406 | +4.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #277 | 1141 | -7.2 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsJeremy Carrillo
🇫🇷FRA·1997
+3 −12 =0
15 games·last met May 2025
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vsLouis Azorit
🇫🇷FRA·1851
+7 −6 =1
14 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsLionel Dauendorffer
🇫🇷FRA·1418
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsEtienne Muller
🇫🇷FRA·2182
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsArnaud Colson
🇫🇷FRA·2010
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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France
#3,841
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#45,172
in continent
World
#61,759
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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