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Cankurt, Arda
🇹🇷FIDE 26311259· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2011
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Arda Cankurt, a 15-year-old Turkish player, is rated 2079 and sitting in the top 5% of Turkish players under 16, and in the top 8% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +108 Elo over the past 12 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Caissa Hotel IM-GM Chess Tournament - Clairnet Group - B, Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, and 2026 Turkish Youth Chess Championship - U15 Open. Also played 3 blitz events (including OPEN Blitz Tournament "Paracin 2025") recently. His peak of 2149 was reached at age 15 (May 2026).
At junior level, he reached World #43 in U8 and #17, #10, #9 and #6 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2079
Standard
Rpd1738·Blz1944
All-time high
2149
−70 pts below
May 2026 · age 15
May 2026 · age 15
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#22 · Turkish players under 16 · of 443
Career timeline
14 entries2026
17th Turkish U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2149
May 2026
All-time peak 2149
at age 15 · −70 from today
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 15
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 14
Dec 2025
10th Turkish U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2102
Aug 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 14
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A · Apr 2026 · +26.0 Elo
Evolution
+108
1971 → 2079
Tournaments
10
83 games
Score
56.5/ 8368.1%
48W17D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 3.5/9 | #9 | 2009 | -70.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #21 | 2197 | +33.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7.5/8 | #4 | 2378 | +38.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #12 | 2050 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #4 | 2002 | -27.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2207 | +44.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #23 | 2015 | -40.0 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #22 | 2155 | +56.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2252 | +68.1 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/8 | #28 | 1986 | +5.5 |
Worst Elo result: Caissa Hotel IM-GM Chess Tournament - Clairnet Group - B (-70.4 Elo, finished #9).
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#227
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#12,708
in continent
World
#17,429
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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