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Simsek, Firat
🇹🇷FIDE 26349116· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1998
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Firat Simsek, a 28-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1576 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 83-month break between Oct 2018 and Oct 2025. Recent appearance: 14th Soke Municipality Remzi Zeytinoglu National Chess Tournament.
Current rating
1576
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1576
at best
Oct 2025 · age 27
Oct 2025 · age 27
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#156,265
#156,265 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+74 Elo)
1502 → 1576
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1576
at age 27
Oct 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 26
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 26
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 26
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 83 months
paused at 1170 → returned at 1576
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
14th Soke Municipality Remzi Zeytinoglu National Chess Tournamentperf 1732 (+156) · 3.5/6 · #17
Top opponent
Evolution
+74
1502 → 1576
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
3W1D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsYahya Toraman1,693·14th Soke Municipality Remzi Zeytinoglu National Chess Tournament·R3·+26.5
2.[W]vsMustafa Emre Bulut1,690·14th Soke Municipality Remzi Zeytinoglu National Chess Tournament·R5·+26.3
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAhmet Kerem Kocayigit1,676·14th Soke Municipality Remzi Zeytinoglu National Chess Tournament·R4·-14.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/6 | #17 | 1732 | +73.6 |
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#2,396
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#103,170
in continent
World
#156,249
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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