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Ilgaz, Yusuf Kerem
CM🇹🇷FIDE 26381800· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2007
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Yusuf Kerem Ilgaz, a 19-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2166 and ranked 10th among Turkish players under 20, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +65 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈70/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Selectist Chess Cup Tournament - A, Eyuboglu Educational Institutions 35th White Elephant International Elite Chess Tournament, and Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025. Also played 3 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 2254 was reached at age 18 (Aug 2025, Turkish #69 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #9, #12 and #34 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2166
Standard
Rpd1731·Blz1793
All-time high
2254
−88 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 18
Aug 2025 · age 18
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · Turkish players under 20 · of 289
Career timeline
13 entries2026
9th Turkish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2187
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Dec 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 18
Sep 2025
Peak Turkish rank: #69
at age 18 · rated 2254
Aug 2025
12th Turkish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2254
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+65
2101 → 2166
Tournaments
9
68 games
Score
48/ 6870.6%
39W18D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 2043 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #8 | 2130 | -7.2 |
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | R32 | 1644 | -16.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 8.5/11 | #6 | 2142 | +21.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/6 | #1 | 2327 | +34.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #10 | 2154 | -35.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #26 | 2044 | -70.8 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 8/9 | #4 | 2403 | +70.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #19 | 2259 | +48.0 |
Worst Elo result: Kesan Municipality 20th International Open Chess Tournament (-70.8 Elo, finished #26).
Rankings
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Turkiye
#151
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#7,247
in continent
World
#10,178
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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