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Zakir, Ersel

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FIDEFIDE 2937140· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1969

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Ersel Zakir, a 57-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 1633 — just 11 short of his peak of 1644 (Feb 2026, age 57). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 74 months (2017–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: Union of the Romanian Principalities (Mangalia) - 14th ed. and Romanian Army Day 2025 Mangalia. Also played 2 rapid (including Chess tournament "Rapid 2026", Under the aegis of BSCF) and 1 blitz events (including Union of the Romanian Principalities (Mangalia) - blitz 2nd ed.) recently.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.

Current rating

1633

Standard

Rpd1688·Blz1535

All-time high

1644

−11 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 57

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#134,042

#134,042 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
27th Bulgarian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 1642
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1644
at age 57 · −11 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+256 Elo)
1365 → 1621
Feb 2025
2024
31st Bulgarian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 1621
Oct 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1621 → returned at 1608
Jun 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 55
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs David-Marian Dirmon-Diaconu 1,697
Union of the Romanian Principalities (Mangalia) - 14th ed. · Jan 2026 · +3.0 Elo
Evolution
+12
1621 → 1633
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
8.5/ 1270.8%
7W3D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Union of the Romanian Principalities (Mangalia) - 14th ed.
Swiss
Jan 20264.5/4#172389+26.8
Romanian Army Day 2025 Mangalia
Swiss
Oct 20254/2#382523-13.2

Rankings

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Bulgaria
#408
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#91,221
in continent
World
#134,034
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Bulgaria
1
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2
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3
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2,574
4
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2,542
5
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2,525
6
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2,523
7
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8
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2,474
9
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10
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2,445
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408🇧🇬Zakir, Ersel1,633
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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