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Yildiz, Talat
CM🇹🇷FIDE 34507400· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2002
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Talat Yildiz, a 24-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2251 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of Turkish players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +224 Elo over the past 12 months. 88 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Cesme CYDD Branch Chess Tournament in Memory of Ufuk Aksoy. Also played 2 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He reached Turkish #79 in Oct 2025.
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 23). Earned a IM norm at grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. At junior level, he reached #33, #39 and #33 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2251
Standard
Rpd1911·Blz1887
All-time high
2251
at best
May 2026 · age 24
May 2026 · age 24
Activity
63
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
88 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#82 · Turkish players · of 3,742
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 2251
at age 24
May 2026
2025
Peak Turkish rank: #79
at age 23 · rated 2239
Oct 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 23
Oct 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 23
Oct 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 23
Sep 2025
2022
33rd Turkish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1825
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+208
2043 → 2251
Tournaments
11
83 games
Score
46.5/ 8356.0%
30W33D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/6 | #41 | 2056 | -25.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #92 | 2483 | +65.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #20 | 1894 | -27.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 2210 | +11.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2327 | +39.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/7 | #2 | 2344 | +54.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #17 | 2288 | +58.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/8 | #125 | 2211 | +35.0 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 2.5/7 | #157 | 1887 | -29.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/9 | #54 | 2101 | +11.6 |
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#82
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#3,953
in continent
World
#5,792
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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