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Zaimov, Berk
🇹🇷FIDE 34583238· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2000
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Berk Zaimov, a 26-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1803 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +70 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - B, 30th Canakkale Troia Chess Tournament - A, and Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025. Also played 2 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 30-month break between Oct 2022 and May 2025.
At junior level, he reached #49 and #92 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1803
Standard
Rpd1753·Blz1644
All-time high
1803
at best
May 2026 · age 26
May 2026 · age 26
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#75,450
#75,450 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Crossed 1800
at age 26
May 2026
All-time peak 1803
at age 26
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1514 → returned at 1725
Oct 2022
2020
49th Turkish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1523
Oct 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+70
1733 → 1803
Tournaments
5
41 games
Score
21/ 4151.2%
17W8D16L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMuhittin BukerCM1,914·Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - B·R6·+13.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #24 | 1884 | +26.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/7 | #8 | 1877 | +22.2 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 3/7 | #215 | 1625 | -20.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #111 | 1794 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #60 | 1844 | +28.2 |
Worst Elo result: Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025 (-20.4 Elo, finished #215).
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#921
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#54,644
in continent
World
#75,449
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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