Ersoz, Teoman Guney

Teoman Guney Ersoz, a 17-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2123 and sitting in the top 5% of Turkish players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1st Akin Gokyay Museums Week Memorial Chess Tournament - A, Ankara May 19 Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day Chess Tournament - A, and 2026 Turkiye Cadet and Youth Team Chess Championship - U18. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World U9-U17 Rapid Chess Championships - U17 Open) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World U9-U17 Blitz Chess Championships - U17 Open) recently. His peak of 2269 was reached at age 14 (Sep 2023, Turkish #63 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2023 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #63 in U14 and #32, #7, #18, #9 and #15 nationally in U18, U16, U12, U10 and U8.