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Karabulut, Etka
CM🇹🇷FIDE 44537816· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2009
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Etka Karabulut, a 17-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2088 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 116 Elo over the past 12 months. 58 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1st Akin Gokyay Museums Week Memorial Chess Tournament - A, 2026 Turkiye Cadet and Youth Team Chess Championship - U18, and Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World U9-U17 Rapid Chess Championships - U17 Open) and 4 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 2204 was reached at age 16 (May 2025, Turkish #97 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #19, #7, #42, #42 and #12 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2088
Standard
Rpd1661·Blz1873
All-time high
2204
−116 pts below
May 2025 · age 16
May 2025 · age 16
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#16,556 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
19th Turkish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2203
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Dec 2025
Peak Turkish rank: #97
at age 16 · rated 2204
Jun 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 16
Jun 2025
7th Turkish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2204
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - Aperf 2262 (+59) · 5.5/9 · #12
Top opponent
Evolution
-116
2204 → 2088
Tournaments
8
49 games
Score
23/ 4946.9%
13W20D16L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMikhail UlybinGM2,349·9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - A·R8·+27.9
2.[W]vsNima HosseinzadehFM2,233·9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - A·R9·+21.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAbdullah Murat Ozmen1,695·1st Akin Gokyay Museums Week Memorial Chess Tournament - A·R2·-36.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 0/2 | #45 | 946 | -73.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 3.5/6 | #20 | 1979 | -27.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #13 | 2176 | -14.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #12 | 2262 | +98.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #51 | 2187 | +63.1 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/8 | #69 | 1971 | -56.0 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 1.5/3 | #176 | 1878 | -42.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0.5/3 | #55 | 1864 | -49.6 |
Worst Elo result: 1st Akin Gokyay Museums Week Memorial Chess Tournament - A (-73.6 Elo, finished #45).
Rankings
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Turkiye
#218
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#12,045
in continent
World
#16,556
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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