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Akturk, Mustafa Deniz

CM🇹🇷

FIDEFIDE 44557949· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2008

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Mustafa Deniz Akturk, a 18-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2143 and sitting in the top 5% of Turkish players under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 60 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Deutsche Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025 U20, and Kapadokya International Open Chess Tournament - A. Also played 1 blitz event (including Pamukkale International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 44-month break between Aug 2019 and May 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2232 was reached at age 17 (Aug 2025, Turkish #74 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #14, #45, #58 and #35 nationally in U18, U16, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2143

Standard

Rpd·Blz1951

All-time high

2232

89 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 17

Activity

40

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

60 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#23 · Turkish players under 18 · of 468

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
Peak Turkish rank: #74
at age 17 · rated 2232
Aug 2025
14th Turkish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2232
Aug 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 17
Aug 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2232
at age 17 · −89 from today
Aug 2025
Best 12-month gain (+515 Elo)
1680 → 2195
Jul 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Pamukkale International Open Chess Tournament - A
perf 2293 (+61) · 3.5/7 · #53
Top opponent
vs Mert YilmazyerliGM 2,515
Evolution
-52
21952143
Tournaments
7
48 games
Score
27/ 4856.3%
22W10D16L

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
May 20264.5/7#152104-13.6
Open Swiss
Apr 20264.5/9#4622155-2.4
Team
Dec 20252/6#842062-48.0
Open Swiss
Aug 20256/9#72259+16.4
Team
Jul 20255.5/8#1022137-41.2
Open Swiss
Jul 20253.5/7#532293+33.6
Swiss
Jun 20251/1#192490+3.2
Worst Elo result: Deutsche Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025 U20 (-48.0 Elo, finished #84).

Rankings

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Turkiye
#167
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#8,460
in continent
World
#11,792
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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Turkiye
1
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3
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2,565
4
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2,556
5
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6
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2,538
7
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2,526
8
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2,508
9
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2,500
10
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2,497
...
167🇹🇷Akturk, Mustafa Deniz2,143
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
8460🇹🇷Akturk, Mustafa Deniz2,143
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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11792🇹🇷Akturk, Mustafa Deniz2,143