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Aral, Demir
🇹🇷FIDE 44565712· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2009
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Demir Aral, a 17-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1992 — just 3 short of his peak of 1995 (Feb 2026, age 17). He is on a breakout run, having gained +210 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship, 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B, and 8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - B. Also played 1 blitz event (including 8th Baskent University International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently.
At junior level, he reached #49, #34, #39, #8 and #30 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1992
Standard
Rpd1713·Blz1742
All-time high
1995
−3 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 17
Feb 2026 · age 17
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#28,785
#28,785 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1995
at age 17 · −3 from today
Feb 2026
49th Turkish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1993
Jan 2026
2025
34th Turkish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1994
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Aug 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Apr 2025
2022
39th Turkish U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1525
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - Bperf 1982 (+95) · 6.5/9 · #7
Top opponent
Evolution
+195
1797 → 1992
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
19/ 3357.6%
13W12D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMariam Sichinava1,999·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R9·+20.3
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsAytug Celal SalciCM1,841·8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - B·R6·-22.6
3.[L]vsIoannis Kiryttopoulos1,952·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R8·-22.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #66 | 1957 | +27.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #53 | 1964 | +77.5 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #7 | 1982 | +90.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/6 | #15 | 1826 | +15.2 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#343
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#21,283
in continent
World
#28,784
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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