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Dirikolu, Deniz
FM🇹🇷FIDE 44568894· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2009
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Deniz Dirikolu, a 17-year-old Turkish FIDE Master, is rated 2310 — just 10 short of his peak of 2320 (Mar 2026, age 17) and ranked 9th among Turkish players under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +122 Elo over the past 12 months. 68 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Budapest Spring Festival 2026, 2026 Turkish Youth Chess Championship - U17 Open, and Eyuboglu Educational Institutions 35th White Elephant International Elite Chess Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE World U9-U17 Rapid Chess Championships - U17 Open) and 5 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He reached Turkish #55 in Mar 2026.
Awarded FM in 2026 (age 17) and CM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #9, #5, #8, #18 and #37 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2310
Standard
Rpd2200·Blz2171
All-time high
2320
−10 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 17
Mar 2026 · age 17
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
68 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Turkish players under 18 · of 470
Career timeline
19 entries2026
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Apr 2026
Peak Turkish rank: #55
at age 17 · rated 2320
Mar 2026
9th Turkish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2320
Mar 2026
Crossed 2300
at age 17
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2320
at age 17 · −10 from today
Mar 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 17
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
Eyuboglu Educational Institutions 35th White Elephant International Elite Chess Tournamentperf 2345 (+105) · 5.5/7 · #7
Top opponent
Evolution
+122
2188 → 2310
Tournaments
8
68 games
Score
44/ 6864.7%
35W18D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/9 | #90 | 2205 | -9.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 8/9 | #2 | 2373 | +80.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #7 | 2345 | +64.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7.5/11 | #16 | 2115 | -5.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/8 | #30 | 2155 | -22.0 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #53 | 2132 | -17.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/9 | #70 | 2240 | +18.8 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/6 | #1 | 2227 | +14.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArda Yusuf Yalcin
🇹🇷TUR·1662
+10 −1 =1
12 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsKayra Camci
🇹🇷TUR·1847
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsKerim Baturay Altay
🇹🇷TUR·1693
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsHasan AtisCM
🇹🇷TUR·2129
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsEmir Karatas
🇹🇷TUR·1522
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met May 2022
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Rankings
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Turkiye
#59
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#2,493
in continent
World
#3,779
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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