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Yilmaz, Mustafa
GM🇹🇷FIDE 6302718· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1992
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Mustafa Yilmaz, a 34-year-old Turkish Grandmaster, is rated 2549 and ranked 4th among Turkish players, and 317th worldwide. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 74 rated games in the past year (≈78/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2665 was reached at age 31 (Dec 2023, World #66 at the time); he spent 28 months as Turkish #1.
Awarded GM in 2012 (age 20), IM in 2009 (age 17), and FM in 2008 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #17 in U20, World #18 in U18, World #36 in U16, World #79 in U12 and #5 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2549
Standard
Rpd2529·Blz2505
All-time high
2665
−116 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 31
Dec 2023 · age 31
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
74 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · Turkish players · of 3,742
28 months in #1 nationally (2022–2024)
28 months in #1 nationally (2022–2024)
Career timeline
23 entries2024
28 months in National #1
longest streak 28 months · since Feb 2022
May 2024
Peak World rank: #66
at age 32 · rated 2665
Jan 2024
2023
All-time peak 2665
at age 31 · −116 from today
Dec 2023
Crossed 2650
at age 31
Nov 2023
2022
Peak Turkish rank: #1
at age 30 · rated 2627
Feb 2022
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2630 → returned at 2624
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-37
2586 → 2549
Tournaments
9
74 games
Score
49/ 7466.2%
36W26D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/11 | #105 | 2407 | -18.1 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #33 | 2344 | -15.3 |
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 2/4 | R16 | 2318 | -12.6 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 3/6 | R64 | 2603 | +0.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3/3 | #351 | 3086 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #57 | 2572 | -1.5 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 11/13 | #2 | 2655 | +10.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7.5/10 | #5 | 2577 | +2.1 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #9 | 2512 | -8.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBurak FiratGM
🇹🇷TUR·2442
+7 −2 =5
14 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsMert YilmazyerliGM
🇹🇷TUR·2478
+5 −0 =8
13 games·last met May 2024
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vsKivanc HaznedarogluGM
🇹🇷TUR·2367
+4 −2 =5
11 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsB. AdhibanGM
🇮🇳IND·2536
+2 −3 =6
11 games·last met May 2023
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vsOgulcan KanmazalpIM
🇹🇷TUR·2448
+5 −1 =4
10 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings
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Turkiye
#4
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#178
in continent
World
#317
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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