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Arat, Ufuk Sezen
IM🇹🇷FIDE 6309089· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1996
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Ufuk Sezen Arat, a 30-year-old Turkish International Master, is rated 2356 and ranked 36th among Turkish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent appearances: European Individual Chess Championship 2026 and Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2441 was reached at age 19 (Sep 2015, Turkish #12 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2015 (age 19) and FM in 2014 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #50 in U20, World #73 in U18 and #3, #4 and #5 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2356
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2289
All-time high
2441
−85 pts below
Sep 2015 · age 19
Sep 2015 · age 19
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#36
#36 · Turkish players · of 3,805
Career timeline
23 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2390 → returned at 2372
Aug 2024
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2377 → returned at 2389
Oct 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 21
Jul 2017
2016
500 career games
at age 20
Aug 2016
2015
IM title awardedIM
at age 19 · 86th FIDE Congress 2015
Nov 2015
Peak Turkish rank: #12
at age 19 · rated 2441
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-34
2390 → 2356
Tournaments
2
20 games
Score
11.5/ 2057.5%
10W3D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/11 | #235 | 2244 | -15.8 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #40 | 2088 | -18.1 |
Worst Elo result: Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025 (-18.1 Elo, finished #40).
Most-Played Opponents
vsDiyap BuyukasikFM
🇹🇷TUR·2275
+6 −5 =2
13 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsEge KoksalIM
🇹🇷TUR·2322
+6 −0 =7
13 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsSerkan SoysalIM
🇹🇷TUR·2374
+6 −4 =0
10 games·last met Aug 2016
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vsGani Eren ErerdemCM
🇹🇷TUR·2093
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsMelih YurtsevenIM
🇹🇷TUR·2362
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2018
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Rankings
/
Turkiye
#36
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#1,645
in continent
World
#2,562
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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