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Burcu, Cagatay
FM🇹🇷FIDE 6310630· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1996
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Cagatay Burcu, a 30-year-old Turkish FIDE Master, is rated 2269 and sitting in the top 2% of Turkish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 2 years. 36 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3. Internationales Schachopen Graal-Mueritz, Druga liga Srbije - grupa Vojvodina 2025, and 40th European Club Cup (open). His peak of 2374 was reached at age 27 (Apr 2023, Turkish #28 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2017 (age 21) and CM in 2016 (age 20). Earned IM norms at GRENKE Chess Open 2019 A-Open and European Individual CC 2023. At junior level, he reached #7, #7, #11 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2269
Standard
Rpd2231·Blz2231
All-time high
2374
−105 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 27
Apr 2023 · age 27
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#74 · Turkish players · of 3,742
Career timeline
18 entries2023
Peak Turkish rank: #28
at age 27 · rated 2374
May 2023
All-time peak 2374
at age 27 · −105 from today
Apr 2023
2019
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2309 → returned at 2325
Dec 2019
500 career games
at age 23
Aug 2019
2017
FM title awardedFM
at age 21
Dec 2017
Crossed 2300
at age 21
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-15
2284 → 2269
Tournaments
5
36 games
Score
19/ 3652.8%
12W14D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/7 | #24 | 2197 | -11.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #55 | 2282 | -0.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #121 | 2377 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #132 | 2257 | -0.6 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 2.5/6 | #127 | 2103 | -28.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMelih YurtsevenIM
🇹🇷TUR·2378
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsEge KoksalIM
🇹🇷TUR·2322
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsYasin SariFM
🇹🇷TUR·2326
+2 −2 =5
9 games·last met Mar 2017
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vsAhmet OlcumFM
🇹🇷TUR·2238
+6 −2 =0
8 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsUfuk Sezen AratIM
🇹🇷TUR·2356
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Jul 2014
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Rankings
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Turkiye
#74
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#3,447
in continent
World
#5,110
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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