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Yurtseven, Melih

IM🇹🇷

FIDEFIDE 6312160· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1996

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Melih Yurtseven, a 30-year-old Turkish International Master, is rated 2378 and ranked 28th among Turkish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +39 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025, 40th European Club Cup (open), and Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025. His peak of 2415 was reached at age 22 (Feb 2018); he also reached Turkish #13 in Aug 2021.

Awarded IM in 2018 (age 22) and FM in 2014 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #87 in U20, World #75 in U18 and #2, #5 and #15 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2378

Standard

Rpd2273·Blz2229

All-time high

2415

−37 pts below
Feb 2018 · age 22

Activity

38

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#28

#28 · Turkish players · of 3,742

Career timeline

23 entries
2023
1,000 career games
at age 27
Oct 2023
2021
Peak Turkish rank: #13
at age 25 · rated 2414
Aug 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2400
at age 24
Dec 2020
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 22 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2018
Apr 2018
All-time peak 2415
at age 22 · −37 from today
Feb 2018
2017
Crossed 2400
at age 21
Dec 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
40th European Club Cup (open)
perf 2586 (+204) · 5.5/7 · #16
Top opponent
vs Filip HaringGM 2,479
40th European Club Cup (open) · Oct 2025 · +6.4 Elo
Evolution
+39
2339 → 2378
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
19/ 2770.4%
14W10D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsFilip HaringGM2,479·40th European Club Cup (open)·R3·+6.4
2.[W]vsAgoston JuhaszIM2,434·40th European Club Cup (open)·R7·+5.7
3.[W]vsMomchil NikolovGM2,428·Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025·R2·+5.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKerem ErtenFM2,372·Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025·R6·-5.1
2.[L]vsRijad BurovicIM2,420·Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025·R4·-4.5
3.[L]vsGabor NagyGM2,441·40th European Club Cup (open)·R4·-4.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025
Knockout
Dec 20251/2R162241-3.8
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20255.5/7#162586+21.6
Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025
Team
Oct 20255/9#312420+8.7
Turkiye Chess First League - 2025
Team
Jul 20257.5/9#52463+13.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsMert YilmazyerliGM
🇹🇷TUR·2478
+2 −8 =6
16 games·last met May 2022
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vsSerkan SoysalIM
🇹🇷TUR·2374
+4 −3 =8
15 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsEsat BaglanFM
🇹🇷TUR·2346
+2 −1 =9
12 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsVahap SanalGM
🇹🇷TUR·2549
+0 −9 =2
11 games·last met Nov 2020
View head-to-head →
vsCagatay BurcuFM
🇹🇷TUR·2269
+6 −2 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2019
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Rankings

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Turkiye
#28
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#1,322
in continent
World
#2,077
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Turkiye
1
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2,708
2
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2,641
3
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2,565
4
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2,549
4
🇹🇷Yilmaz, MustafaFollow Mustafa YilmazTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
6
🇹🇷Dastan, Muhammed BatuhanFollow Muhammed Batuhan DastanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,538
7
🇹🇷Can, EmreFollow Emre CanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,526
8
🇹🇷Ali Marandi, Cemil CanFollow Cemil Can Ali MarandiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
9
🇹🇷Kilic, ErayFollow Eray KilicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,511
10
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2,507
...
28🇹🇷Yurtseven, Melih2,378
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
1322🇹🇷Yurtseven, Melih2,378
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
2077🇹🇷Yurtseven, Melih2,378