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Demirel, Ismail
🇹🇷FIDE 6322310· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1981
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Ismail Demirel, a 45-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1595. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 52 months (2007–2012), 46 months (2013–2017), 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 25 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament. His peak of 1919 was reached at age 31 (Mar 2012).
Current rating
1595
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1919
−324 pts below
Mar 2012 · age 31
Mar 2012 · age 31
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#148,892
#148,892 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+250 Elo)
1347 → 1597
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1328 → returned at 1595
Sep 2023
2022
87th Turkish 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1359
Jun 2022
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1366 → returned at 1359
Mar 2020
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 37
Jul 2018
2017
43rd Turkish 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1874
Apr 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournamentperf 1690 (+95) · 4.5/7 · #19
Top opponent
Evolution
-2
1597 → 1595
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
4W1D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsEmre Selcuk1,668·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R4·+12.1
2.[W]vsOzgur Ozturk1,466·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R3·+6.4
3.[W]vsCelal Coban1,458·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R7·+6.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsEnes Erden1,513·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R6·-12.3
2.[L]vsSelim Eyup Altinok1,686·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R5·-7.4
3.[L]vsLjubomir Ivanov1,825·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R2·-4.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #19 | 1690 | -2.4 |
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#2,195
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#99,317
in continent
World
#148,879
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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