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Alaz, Ahmet Efekan
FM🇹🇷FIDE 6326005· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1997
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Ahmet Efekan Alaz, a 29-year-old Turkish FIDE Master, is rated 2202 and sitting in the top 3% of Turkish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has slipped back 53 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, RUDAR XLIV - IM ROUND ROBIN, and Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Blitz Tournament of Nakhchivan Chess Center) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 17 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2345 was reached at age 27 (Jun 2024); he also reached Turkish #41 in Jun 2019.
Awarded FM in 2019 (age 22). Earned a IM norm at Marmaris Karya VII. Closed IM Norm Chess Tournament 2019. At junior level, he reached #7, #13, #12 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2202
Standard
Rpd2158·Blz2127
All-time high
2345
−143 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 27
Jun 2024 · age 27
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#124 · Turkish players · of 3,742
Career timeline
20 entries2024
All-time peak 2345
at age 27 · −143 from today
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 27
Apr 2024
2022
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2258 → returned at 2302
Oct 2022
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2288 → returned at 2270
Oct 2019
Peak Turkish rank: #41
at age 22 · rated 2320
Jun 2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 22
Jun 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-53
2255 → 2202
Tournaments
5
40 games
Score
20.5/ 4051.2%
15W11D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/4 | #44 | 1997 | -25.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 2191 | -12.2 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #132 | 2009 | -50.2 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #1 | 2474 | +53.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 5.5/9 | #17 | 2129 | -19.2 |
Worst Elo result: Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025 (-50.2 Elo, finished #132).
Most-Played Opponents
vsDeniz OzenIM
🇹🇷TUR·2367
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsKadir ErdenFM
🇹🇷TUR·2198
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsBahruz RzayevIM
🇹🇷TUR·2321
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsSenan Utku Onturk
🇹🇷TUR·1875
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsMert YilmazyerliGM
🇹🇷TUR·2478
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2017
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Rankings
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Turkiye
#124
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#5,637
in continent
World
#8,044
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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