CChessStats
Format
IM

Inkaya, Mustafa

🇹🇷

FIDEFIDE 6327699· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1994

Follow Mustafa InkayaTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Mustafa Inkaya, a 32-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1974. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters, and 27. NordWest-Cup Open A. Also played 1 rapid (including Berliner Schnellschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Bundesliga-Blitzturnier des NSV 2026 2. Vorrunde) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 45 months (2014–2018) and 70 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2082 was reached at age 15 (Jan 2009).

At junior level, he reached #21, #17, #4 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1974

Standard

Rpd1989·Blz1984

All-time high

2082

−108 pts below
Jan 2009 · age 15

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#31,874

#31,874 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
Best 12-month gain (+58 Elo)
1943 → 2001
May 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 31
May 2025
100 career games
at age 31
May 2025
2019
Inactive for 70 months
paused at 1905 → returned at 1981
May 2019
2014
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 1868 → returned at 1875
Aug 2014
21st Turkish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1888
Jun 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters
perf 2017 (+51) · 3.5/8 · #91
Top opponent
vs Fred HedkeFM 2,169
27. NordWest-Cup Open A · Jan 2026 · +5.3 Elo
Evolution
-20
1994 → 1974
Tournaments
6
40 games
Score
17/ 4042.5%
10W14D16L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsTizian Steiner1,839·7. Bamberg Open A·R5·-13.7
2.[L]vsMarc Andresen1,858·8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025·R7·-13.1
3.[L]vsMichael Schrimpf1,867·7. Bamberg Open A·R7·-13.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20263/8#8362009+8.0
24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters
Open Swiss
Feb 20263.5/8#912017+7.4
27. NordWest-Cup Open A
Open Swiss
Jan 20261.5/6#1201905-12.6
8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20254/7#291890-15.2
Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open 2025 A
Open Swiss
Nov 20252/4#1762085+10.6
7. Bamberg Open A
Open Swiss
Sep 20253/7#951898-19.2
Worst Elo result: 7. Bamberg Open A (-19.2 Elo, finished #95).

Rankings

/
Turkiye
#368
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#23,562
in continent
World
#31,873
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Turkiye
1
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
2
🇹🇷Gurel, EdizFollow Ediz GurelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,641
3
🇹🇷Can, IsikFollow Isik CanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,565
4
🇹🇷Yilmaz, MustafaFollow Mustafa YilmazTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,556
5
🇹🇷Sanal, VahapFollow Vahap SanalTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,555
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
🇹🇷Kilic, ErayFollow Eray KilicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,508
9
🇹🇷Kuru, AtillaFollow Atilla KuruTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,500
10
🇹🇷Gokerkan, Cem KaanFollow Cem Kaan GokerkanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,497
...
368🇹🇷Inkaya, Mustafa1,974
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿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.
2,713
...
23562🇹🇷Inkaya, Mustafa1,974
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
31873🇹🇷Inkaya, Mustafa1,974