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Gokerkan, Cem Kaan
GM🇹🇷FIDE 6336760· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2000
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Cem Kaan Gokerkan, a 26-year-old Turkish Grandmaster, is rated 2507 — just 16 short of his peak of 2523 (Nov 2023, age 23) and ranked 10th among Turkish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 8 months. 71 rated games in the past year (≈65/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025, and 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft. Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #500 in Feb 2024 and has been in Turkish top 10 for 52 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2023 (age 23), IM in 2017 (age 17), and FM in 2016 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #53 in U20, World #47 in U18, World #43 in U16 and #2 and #2 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
2507
Standard
Rpd2427·Blz2446
All-time high
2523
−16 pts below
Nov 2023 · age 23
Nov 2023 · age 23
Activity
59
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
71 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · Turkish players · of 3,742
National top 10 since Oct 2025
National top 10 since Oct 2025
Career timeline
22 entries2026
52 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 21 months · since Aug 2020
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 25
Oct 2025
2024
Peak World rank: #500
at age 24 · rated 2523
Feb 2024
2023
All-time peak 2523
at age 23 · −16 from today
Nov 2023
GM title awardedGM
at age 23 · 2023 2nd FIDE Council
Aug 2023
Crossed 2500
at age 23
May 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+18
2489 → 2507
Tournaments
8
75 games
Score
45/ 7560.0%
32W28D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/11 | #65 | 2532 | +6.1 |
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | SF | 2423 | -8.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7/9 | #5 | 2536 | +7.5 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 7/11 | #9 | 2594 | +17.7 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #15 | 2512 | +5.6 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 7.5/11 | #21 | 2560 | +15.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2470 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 0/3 | #162 | 1386 | -25.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMert YilmazyerliGM
🇹🇷TUR·2478
+1 −10 =11
22 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsDeniz OzenIM
🇹🇷TUR·2367
+3 −5 =5
13 games·last met Nov 2020
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vsUmut Erdem GunduzIM
🇹🇷TUR·2238
+7 −0 =4
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsEmre Emin DedebasFM
🇹🇷TUR·2322
+5 −3 =3
11 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsAlper Efe AtamanFM
🇹🇷TUR·2069
+6 −4 =0
10 games·last met Jun 2019
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Rankings
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Turkiye
#10
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#307
in continent
World
#538
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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