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Karakoseli, Sefik
🇹🇷FIDE 6337287· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1976
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Sefik Karakoseli, a 50-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1614 — just 17 short of his peak of 1631 (Mar 2024, age 48). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament.
Current rating
1614
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1631
−17 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 48
Mar 2024 · age 48
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#141,079
#141,079 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+246 Elo)
1385 → 1631
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 48
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 48
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 48
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1631
at age 48 · −17 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1631 → returned at 1614
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournamentperf 1808 (+194) · 4/6 · #31
Top opponent
Evolution
-17
1631 → 1614
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
4/ 850.0%
4W0D4L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsAdem Cavusoglu1,535·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R4·+7.8
2.[W]vsCelal Coban1,458·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R3·+5.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSerdar Korkmaz1,547·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R6·-11.9
2.[L]vsOrhan Yeter1,578·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R7·-11.0
3.[L]vsBor Gradisek1,857·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R5·-4.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/6 | #31 | 1808 | -16.8 |
Worst Elo result: 1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament (-16.8 Elo, finished #31).
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#2,011
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#95,162
in continent
World
#141,069
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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