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Bacak, Muhammed Kaan

CM🇹🇷

FIDEFIDE 6339085· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1993

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Muhammed Kaan Bacak, a 33-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2208 — just 16 short of his peak of 2224 (Aug 2025, age 32) and sitting in the top 3% of Turkish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +145 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 35th NATO Chess Championship 2025, Pamukkale International Open Chess Tournament - A, and 8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - A. Also played 1 blitz event (including 35th NATO Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2018–2020) and 13 months (2024–2025). He reached Turkish #76 in Oct 2020.

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 32). At junior level, he reached #15 and #48 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2208

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2072

All-time high

2224

−16 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 32

Activity

28

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#118 · Turkish players · of 3,742

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 32
Aug 2025
Best 12-month gain (+161 Elo)
2063 → 2224
Aug 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 32
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2224
at age 32 · −16 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2063 → returned at 2075
Apr 2024

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - A
perf 2420 (+196) · 5.5/9 · #11
Top opponent
vs Alparslan IsikIM 2,476
8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - A · Jul 2025 · +6.2 Elo
Evolution
+133
2075 → 2208
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
18.5/ 3356.1%
13W11D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
35th NATO Chess Championship 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20254.5/7#132115-16.4
Pamukkale International Open Chess Tournament - A
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/8#402296+46.2
8th Baskent University International Open Chess Tournament - A
Open Swiss
Jul 20255.5/9#112420+72.4
11th Cesme International Open Chess Tournament - A
Open Swiss
Jun 20254/9#932238+30.8
Worst Elo result: 35th NATO Chess Championship 2025 (-16.4 Elo, finished #13).

Rankings

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Turkiye
#118
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#5,408
in continent
World
#7,723
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Turkiye
1
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2,708
2
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2,641
3
🇹🇷Can, IsikFollow Isik CanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,565
4
🇹🇷Sanal, VahapFollow Vahap SanalTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
4
🇹🇷Yilmaz, MustafaFollow Mustafa YilmazTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
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
🇹🇷Ali Marandi, Cemil CanFollow Cemil Can Ali MarandiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
9
🇹🇷Kilic, ErayFollow Eray KilicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,511
10
🇹🇷Gokerkan, Cem KaanFollow Cem Kaan GokerkanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,507
...
118🇹🇷Bacak, Muhammed Kaan2,208
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿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.
2,708
...
5408🇹🇷Bacak, Muhammed Kaan2,208
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
7723🇹🇷Bacak, Muhammed Kaan2,208