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Kayan, Veli
🇹🇷FIDE 6339530· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1996
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Veli Kayan, a 30-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1865. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 19 months. 86 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - B, 24 February Liberation Cup Chess Tournament - 2026, and Cesme CYDD Branch Chess Tournament in Memory of Ufuk Aksoy. Also played 5 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2012–2014) and 12 months (2014–2015). His peak of 1958 was reached at age 25 (Oct 2021).
At junior level, he reached #24, #51 and #54 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1865
Standard
Rpd1914·Blz1808
All-time high
1958
−93 pts below
Oct 2021 · age 25
Oct 2021 · age 25
Activity
59
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
81 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#57,202
#57,202 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2021
All-time peak 1958
at age 25 · −93 from today
Oct 2021
2020
59th Turkish 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1929
Oct 2020
2017
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
Aug 2017
100 career games
at age 21
Aug 2017
2016
24th Turkish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1908
Dec 2016
Best 12-month gain (+203 Elo)
1670 → 1873
Sep 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
1873 → 1865
Tournaments
8
63 games
Score
34.5/ 6354.8%
32W5D26L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 2.5/10 | #6 | 1863 | -13.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #6 | 1921 | +14.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #15 | 1738 | -19.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #8 | 2003 | +17.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #6 | 1865 | +2.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #13 | 1864 | -0.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #31 | 1825 | -12.4 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 2.5/6 | #148 | 1807 | -11.4 |
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#655
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#41,934
in continent
World
#57,201
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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