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Temel, Burcu Melis
WCM🇹🇷FIDE 6345492· Female· Turkiye· Born in 1999
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Burcu Melis Temel, a 27-year-old Turkish Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1849. She plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: Turkiye Club Chess Championship Final Competition - 2025. Her peak of 1923 was reached at age 17 (Feb 2016).
Awarded WCM in 2014 (age 15). At junior level, she reached #34, #21, #24, #24 and #22 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1849
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1789
All-time high
1923
−74 pts below
Feb 2016 · age 17
Feb 2016 · age 17
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#61,760
#61,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1832 → returned at 1849
Aug 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 25
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1747 → returned at 1749
Apr 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
Mar 2019
2018
34th Turkish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1852
Feb 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+17
1832 → 1849
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
6W1D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jul 2025 | 6.5/8 | #64 | 2024 | +17.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSevval DoganWCM
🇹🇷TUR·1849
+3 −0 =10
13 games·last met Sep 2018
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vsSinem Cagla GundoganWFM
🇹🇷TUR·1892
+0 −3 =5
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsBuse Vatansever
🇹🇷TUR·1764
+0 −1 =6
7 games·last met Jul 2015
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vsSuara Keskin
🇹🇷TUR·1834
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsEce Turkkan
🇹🇷TUR·1734
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2016
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Rankings
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Turkiye
#723
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#45,172
in continent
World
#61,759
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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