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Solak, Yusuf
🇹🇷FIDE 6350232· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1975
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Yusuf Solak, a 51-year-old Turkish player, is rated 1649 — just 19 short of his peak of 1668 (Mar 2024, age 49). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 16 months (2015–2017), 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included), 12 months (2023–2024) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament.
Current rating
1649
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1668
−19 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 49
Mar 2024 · age 49
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#128,585
#128,585 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2026
42nd Turkish 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1649
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+212 Elo)
1447 → 1659
Oct 2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1659 → returned at 1649
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 49
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 49
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1668
at age 49 · −19 from today
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournamentperf 1709 (+60) · 5/7 · #15
Top opponent
Evolution
-10
1659 → 1649
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
5/ 862.5%
5W0D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAdil Celik1,530·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R2·+6.7
2.[W]vsTahsin Yordamli1,504·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R5·+6.1
3.[W]vsMustafa Ata1,458·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R8·+5.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsErcan Sen1,542·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R4·-13.0
2.[L]vsSinan Ozalp1,604·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R7·-11.3
3.[L]vsSuleyman Saltik1,770·1st International Unseen Newspaper Visually Impaired Chess Tournament·R3·-6.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #15 | 1709 | -10.2 |
Rankings
/
Turkiye
#1,774
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#88,203
in continent
World
#128,579
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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