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Bulgurlu, Okan
CM🇹🇷FIDE 6352316· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1998
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Okan Bulgurlu, a 28-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2063 — his current career high and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +99 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Saraykoy Municipality May 24 Commemoration of Joining the National Struggle Chess Tournament - A, Burhaniye Oren International Open Chess Tournament - A, and Kesan Municipality 20th International Open Chess Tournament. Also played 1 blitz event (including Pamukkale International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 27-month break between Aug 2019 and Dec 2021 (COVID-19 included).
Awarded CM in 2014 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #12, #10, #8, #9 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2063
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1952
All-time high
2063
at best
Jun 2026 · age 28
Jun 2026 · age 28
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,208 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2026
All-time peak 2063
at age 28
Jun 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 27
Sep 2025
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Aug 2019
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2001 → returned at 2001
Aug 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 20
May 2018
2017
12th Turkish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2023
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Best comeback
Kesan Municipality 20th International Open Chess Tournamentfinished #1 (seeded #23 of 157)
Evolution
+99
1964 → 2063
Tournaments
5
31 games
Score
20/ 3164.5%
19W2D10L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsBachana MorchiashviliIM2,283·Kesan Municipality 20th International Open Chess Tournament·R9·+16.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/4 | #23 | 2033 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #53 | 2210 | +32.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2230 | +55.4 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 4/6 | #75 | 2137 | +27.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/5 | #164 | 1836 | -17.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBatuhan OzenCM
🇹🇷TUR·2103
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsEmre KirilmazCM
🇹🇷TUR·2222
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsMustafa Sezgin
🇹🇷TUR·1867
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsOzan Oz
🇹🇷TUR·1858
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsMelih Kaan CanCM
🇹🇷TUR·2151
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2018
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Rankings
/
Turkiye
#244
out of 3,989 players
Europe
#14,057
in continent
World
#19,208
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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