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Gunduz, Umut Erdem

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FIDEFIDE 6381383· Male· Turkiye· Born in 2002

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Umut Erdem Gunduz, a 24-year-old Turkish International Master, is rated 2238 and sitting in the top 2% of Turkish players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈94/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, Cesme CYDD Branch Chess Tournament in Memory of Ufuk Aksoy, and Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 Turkiye Rapid Chess Championship) and 2 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 2387 was reached at age 20 (Aug 2022, Turkish #19 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2023 (age 21) and FM in 2019 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #1, #5, #3, #1, #1 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2238

Standard

Rpd2208·Blz2173

All-time high

2387

149 pts below
Aug 2022 · age 20

Activity

71

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#89 · Turkish players · of 3,742

Career timeline

27 entries
2023
IM title awardedIM
at age 21 · 2023 3rd FIDE Council
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 21
Apr 2023
2022
1,000 career games
at age 20
Nov 2022
Peak Turkish rank: #19
at age 20 · rated 2387
Aug 2022
1st Turkish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2387
Aug 2022
All-time peak 2387
at age 20 · −149 from today
Aug 2022

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
Turkiye Chess Championship - 2025 · Dec 2025 · +6.6 Elo

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Apr 20260/1#461741-3.0
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/6#12191+5.4
Knockout
Dec 20252/4R162442+20.8
Open Swiss
Nov 20252/4#1182040-16.4
Open Swiss
Nov 20256/9#92247+5.2
Open Swiss
Nov 20258.5/11#32109-9.6
Team
Jul 20256/9#292264+3.6
Swiss
Jul 20250.5/3#331732-38.4
Open Swiss
Jun 20255.5/9#272274+2.2
Worst Elo result: Cubuk Municipality 10th International Open Chess Tournament - A (-38.4 Elo, finished #33).

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Rankings

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Turkiye
#89
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#4,354
in continent
World
#6,344
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
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2,565
4
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2,549
4
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2,549
6
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2,538
7
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2,526
8
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2,514
9
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2,511
10
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2,507
...
89🇹🇷Gunduz, Umut Erdem2,238
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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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
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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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
...
4354🇹🇷Gunduz, Umut Erdem2,238
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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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
...
6344🇹🇷Gunduz, Umut Erdem2,238