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Gunduz, Umut Erdem
IM🇹🇷FIDE 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
Aug 2022 · age 20
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#89 · Turkish players · of 3,742
Career timeline
27 entries2023
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
Evolution
-30
2268 → 2238
Tournaments
9
56 games
Score
35.5/ 5663.4%
26W19D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsTimofey D Khaleev1,938·38th INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF BELGRADE "BELGRADE TROPHY 2025"·R4·-17.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #46 | 1741 | -3.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/6 | #1 | 2191 | +5.4 |
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 2/4 | R16 | 2442 | +20.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #118 | 2040 | -16.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #9 | 2247 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 8.5/11 | #3 | 2109 | -9.6 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #29 | 2264 | +3.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0.5/3 | #33 | 1732 | -38.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #27 | 2274 | +2.2 |
Worst Elo result: Cubuk Municipality 10th International Open Chess Tournament - A (-38.4 Elo, finished #33).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMert YilmazyerliGM
🇹🇷TUR·2478
+0 −10 =7
17 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsSalih EkeFM
🇹🇷TUR·2138
+8 −4 =4
16 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsAlparslan IsikIM
🇹🇷TUR·2442
+3 −9 =3
15 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsOkan OzsakalliogluIM
🇹🇷TUR·2310
+3 −7 =4
14 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsKayra KamerIM
🇹🇷TUR·2319
+2 −6 =5
13 games·last met Jul 2023
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Rankings
/
Turkiye
#89
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#4,354
in continent
World
#6,344
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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