Mustafa Yılmaz (born 5 November 1992) is a Turkish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player who received the

FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012. He is a three-time Turkish Chess Champion. In the July 2013 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number 407 among active players in the world and number 6 in Turkey. He earned the titles of

FIDE Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...

(FM) in 2008 and

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(IM) in 2009. He is a native of Mamak in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

. Yılmaz began playing chess at the age of seven, encouraged by his older sister Ezgi Yılmaz, also a Turkish chess champion. He attended the same chess course in Mamak, Ankara with

Kübra Öztürk Kübra Öztürk (born May 11, 1991) is a Turkish female chess player. As of the July 2012 FIDE rating list, she is ranked number 199 in the world and second in Turkey among female active players. She earned FIDE titles as Woman FIDE Master (WFM) ...

, who became a

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM). In 2008, Yılmaz was admitted to the Turkish national chess team. The same year, he took part in the

38th Chess Olympiad The 38th Chess Olympiad (german: Die 38. Schacholympiade), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place from 12 to 25 November 2008 in Dresden, ...

held in

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, Germany. In 2009, he became the youngest Turkish chess champion, defeating

Barış Esen Barış Esen (born November 3, 1986) is a Turkish chess grandmaster. As of the July 2013 FIDE rating list, he is ranked among active players number 369 in the world and number five in Turkey. He earned FIDE titles as International Master (IM) in ...

in the final round and reaching a total score of 11½/13. At the initiative of the

Turkish Chess Federation The Turkish Chess Federation ( tr, Türkiye Satranç Federasyonu, TSF) is the governing chess organization within Turkey. The TSF was founded in 1954, and became a member of the FIDE in 1962. The federation was integrated into the General Director ...

, in 2012 he entered the Chess Department of

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along with

Burak Fırat Burak Fırat (born 1 January 1993 in Barcelona) is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2017. Fırat is the eleventh player to become a grandmaster in Turkish chess history. He previously received the FIDE ...

and

Demre Kerigan Demre is a town and district in the Antalya Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, named after the river Demre. Demre is the Lycian town of Myra, the home of Saint Nicholas of Myra. The district was known as ''Kale'' until it was renamed ...

; to receive instruction from chess masters and to learn Russian. In January 2023, Yılmaz finished second in the

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Challengers and reaching a total score of 9/13.

Achievements

;

Turkish Chess Championship Following are the official winners of the national Turkish Chess Championships from 1962 to date. Winners : Notes References Lists of winners from the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) {{Chess national championships Chess national championships ...

* 2009 – champion * 2017 – champion * 2022 – champion ;World Junior Chess Championship * 2012 – 19th place

References

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* * 1992 births Living people Turkish chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Turkey-chess-bio-stub