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Mert Yılmazyerli

Mert Yılmazyerli
CountryTurkey
Born17 September 1992 (1992-09-17) (age 31)
TitleGrandmaster (2022)
FIDE rating2520 (July 2024)
Peak rating2542 (April 2023)

Mert Yılmazyerli (born 17 September 1992) is a Turkish chess player. He is a two-time Turkish Chess Champion.

Life and career

Yılmazyerli was born in Turkey in 1992, studied at Manisa Celal Bayar University.[1] As a chess player, he earned FIDE title, International Master (IM) in 2014 and became Grandmaster (GM) in 2022. He won the 2021 and 2023 Turkish Chess Championships and was the runner-up in the 2016 Turkish Chess Championship.[2][3] He played for the Turkish national team at 21st European Team Chess Championship held in Hersonissos 2017.[4]

Achievements

  • 2023 Turkish Chess Championship – Champion
  • 2022 Turkish Chess Championship - 2nd
  • 2021 Turkish Chess Championship – Champion
  • 2019 Turkish Chess Championship - 3nd
  • 2019 Turkish Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship - 2nd[5]
  • 2016 Turkish Chess Championship – 2nd

References

  1. ^ "Türkiye Üniversiteler Arası Satranç Şampiyonası". Kocaeli Gazetesi (in Turkish). 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "2016 Türkiye Satranç Şampiyonası'nda Mert Erdoğdu 1. oldu". skor.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Türkiye Şampiyonu IM Mert Yılmazyerli!". tsf.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "21st European Team Chess Championship, Hersonissos 2017, Turkey". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Türkiye'nin en hızlı satranç ustaları belli oldu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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