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GM Mustafa Yilmaz

Mustafa Yilmaz

Photo: Andreas Kontokanis, CC.

Full name

Mustafa Yilmaz

Born

Nov 5, 1992 (age 32)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Türkiye

Rating

Bio

Mustafa Yılmaz is a Turkish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined (24 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (19 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (18 games)

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (14 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation (14 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (50 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (42 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (19 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (17 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mustafa Yilmaz (2873) Benjamin Bok (3087)	1-0	34	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2868) Tomasz Jaskolka (2560)	1-0	40	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2872) Adrian Antonio Garcia Garcia (2500)	1-0	25	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2861) Kerem Tinmaz (2530)	1-0	35	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2934) Cristian Silva Lucena (2607)	1-0	65	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2931) Farid Mustafayev (2719)	1-0	42	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2896) Daniel Dardha (3014)	0-1	60	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2887) Ruben Domingo Nunez (2712)	0-1	32	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2870) Nikolas Theodorou (3140)	0-1	32	2025
Mustafa Yilmaz (2940) Eric Jr. LABOG (2740)	0-1	37	2025

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