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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 (2665) Saleh Salem (2630)	1-0	53	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2665) Stefan Beukema (2428)	1-0	32	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2935) Mikhail Bryakin (2757)	1-0	34	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2929) Rudik Makarian (3105)	1-0	34	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2924) Jaloliddin Ilkhomi (2770)	1-0	35	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2928) Tuna Ozates (2609)	1-0	50	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2970) Gennady Kozlov (2701)	1-0	37	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2963) Aleksandra Goryachkina (2710)	1-0	42	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2960) Pranav Senthilkumar (2518)	1-0	28	2024
Mustafa Yilmaz (2951) Paulius Pultinevicius (2799)	1-0	43	2024

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