Mert Erdoğdu is a Turkish chess grandmaster born in 1979. The thirteenth player to earn the grandmaster title in Turkish chess history, he played for the national team for many years and won the Turkish Championship in 2016.
Quick facts
- Born: 30 March 1979, İzmit, Turkey
- FIDE Master (FM): 2001
- International Master (IM): 2003
- Grandmaster (GM): 2017
- Peak rating: 2513 in January 2010
Beginnings
Erdoğdu started playing chess while studying at Galatasaray High School.
National team and titles
He represented Turkey at the Chess Olympiads from 2000 to 2010. In 2016 he won the Turkish Chess Championship, held in Kocaeli, and he is also a winner of the 2nd Mediterranean Individual Championship (men and women). In 2018 FIDE appointed him trainer of the El Salvador Women's National Team at the 43rd Chess Olympiad.
Mert Erdoğdu on Satranç Okulu
This category collects Erdoğdu-related content from the site: annotated games, tournament news and videos.
Source: Wikipedia: Mert Erdoğdu
