Oğulcan Kanmazalp

Ogulcan Kanmazalp is a Turkish chess player and coach born on July 22, 1992 in Izmir. He holds the title of International Master (IM) and is the 2010 Turkish Chess Champion.

He attended primary school in Izmir and completed his high school education in St. Petersburg, Istanbul. He graduated from St. Joseph High School. He started playing chess at a young age and quickly stood out in his age groups: In 2005, he won both the Turkish under-14 championship and the under-20 championship in the Balkan Chess Games.

Titles and championship

He received the FIDE Master title in 2008 and the International Master title in 2010. He won the Turkish Championship in the adult category in 2010. He collected grandmaster norms in 2014; He achieved the second of these in the MTS Logistics GM Tournament in October 2014, with a performance of 7 points and 2618 in 10 rounds.

However, he could not exceed the 2500 ELO threshold required for the grandmaster title; The highest score it reached was 2481 in May 2018.

In addition to acting, he served as a coach in the national team. He was the captain of the Türkiye Men's National Team at the 45th World Chess Olympiad held in Budapest in 2024.