Barış Esen (born November 3, 1986) is a Turkish

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grandmaster. As of the July 2013

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rating list, he is ranked among active players number 369 in the world and number five in Turkey. He earned FIDE titles as

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(IM) in 2005 and Grand Master (GM) on July 25, 2010.

Career

He was born on November 3, 1986. He began chess playing early in his childhood in the late 1990s. Azerbaijani

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, whom he met during a chess competition in

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, taught him the chess basics. After his success at the Angora Tournament held in

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, Turkey in 2010, he was named Grand Master, earning this title as the youngest and the fourth Turkish chess player. Upon his result of 7½/11 at the

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held in

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in 2011, Barış Esen qualified as the only participant of his country at the

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. He lost in the first round to Olexandr Moiseenko from

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with ½–1½.

Personal life

Esen is married to Nesibe Esen. The couple has a son Emin, who was born on October 7, 2010. He is a resident of

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Achievements

* 2009 Thessaloniki Open,

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– 2nd * 2009 Angora Tournament, Turkey – 1st * 2010 Thessaloniki Open, Greece – 2nd

References

External links

Barış Esen at chessgames.com
* Living people 1986 births Sportspeople from Adana Turkish chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Turkey-chess-bio-stub