Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te tau 2008, i uru a Yılmaz ki te kapa taatai a motu o Turkey. I taua tau ano, i uru ia ki te 38th Chess Olympiad
i tū ki Dresden, Germany. I te tau 2009, ko ia te toa taakaha rangatahi o Turkey, i te patu i a Barış Esen i te rauna whakamutunga ka eke ki te 111⁄2/13.