Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: Yılmaz alipata jina la FIDE, Mwalimu wa Kimataifa (IM) mnamo 1986. Yeye alishinda 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989 na 2004 Kituruki Chess Michuano. Kama mchezaji wa kitaifa, alishiriki katika
26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 32nd, 33rd na 36th Chess Olympiad.