GMEdiz Gurel

Ediz Gürel grew up in Bursa and became interested in chess at school. He began playing at seven, and a teacher encouraged him to take lessons. He joined Turkey's national youth squad at eight and later attended a science high school. In 2022, he won European under-14 silver and became an international master. Victory in the 2024 Prague Challengers completed his grandmaster requirements at fifteen.

Gürel received the GM title in 2024, briefly becoming Turkey's youngest grandmaster. His Prague victory also earned promotion to the festival's Masters section. At the 2024 Olympiad in Budapest, he scored nine points from eleven games and won individual bronze on board two. He made his Tata Steel Challengers debut in 2025. That year he also won the world under-17 blitz championship. In discussing his ambitions, he has described breaking larger goals into smaller, successive targets.