Chess: Yagiz Erdogmus, 13, on the verge of 2600 and closing on world age record

Chess: Yagiz Erdogmus, 13, on the verge of 2600 and closing on world age record

The Turkish teen is poised to achieve the landmark rating at September’s 193-nation chess Olympiad in Budapest

Yagiz Erdogmus is not yet a name in the same league as the quartet of Indian and Uzbek teenagers who have stormed into chess’s world top 10 during 2024, but the 13-year-old Turk is still among the most ­promising international talents, increasingly gaining plaudits for his dynamic classical style. He is also on a career path of early records which follows in the footsteps of Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana and others.

Erdogmus is already the ­youngest current grandmaster and the fourth youngest GM in ­history, He reached the verge of another ­significant ­milestone last week, when a strong performance in the Turkish League in Ankara advanced his Fide world ­rating to 2599, just below the 2600 level which traditionally marks a high class GM and which is roughly equivalent to a place in the world top 200 players.

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