Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (born 3 June 2011) is a Turkish

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and grandmaster. He was awarded the

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title prior to turning 12, becoming the youngest individual from Turkey to achieve this title. In 2024 he became the fourth-youngest grandmaster in history, and later that year he became the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2600. As of June 2025, Erdoğmuş is the youngest grandmaster in the world.

Early life

Erdoğmuş was born in

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, Turkey. Introduced to chess by his kindergarten teacher, he started playing the game at the age of 6.

Chess career

In 2018, Erdoğmuş won the age 8 category at the 6th Cesme International Open Chess Tournament 2018, and in the 2019 Turkey Youth Chess Championship for the same age group. He won the U-8 European Chess Championship in 2019, winning 8 out of 8 games, guaranteeing the championship as he entered the last round. He attained the IM title during the 3rd

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Council in 2022, following a commendable performance at the Svetozar Gligoric Memorial Chess Tournament in Serbia. Also in 2022, Erdoğmuş won the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship online tournament. Erdoğmuş participated in advanced training and competitions in 2023, including the Chessable FIDE Camp in Spain and the 2023 European Individual Chess Championship in Serbia. In December 2023, at the Sunway Sitges tournament Erdoğmuş ranked 9th with 7.5/10. In April 2024, at the Grenke Chess Open and Classic, he became the fourth-youngest Grandmaster of all time. In May 2024, Erdoğmuş broke GM

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's 35-year-old record as the highest-rated player before the age of 13 by reaching a rating of 2569 (while Polgar remained the highest-ranked 12-year-old at 56th) In July 2024, he won both under 13 and under 16 ChessKid Youth Championship tournaments. In October 2024 he became the youngest player ever to achieve a 2600

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, October 1, 2024

External links

FIDE profile

References

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