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.
