Photo: Stefan64
FIDE World Rating: 37
Elo: 2687
Born: June 3, 2011, in Bursa, Turkiye.
2017: Learned chess from his pre-school teacher at the age of 6.
2019: Won the U8 class in the European Youth Championships by a large margin. He had secured his title already before the last round.
2022: Was awarded the title International Master (IM).
2024: Became a grandmaster and reaches a rating of 2569 before his 13th birthday. This meant that he beat Judit Polgar’s record from back in 1989. The same summer, he kept adding to his rating and passed the 2600 limit, breaking yet another of Judit Polgar’s records.
2025: Made his debut in the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, sharing second place with Nils Grandelius. With this result and another couple of good results, he entered the world top-100 list at 14 years old. At the end of this year, he finished in 28th place in the FIDE Grand Swiss and in 15th place in the World Rapid Chess Championship. Erdogmus achievements prompted Magnus Carlsen to say: ” Yağız is the best 14-year-old ever seen in chess… …We will be hearing a lot about him in the future.”
2026: As the youngest participant ever in Tata Steel Masters, he finished in 6th place.