GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş

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 …

GM Jorden van Foreest

Photo: Lars OA Hedlund FIDE World Rating: 19 Elo: 2729 Born: April 30, 1999, in Utrecht, Netherlands. 2013: Became a grandmaster at the age of 16 – one of the youngest in the history of Dutch chess. 2016: Won the Dutch Chess Championship and played in Sweden for the first …

GM Arjun Erigaisi

Photo: Lars OA Hedlund FIDE World Rating: 11 Elo: 2745 Born: September 3, 2003, in Warangal, India. 2018: Became a grandmaster at the age of 14 – one of the youngest Indian players to acquire this title. 2022: Won the Tata Steel Challengers and qualified for the main Masters group. …

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Photo: Frans Peeters FIDE World Rating: 5 Elo: 2771 Born: September 18, 2004, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 2014: At the age of 9, he defeated two grandmasters in the Tashkent Open. 2017: Became a grandmaster at the age of 13. 2021: Won the World Rapid Chess Championship and became the youngest …