Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş

World rank: No. 17 (October 2026)
Rating: 2731 (+15 this month)
Peak rating: 2716 (August 2026)
Title: Grandmaster (2024)
Federation: Türkiye
Born: June 3, 2011, Bursa, Türkiye (age 15)
FIDE ID: 44599790

The Turkish prodigy who is rewriting the age records. Erdoğmuş became a grandmaster in 2024, then the fourth-youngest in history, and later that year the youngest player ever to reach 2600. In May 2026 he became the youngest ever to reach 2700, by almost a year.

Magnus Carlsen called him “the best 14-year-old the world has ever seen” after they met at the 2025 World Rapid Championship.

In 2026 he became the youngest player ever in the Tata Steel Masters, tying for sixth, and then tied for third at the TePe Sigeman tournament with a 2757 performance. He was the world’s youngest grandmaster from April 2024 until May 2026.

Career highlights

Youngest player ever to reach 2700 (May 2026)
Youngest player ever to reach 2600 (2024)
Grandmaster at 12
Youngest-ever player in the Tata Steel Masters (2026)

Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş in The Chess Herald

Oct 22, 2026Novy Bor and SuperChess Meet in Round 6 With 10/10 Each
Oct 21, 2026Abdusattorov, Giri and Erdogmus All Lose in Club Cup Round 4
Oct 20, 2026Eleven Teams Perfect After Round 3, Beer Sheva Slip Against Dunajska Streda
Oct 19, 2026Murzin's Swindle Keeps Bayegan Pendik Clear After a Top-Board Loss
Oct 18, 2026Favourites Sweep as Grandelius Falls on Day One of the European Club Cup

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Sep 27, 2026FIDE Hands Out Its First Excellence Awards in Samarkand
Sep 9, 2026A Second's Difference: GCL's Prodigy Board Controversy
Sep 8, 2026GCL's Wild Day 3: Gambits Fall, Pipers Seize the Lead

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.