Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is the youngest to cross 2600 ELO

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is the youngest player to cross 2600 ELO. He achieved this during the Chess Olympiad 2024 playing for the team of Turkiye and finishing 15th there with performance 2636. The exact date when Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus crossed 2600 is 21.09.2024, when he defeated Kacper Piorun.

The previous record was set by John Burke, who achieved it at 14 years and 2 months old. He achieved it ahead of other prodigies like Abhi Mishra, Pragg, Wei Yi, Abdusattorov, and Carlsen.

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Tarjei Svensen from Chess.com says, “The Turkish Grandmaster now has around 2.5 years if he wants to break Wei Yi’s record as the youngest-ever 2700 player, which Wei achieved when he was aged 15 years and nine months. Firouzja, Gukesh, and Carlsen had all turned 16 when they broke the barrier.”

Player	Age of 2700 ELO	Date
Wei Yi	15 years, 274 days	March 2015
Alireza Firouzja	16 years, 44 days	August 2019
Gukesh D	16 years, 95 days	September 2022
Magnus Carlsen	16 years, 211 days	July 2007
Anish Giri	17 years, 4 days	July 2011
Vincent Keymer	17 years, 321 days	October 2022
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	17 years, 347 days	October 2008
Nodirbek Abdusattorov	17 years, 347 days	September 2022
Sergey Karjakin	17 years, 354 days	January 2008
R Praggnanandhaa	17 years, 354 days	August 2023

The prodigy has already secured backing from Turkish investor Evren Ucok, co-founder of one of the world’s top e-commerce companies, and he has been coached by a number of grandmasters. Among them is world-class GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who previously told Chess.com:

“I am very pleased to work with Yagiz. I see him as a player who can reach 2800 and become a future world champion.”