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.”