– It is an incredible achievement. It is difficult to accept that someone so small can have both the knowledge and competitive skills to be at such a high level, says Torstein Bae, news’s chess expert. You just have to note the name right away: Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus. Only four months ago, the Turk became the highest-ranked player in history before turning 13. Now the youngster has been on a record hunt again and smashed the record as the youngest anyone to reach 2,600 rating points – a score that is seen by many as a magical limit in chess. CHESS EXPERT: Torstein Bae. Photo: Lars Bryne / Lars Bryne The Turk was 13 years, 3 months and 28 days old when he managed it, write Chess.com, which mentioned the case first. He thus beat the record held by American John Burke, who was 14 years old. Erdogmus managed the feat after playing great in the Chess Olympiad in Hungary, where he took 8 out of 11 points. By comparison, value leader Magnus Carlsen took 15 years to reach 2,600 rating points. – That this young Turk manages this at the age of 13, which Magnus has not managed either, is sensational, says Bae. – Future world champion news’s chess expert thinks it is sensational in itself that the Turk is already grandmaster – the highest title in chess. – But of the grandmasters, it is the very few who ever manage to cross this magical limit of 2,600 points. The requirement for grandmasters is 2500 points. 2,600 points is what you call a super storm master. Then you realize that the grandmasters are in a class of their own. It’s the elite of grandmasters, says a stunned Bae. GRAND MASTER: Shakhrijar Mamedyarov has trained the Turkish youngster. Mamedyarov believes Erdogmus can become a future world champion. Photo: Carina Johansen / NTB Star player Shakhrijar Mamedjarov is one of several grandmasters who have trained the youngster. Mamedyarov has previously told Chess.com that he thinks Erdogmus can go all the way to the top. – I am very pleased to work with Yagiz. I see him as a player who can reach 2800 and become a future world champion, said Mamedjarov Bae agrees. – Erdogmus became Grandmaster not so long ago, and now he jumped up to this limit without problem. He is an incredibly exciting player who could be a future world champion. Praise from fellow pupils The feats of the school pupil do not only attract attention in the chess community. Dad Selahattin Erdogmus recently shared a moving video of his son who was welcomed as a hero when he returned to school after the chess Olympiad. To deafening cheers, he was greeted with hugs and “high fives” by fellow students. HYLLA: Here, Erdogmus is welcomed as a hero by his fellow students. Photo: Selahattin Erdogmus So we’ll see if there will be more cheers for the wooden prodigy Erdogmus during the news-broadcast world championship in blitz and rapid chess in Space Christmas. With the youngster’s rating, he is guaranteed a place in New York. – Often the youngest players are the best with short thinking time. Maybe he can really assert himself?, asks Bae. Incredible performance: Scored from kick-off in two matches in a row 01:03 Here is the referee’s nose: – A bit of a circus today 00:38 Here Rosenborg celebrates the final ticket 01:07 Chaos and tear gas outside the stadium before the local match 00:49 Show more Published 05.10.2024, at 21.22 Updated 05.10.2024, at 21.32
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Prodigy Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus beat Carlsen by two years – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcast schedule
