12punto reaches Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, who defeated Magnus Carlsen

13-year-old Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş checkmated Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, widely considered the greatest chess player in history, in 41.2 seconds. 12punto has reached Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş.

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12punto reaches Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, who defeated Magnus Carlsen

Kemal Arda Ayvalıoğlu-12punto.com.tr

National chess player Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, while participating in a tournament, faced 33-year-old Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is considered the greatest chess player of all time and holds five world chess championships, four world rapid chess championships, and six world blitz chess championships. Erdoğmuş, who managed to checkmate his opponent in 41.2 seconds, holds the title of the youngest grandmaster. Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş also ranked 4th in the list of the youngest GMs in world chess history. While American Abhimanyu Mishra (12 years, 4 months, 25 days) holds the top spot as the world's youngest GM, he is followed by Sergey Karjakin from Ukraine (12 years, 7 months), Gukesh Dommaraju from India (12 years, 7 months, 17 days), and Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş from Turkey (12 years, 9 months, 30 days).

Speaking to 12Punto, the Erdoğmuş family made the following statement regarding media requests for interviews with Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş:

“Due to his preparations for the Turkish Super League and the Olympics, we are unable to respond to any interview requests.”

“We have received many interview and meeting requests regarding our ward, GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş. We would like to thank all interested individuals and organizations. However, we do not know who to meet with or how to decide who to say yes or no to. Furthermore, as Yağız is a 13-year-old child who does not feel pedagogically fully prepared for these processes, and because he is intensely preparing for the Turkish Super League and the Olympics, we cannot respond positively to any media interview requests. We kindly ask for your understanding as a family in this matter.”

WHO IS YAĞIZ KAAN ERDOĞMUŞ?

He was born in Bursa in 2011. In 2019, he became the European Champion in the 8-year-old category. After becoming a Candidate Master (CM) in 2021, he earned the title of FIDE Master in 2022, and later that same year, he completed the necessary norms to become Turkey's youngest International Master (IM). He was awarded the "Athlete of the Year" award at the "Giants of Sports Meet" ceremony organized by Ülke TV.

He earned his first Grandmaster (GM) norm with his successful performance at the Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival. With two rounds remaining in the Jeddah International Chess Festival Young Masters Tournament, held in Saudi Arabia from January 23 to 31, Yağız Kaan secured his second GM norm.

Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş completed his final norm at the Grenke Open Chess Tournament on April 1, 2024, to earn the GM title. According to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings, Yağız Kaan became the youngest active GM among chess players. At 12 years, 9 months, and 29 days old, Yağız Kaan ranked 4th on the list of the youngest Grandmasters (GM) in world chess history. With Yağız Kaan, the number of grandmasters in Turkey rose to 16.

With his performance at the Sharjah Masters 2024 tournament, Yağız Kaan reached an Elo rating of 2569 in the live rating system, breaking the 2555 Elo record set by Judit Polgar at age 13, which had remained unbroken for 34 years.

News Source: Kemal Arda Ayvalıoğlu