Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Turkish Teenager Continues Setting New Chess Rating Records
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is a 15-year-old chess player from Turkey.
He has broken many age records in chess.
He became the youngest person ever to reach a live rating of 2700.
He also reached a rating of 2600 at a very young age.
He is now ranked 26th in the world with a rating of 2716.
Another young Turkish player, Ediz Gürel, is helping lead the country’s new chess generation.
Erdogmus says they want more people in Turkey to enjoy chess.
He hopes Turkey can become one of the strongest chess countries.
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus became the youngest player to cross a live rating of 2700.
Erdogmus previously became the youngest player to reach a rating of 2600, at 13 years, 2 months, and 15 days.
He has held the highest recorded rating for players under 12, 13, and 14 years old.
At 15, Erdogmus is rated 2716 and ranked No. 26 worldwide.
Erdogmus and 17-year-old Ediz Gürel are working to make chess more popular in Turkey.
- Who
- Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, alongside 17-year-old Turkish player Ediz Gürel; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov also praised Erdogmus’s potential.
- What
- Erdogmus has broken multiple age-related chess rating and ranking records, including becoming the youngest player to cross a live rating of 2700.
- When
- At age 15; he reached a rating of 2600 at 13 years, 2 months, and 15 days.
- Where
- Turkey is the country Erdogmus and Gürel are seeking to promote as a chess power; the article does not specify where the records were achieved.
- Why
- Erdogmus and Gürel want to make chess more popular in Turkey and help the country become one of the best chess nations.
- Player
- Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
- Age
- 15
- Current rating
- 2716
- World ranking
- No. 26
- Major record
- Youngest player in history to cross a live rating of 2700
- Previous milestone
- Youngest player to reach a rating of 2600, at 13 years, 2 months, and 15 days
- Turkish chess partner
- Ediz Gürel, age 17