Yağz Kaan Erdoğmuş – that is how you write his name in Turkish – was introduced to chess by his kindergarten teacher when he was six years old. He showed great talent for the game, and was soon winning national and international tournaments. In 2019 he won the U8 European Championship, scoring 8.0/8 games, and in August 2021 Yagiz was ranked No. In April 2024 he became the fourth-youngest grandmaster in the world at the Grenke Chess Open and Classic. Youngest grandmasters in historyAbhimanyu Mishra 12 years, 4 months, 25 days Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days Gukesh Domaraju 12 years, 7 months, 17 days Yağz Kaan Erdoğmuş 12 years, 9 months, 29 daysYou can view the development of this lad on our ChessBase Players utility.