Turkish GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is playing a match with former World Champion Veselin Topalov in Monaco. Erdogmus reached his new peak live rating of 2704.0 points.

Erdogmus played 5 games with Topalov. Yagiz defeated Veselin 3 times and drew with him 2 times. Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus gained +17 points and became the youngest player to achieve a rating of 2700+ in history, at the age of 14 years and 10 months old. He surpassed in rating Topalov Veselin who dropped from 2717.0 to 2700.0.

The Topalov vs. Erdogmus: Clash of Generations III takes place from April 12 to April 17 in Monaco. The event features a 90+0 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game. The record was previously held by Chinese GM Wei Yi who became 2700+ at 15 years and 8 months.

Credit: Lennart Ootes / Tata Steel Chess