Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus shared his thoughts on becoming the youngest 2700 in history. Erdogmus says he is very happy to reach this mark, and notes that he wants to reach 2800.

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus

Turkey's No. 1

“It’s actually very good thing to become the youngest 2700. I was extremely happy when I reached 2700.

Of course it’s not enough to stop with 2700. I want to just gain more rating. Of course, I want to become 2750 now and then like 2800. Yeah, of course I will still want to gain some rating.”

Turkish GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus reached the 2700 mark by defeating Veselin Topalov in a 1-1 match in April. Erdogmus became the youngest player to achieve a rating of 2700+ in history, at the age of 14 years and 10 months old. Yagiz ranks 27th in the world with a rating of 2713. Erdogmus is 4 points below reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju.

Credit: Biel International Chess Festival