I like Tal, but Carlsen is my favourite player: Erdogmus

The 15-year-old’s precocious talent evokes comparisons to elite Grandmasters. In this chat, the prodigy talks about his chess journey, the game’s growth in Turkey, the role of sponsorship in young careers and his famous pawn checkmate against two queens.

Moving the needle: Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus’ emergence is helping chess grow in Turkey. ‘It is becoming a bit more popular and that makes me very happy,’ he says. | Photo Credit: FIDE

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus could well be the world’s most talented 15-year-old chess player. The Turkish prodigy — the fourth youngest Grandmaster in history at the time he achieved the honour — is currently ranked 17th, with a highly impressive Elo rating of 2731. Five-time World champion Magnus Carlsen believes the teenager’s quality of chess is unprecedented for his age. Erdogmus was in Bengaluru recently for the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, in which he played for PBG Alaskan Knights.

Excerpts from an interview he gave The Hindu:

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