13-year-old Yağız checkmated Magnus Carlsen, the world's best chess player.

13-year-old national chess player Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş managed to checkmate Magnus Carlsen, who is considered the greatest chess player of all time, in 41.2 seconds in the tournament he participated in.

HE RECEIVED THE TITLE OF THE YOUNGEST GRANDMASTER IN THE WORLD

Furthermore, the young athlete Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, who competed in the Grenke Open Chess Tournament last month, completed his final norm and obtained the title of Grandmaster (GM). Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş ranked 4th in the list of the youngest GMs in the history of world chess. The top spot in the list of the youngest GMs in the world is held by Abhimanyu Mishra from the USA (12 years, 4 months, 25 days), followed by Sergey Karjakin from Ukraine (12 years, 7 months), Gukesh Dommaraju from India (12 years, 7 months, 17 days), and Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş from Turkey (12 years, 9 months, 30 days). The number of grandmasters in chess in Turkey has increased to 16 since 2012.