A record in chess history from Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş

According to the statement made by the Turkish Chess Federation, Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, who faced world number 3 Fabiano Caruana in the last round of the Olympics held in Samarkand, left the match with a draw.

The 15-year-old national athlete, who completed the Olympics with a score of 8/10 and without defeat, increased his Elo score to 2 thousand 731.

With this score, Yağız Kaan surpassed the record (2 thousand 721) held by Chinese GM Wei Yi since 2015 and became the owner of the highest Elo score reached at the age of 15 in the history of chess.