IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is a Turkish FIDE master and IM-elect. Erdogmus won the U-8 European Chess Championship in 2019, a year before he had to stop playing over-the-board chess due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After returning to competitive play in 2021, the young chess star caught the world's attention after gaining nearly 500 rating points in a little over a year. Erdogmus quickly earned the FM title, and shortly after got all the three norms and required rating to become an IM. With this, he became the youngest international master in Turkey's history.

In 2022, Erdogmus won the prestigious ChessKid tournament Youth Chess Championship after defeating CM Ilan Schnaider.