Published August 12, 2026

The new generation arrives early

Fourteen, twelve and eleven years old — and already rewriting the record books.

Records falling young

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus became the youngest player in history to pass 2700, at fourteen, and leads Turkey on board one in Samarkand.

Faustino Oro of Argentina, twelve, is the second-youngest grandmaster ever. England’s Bodhana Sivanandan, eleven, plays her second Olympiad after becoming the youngest girl to earn an International Master norm.

Source: Chess.com.

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