15-year-old Grandmaster Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş entered the top 20 in the world rankings with a victory at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Erdoğmuş raised his ELO rating to 2723.2 with the victory he achieved at the Olympiad in Samarkand. With this result, he ranked 19th in the world classical chess rankings. The Turkish Chess Federation congratulated the national athlete.