After progressing to the ChessKid Youth Championships Knockout earlier within the day, 13-year-old GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus has commanded one other headline with a historic Bullet Brawl victory on Saturday. Scoring 220 factors, he completed nicely forward of second-place GM Oleksandr Bortnyk (190) and Canada’s GM Eric Hansen (184) in addition to 107 different titled gamers.
With this consequence, Erdogmus grew to become the primary IM and junior to win the occasion and has joined an unique listing that options eight distinctive winners. IM Meri Arabidze gained the $100 finest ladies’s prize whereas Cesar Frank Talledo Lagos took out the group occasion.
The subsequent Bullet Brawl will begin on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at midday ET/18:00 CEST.
Standings
| Rank | Fed | Title | Title | Username | Ranking | Rating |
| 1 | IM | Yagiz Erdogmus | legendisback1 | 3105 | 220 | |
| 2 | GM | Oleksandr Bortnyk | Oleksandr_Bortnyk | 3101 | 190 | |
| 3 | GM | Eric Hansen | hansen | 3038 | 184 | |
| 4 | GM | Matthias Bluebaum | Msb2 | 3014 | 181 | |
| 5 | GM | Jose Martinez | Jospem | 3090 | 177 | |
| 6 | FM | Dachey Lin | 1800_strength | 2916 | 164 | |
| 7 | GM | Tuan Minh Le | wonderfultime | 3060 | 162 | |
| 8 | IM | Yoseph Taher | yosephtaher | 2990 | 158 | |
| 9 | GM | Emin Ohanyan | OhanyanEminChess | 2908 | 136 | |
| 10 | GM | Samuel Sevian | Konavets | 3116 | 124 | |
| 11 | CM | Dimitrios Papaioannou | Jimonios | 2786 | 121 | |
| 12 | IM | Gianmarco Leiva | GianmarcoVaR | 2811 | 118 | |
| 13 | FM | Dmitry Goltsev | GoltsevDmitry2000 | 2823 | 116 | |
| 14 | IM | Marcos Lianes | ulises2013 | 2830 | 110 | |
| 15 | IM | Fiorito Joaquin | lamoniajunior | 2827 | 109 | |
| 16 | GM | Leon Mendonca | LionTheLeon_06 | 2792 | 107 | |
| 17 | FM | Francisco Fiorito | AlphaFischer2019 | 2752 | 105 | |
| 18 | CM | Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan | MVM2008 | 2662 | 97 | |
| 19 | IM | Meri Arabidze | Meri-Arabidze | 2735 | 95 | |
| 20 | CM | Stanley Badasconyi | Standbad1 | 2770 | 92 |
What a day for 13-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus!
He topped his group within the @ChessKidcom Youth Championship, after which gained #BulletBrawl towards a stacked subject 🔥🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/RgQnJLuTMG
— Chess.com (@chesscom) June 29, 2024
Whereas most 13-year-olds had been having fun with their weekend off from college, Erdogmus saved busy beating lots of the world’s finest chess gamers within the newest version of Bullet Brawl. In a subject stacked with the likes of GMs Tuan Minh Le, Matthias Bluebaum, Sam Sevian, and Jose Martinez, Erdogmus’ efficiency serves as a reminder that age performs second-fiddle to expertise relating to chess capacity.
A win over Le marked the proper begin for Erdogmus who backed this up by scoring 4/6 towards GMs in his first 10 video games of the world. The Turkish sensation grew to become a real contender when he dispatched each IM Renato Terry and Martinez in 25 and 22 strikes, respectively.
To cement his place on the high, Erdogmus strung collectively two 21-game unbeaten streaks, the primary of which featured no fewer than six miniatures. Notably, one was an 18-move victory over the previous world junior champion GM Pablo Zarnicki.
Bortnyk, who was a high contender for first place, saved in contact with the lead whereas streaming on Twitch however might solely handle 1/4 towards Erdogmus, with most of their video games descending into chaos and ending with time scrambles.
Erdogmus’ tremendous Saturday even appeared to be a focus for the longtime world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen who challenged him to a blitz match on the conclusion of the occasion. Although the rating closely favored Carlsen (12.5-3.5), Erdogmus did handle to choose up a number of wins.
Boasting a FIDE score of 2569, Erdogmus is the Twelfth-highest-rated U18 participant on this planet and is the fifth-highest-rated participant from Turkiye. Though GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky didn’t take part on this week’s brawl, they’ll little question take discover of Turkiye’s rising prodigy.
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Bullet Brawl is an thrilling titled area that options Chess.com’s high bullet specialists and takes place weekly on Saturdays. The format is a two-hour area with a 1+0 time management; the prize fund is $1,000.
Very like Titled Tuesday and Area Kings, Bullet Brawl usually options high GMs, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Naroditsky, Andrew Tang, Tuan Minh Le, and lots of extra!
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