13-year-old GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus has added the Beneath 16 ChessKid Youth Championship 2024 title to the Beneath 13 title he gained every week in the past. The Turkish prodigy overcame fellow GM-elect Ivan Zemlyanskii 3-1 within the Remaining after Zemlyanskii had upset GM Abhimanyu Mishra within the Semifinals.
Remaining Bracket
Semifinals:
Remaining:
Erdogmus 3-1 Woodward
Erdogmus is at present the world’s youngest grandmaster, a claim-to-fame he snatched from his Semifinal opponent, U.S. GM-elect Andy Woodward, in April. Since then Erdogmus has turned 13, however not earlier than he turned the highest-rated 12-year-old in historical past.
He is a rival of 10-year-old FM Faustino Oro as the largest prodigy in chess proper now, and he is been demonstrating his credentials within the ChessKid Youth Championships. He gained the Beneath 13 Championship in spectacular fashion every week in the past, and now he is performed the identical in opposition to the much more formidable ranks of gamers 16 and below.
After successful his group with 8/10 he raced to a 2-0 lead in opposition to Woodward within the four-game Semifinal earlier than occurring to clinch the match, although his opponent put up a fierce combat.
Within the first recreation Erdogmus emerged with two further pawns from a tough opening, and when he managed to coordinate his undeveloped items it was throughout bar the shouting.
Within the second, nonetheless, Woodward regarded positive to have the ability to seek out the black king and stage the scores, however in some way the monarch escaped.
As you may see, close to the tip Woodward, with a second or two on his clock, dropped a rook for no compensation.
With a second on his clock, Andy Woodward hangs a rook and Yagiz Erdogmus takes a 2-0 lead — he now wants solely a attract Recreation 3 to clinch the match! pic.twitter.com/od4FTbleKH
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 7, 2024
That was unlucky and left Erdogmus needing solely a draw to clinch the match, which maybe defined a call that condemned him to a world of harm—33.Nxg5?!
The issue for Woodward, nonetheless, was that he wanted to win on demand a second time to pressure a playoff. As a substitute he discovered Erdogmus in high kind, discovering a vital transfer within the opening that had in truth been performed earlier than—10…b5!
He went on to offer checkmate and ebook a spot within the remaining.
Mishra 1.5-2.5 Zemlyanskii
Erdogmus’ anticipated opponent within the remaining was 15-year-old Mishra, who as a 12-year-old set the present report for turning into the youngest ever grandmaster. In the long run, nonetheless, his FM however GM-elect 13-year-old opponent pulled off an upset.
The tense first recreation that led to a repetition urged how shut issues could be, whereas Mishra fell behind when he failed to maneuver an attacked rook in an advanced Winawer French within the second recreation.
Mishra hit again within the third, and whereas his method in changing a successful place was removed from excellent, there was completely nothing unsuitable along with his preventing spirit. He celebrated when his opponent misplaced on time in an already hopeless pawn endgame.
Mishra celebrates levelling the scores at 1.5-1.5! https://t.co/NziRHhLDp0 pic.twitter.com/slt1w9IYsP
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 7, 2024
That left the scores stage going into the ultimate recreation, which was once more a Winawer French. This time Zemlyanskii went on to attain an impressively easy win to ebook his spot within the remaining.
Erdogmus 3-1 Zemlyanskii
This battle of the 13-year-olds received off to a wild begin when Zemlyanskii, with 40 seconds extra on the clock, discovered the tough thought 21…Nxg3!?, grabbing a pawn.
Regardless of the dearth of time, Erdogmus navigated the problems effectively and later pounced to realize a successful edge, however by the ultimate place Zemlyanskii has an opportunity to equalize. As a substitute he appeared to lose his connection and lose on time.
That misfortune was shrugged off, nonetheless, as Zemlyanskii hit again, making the most of a flawed pawn sacrifice by his opponent within the following recreation.
The four-game match had turn into a two-game match, but it surely was Erdogmus who regained the lead in recreation three, which featured an especially tense stand-off on the kingside. Erdogmus had solely 24 seconds to his opponent’s one minute and 42 seconds after the intelligent 22.Be4!, however ultimately he dealt with the problems higher.
Listed here are the ultimate levels after 32.Qf1!, threatening Rf8+, made the result inevitable.
Yagiz Erdogmus was as soon as once more down on time, however he finds a successful thought and takes a 2-1 lead! He now wants a draw within the remaining recreation to clinch the title: https://t.co/dnYGCKnBq0 pic.twitter.com/5AQhodai0H
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 7, 2024
Zemlyanskii due to this fact needed to win the fourth recreation on demand, however when he missed an opportunity to push d4 on transfer 10 issues turned in opposition to him. Erdogmus rounded off the match in actual fashion.
The ultimate moments as Yagiz Erdogmus clinches victory within the ChessKid Youth Chess Championship! pic.twitter.com/Z6we9zYQbh
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 7, 2024
The comfort for different chess youngsters, and motive to concern for the chess elite, is that Erdogmus is quickly more likely to graduate to competing on a stage footing within the high occasions.
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus does it once more 🔥👏
✅ Beneath-13 Champion
✅ Beneath-16 ChampionHE HAS NEVER LOST A CHESSKID EVENT! 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/wLhxCCw73o
— ChessKid.com 👑 (@ChessKidcom) July 7, 2024
The most important chess occasion developing on the horizon is the SuperUnited Croatia Speedy & Blitz that begins Wednesday, however sadly with out world number-one Magnus Carlsen.
As a result of an pressing household matter, GM Magnus Carlsen has regretfully withdrawn from the upcoming occasion in Zagreb and will probably be changed by American GM Levon Aronian as a wildcard at this event. #Grandchesstour #MagnusCarlsen #LevonAronian #chess #superbetrapidblitz
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The ChessKid Youth Championships are Chess.com’s high occasions for the following era of the chess elite. The 2 sections, for gamers below 13 and below 16, happen June 29-July 7. All video games are performed with the three+1 time management, and the prize fund is $15,000.
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