Fourteen-year-old Turkish Grandmaster Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş delivered one of the standout performances at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship on Sunday, finishing 15th in Doha as Magnus Carlsen claimed his sixth world rapid title.
Carlsen, the Norwegian great, cruised through the open section unbeaten with 10.5 points after 13 rounds, finishing a full point clear of a field packed with elite grandmasters.
Russia’s Vladislav Artemiev took silver on 9.5 points, while India’s Arjun Erigaisi secured bronze on tiebreaks, also with 9.5.
Erdoğmuş, Türkiye’s teenage prodigy, finished with an impressi
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