14-Year-Old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus Breaks Into the World Top 50!!

Featured is an instructive chess game between 14-year-old Turkish phenom Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from their Clash of Generations II match. The game follows the Ruy Lopez Exchange variation, where we observe pawn majorities by move 8. Erdogmus's early focus is on restricting MVL’s knight, which finds itself short on squares throughout. By move 18, Erdogmus has already obtained a sizeable advantage and converts it with ease. His healthy kingside pawn majority proves decisive. Erdogmus went on to win the 6-game classical match with a score of 3.5–2.5, gaining 11 rating points and moving firmly into the World Top 50 in the live ratings at #47.

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Clash of Generations II

Below the video, there is a pop quiz with three questions. If you are interested in improving your game, devote some time to answering them before watching the video.
https://youtu.be/3IwdHIP63so

Question 1 of 3: What is a reason to capture on d4 with the knight instead of the queen?

Question 2 of 3: Why did white avoid the exchange of bishops?

Question 3 of 3: What is black's best move?

Closing words

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