Ediz Gürel

Ediz Gürel is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2024.

Chess career

Gürel became the youngest ever Turkish Grandmaster after his success in the 2024 Prague Chess Festival, although this record has since been superseded by Ya%C4%9F%C4%B1z Kaan Erdo%C4%9Fmu%C5%9F.
Gürel finished second, on 7.5/9, in the Under-14 section of the 2022 European Youth Championship.
Gürel secured the third Grandmaster norm in the Challengers tournament at the 2024 Prague Chess Festival, winning the event with 6.5/9 and qualifying for the Masters group for the 2025 edition. Since he had already surpassed the 2500 rating mark in June 2023, this final norm secured him the Grandmaster title.
In July 2024 Gürel became the highest ranked active Turkish chess player.
At 45th Chess Olympiad, he earned an individual bronze medal, scoring 9/11 on board two.
In matches against Gukesh Dommaraju at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025, Gürel and Abhimanyu Mishra, both 16 years old, became the youngest players to win a classical chess match against an incumbent World Chess Champion.