Faustino Oro

Faustino Oro
CountryArgentina
Born (2013-10-14) October 14, 2013 (age 11)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TitleInternational Master (2024)
FIDE rating2433 (December 2024)
Peak rating2434 (August 2024)

Faustino Oro (born October 14, 2013) is an Argentine chess prodigy.[1][2] In 2023, when he was nine, he received a rating of 2300 (classical), becoming the youngest chess player to have done so.[3] He has been dubbed the "Messi of chess".[4][5][6][7][8] He is also the youngest player to attain a norm for the IM title.[9]

In May 2024, Faustino defeated 5-time world champion and world #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen during a weekly Bullet Brawl tournament hosted by Chess.com.[3][10][11]

He holds the world record for the youngest International Master, a title which he earned in June 2024 at the age of 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, breaking the record of Abhimanyu Mishra.[12]

References

  1. ^ Espectador, El (April 4, 2024). "Faustino Oro, el niño prodigio del ajedrez". elespectador.com (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "A future Grandmaster". www.tecpetrol.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  3. ^ a b Svensen (TarjeiJS), Tarjei J. (2024-03-27). "10-Year-Old Fausti Oro Goes Viral After Beating Magnus Carlsen On Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  4. ^ Augusto, César (2024-03-30). "'Messi of chess': Argentine 10-year-old child prodigy takes no prisoners". Buenos Aires Times. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  5. ^ Colodro, Carlos Alberto (2023-11-10). "Faustino Oro, Argentina's golden boy, continues to impress". Chess News. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  6. ^ "10-year-old dubbed 'Messi of Chess' beats Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen in tense 'bullet' match". 5 April 2024.
  7. ^ Nuñez, Fernando Romero (March 25, 2024). "Argentine 10-year-old chess phenomenon beats world number one".
  8. ^ "Faustino Oro, Argentina's golden boy, continues to impress". Chess News. November 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "9-Year-Old Dubbed 'Messi Of Chess' Youngest Ever To Score IM Norm". Chess.com News. October 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "Robert Ris analyses Faustino Oro's bullet win over Magnus Carlsen". Chess News. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  11. ^ "Faustino Oro, the 10-year-old boy who beat Magnus Carlsen, the world chess number one". Ground News. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  12. ^ "Faustino Oro sufre, pero se aferra al récord de MI más joven de la historia". 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
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