Magnus Carlsen already has a replacement. At just 10 years old, the young Argentine Faustino Oro already managed to win last March to the number one in the world, Magnus Carlsen, in a bullet game of Chess. This Sunday, his story became even bigger, becoming the youngest international chess master at the Barcelona Masters Tournament by signing a draw with Black after 29 moves. with the Chilean Fernando Valenzueland reach the 6.5 points necessary to achieve the standard.
Oro, who came to the tournament with an Elo of 2,351 pointstakes over from Indian-American Abhimanyu Mishra, who set the record in 2019 at the age of 10 years, 9 months and 3 days at the Madrid Chess Festival.
The Argentine, who has been living in Badalona (Barcelona) for a few months, closed the tournament in second place, tied at 6.5 points, with the Colombian Cristian Andrés Hernándezinternational master, who won by a better margin in the tiebreak.
The young Argentine was “very happy” for the success and thanked the “numerous congratulatory messages received” and highlighted to EFE Television that, despite being only 10 years old, he is already “used to playing against very good players on the board.”
The new international teacher He has gone 31 games without a defeat and his last defeat was in April, when he lost to Cuban Ernesto Fernández in the seventh round of the Menorca Open.
In the Barcelona Masters Tournament, Faustino Oro defeated the grandmaster Hipólito Asís Gargatagli at the beginning Now the two international masters Carles Martin and the French Samuel Malka. Likewise, he drew against Guerau Masague and the Colombian Cristian Hernández, triumphed against the international master Aléx Villa and had three other draws, against the Equatorial Guinean Xavier Mompel, the Hispanic César Alcalá and, this Sunday, with the Chilean Fernando Valenzuela.
2024-06-30 15:20:54
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