A “golden kid” appeared in Argentine and world chess, his name is Faustino Oroand is achieving goals that surpass those obtained by heroes of the game like Robert Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov or the current number 1, Magnus Carlsen.
Gold got his first norm of International Master at only nine years of age, after his runner-up finish in the ITT Copa Ciudad de Comodoro Rivadaviawith 6.5 points in 9 rounds.
The surprising thing is that, in chessplayers are measured by a ranking (in this case, ELO), and actually Faustino reached the 2325 points (with his performance in Comodoro Rivadavia will add another 30), a score that no one has ever obtained at that age.
This weekend, it was disputedl ITT Comodoro Rivadavia City Cup that the great master ended up conquering him Diego Flores after finishing undefeated with 7.5 points out of 9. Second place went to the promise of Argentine and world chess: who added 6.5 points and achieved his first norm of International Master.
The boy has been breaking record after record in the world of chess: he was the world number 1 in the Under 8 category and, in April of this year, he became the FIDE master youngest in history.
Currently, he is not only the best Sub 10 but he is also the best Sub 11 with his ELO score of 2335, leaving his closest pursuers behind by a wide margin.
In the contest held in the southern city this weekend, Faustino Oro he finished second as a result of his 6.5 points in 9 rounds. He finished undefeated with four wins and five draws, two of them against grandmasters Neuris Delgado Ramirez (Paraguay, 2,548) and Diego Flores (2,534), winner of the tournament with 7.5.
The boy was the first in history to exceed 2200 and then 2300 ELO points. At 9 years, 10 months and 27 days, Faustino achieved his first International Master standard but he has two more years left to have that title and will seek to beat the American precocity record. Abhimanyu Mishrawho was an international master at 10 years, 9 months and 20 days and then became the youngest grandmaster in history at 12 years, 4 months and 25 days.
He learned to play chess during the pandemic
Faustino Oro He learned to play this ancient game with the beginning of the pandemic, just 3 years ago, and from there it developed a surprising evolution.
Currently, the club player White Tower of the City of Buenos Aires, he studies 10 hours a week, and the place gave him several teachers to continue his notable evolution. If he continues down this path, he warned himself, it shouldn’t be long before he becomes Great masterthe highest bar for chess players.
In this way, Argentina seems to find a possible follower of the best players in the country, the remembered Miguel Najdorf and Oscar Panno.
Source: Ambito
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