| Faustino Oro | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Argentina |
| Born | (2013-10-14) October 14, 2013 (age 11) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Title | International Master (2024) |
| FIDE rating | 2447 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2447 (January 2025) |
Faustino Oro (born October 14, 2013) is an Argentine chess prodigy.
Career
In 2023, when he was nine, he received a rating of 2300 (classical), becoming the youngest chess player to have done so at the time. This record has since been broken in November 2024 by Ethan Pang. He has been dubbed the "Messi of chess". He was also the youngest player to attain a norm for the IM title. This record has since been broken in January 2025 by Roman Shogdzhiev.
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.
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.
References
- Espectador, El (April 4, 2024). "Faustino Oro, el niño prodigio del ajedrez". elespectador.com (in Spanish).
- "A future Grandmaster". www.tecpetrol.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ 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.
- Svensen (TarjeiJS), Tarjei J. (2024-11-01). "9-Year-Old Ethan Pang Breaks Faustino Oro's Record To Become Youngest-Ever 2300". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- Augusto, César (2024-03-30). "'Messi of chess': Argentine 10-year-old child prodigy takes no prisoners". Buenos Aires Times. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- Colodro, Carlos Alberto (2023-11-10). "Faustino Oro, Argentina's golden boy, continues to impress". Chess News. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- "10-year-old dubbed 'Messi of Chess' beats Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen in tense 'bullet' match". 5 April 2024.
- Nuñez, Fernando Romero (March 25, 2024). "Argentine 10-year-old chess phenomenon beats world number one".
- "Faustino Oro, Argentina's golden boy, continues to impress". Chess News. November 10, 2023.
- "9-Year-Old Dubbed 'Messi Of Chess' Youngest Ever To Score IM Norm". Chess.com News. October 11, 2023.
- Svensen, Tarjei (January 11, 2025). "9-Year-Old Roman Shogdzhiev Becomes Youngest Ever To Score IM Norm".
- "Robert Ris analyses Faustino Oro's bullet win over Magnus Carlsen". Chess News. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- "Faustino Oro, the 10-year-old boy who beat Magnus Carlsen, the world chess number one". Ground News. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- "Faustino Oro sufre, pero se aferra al récord de MI más joven de la historia". 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
External links
- "Oro, Faustino". International Chess Federation. Retrieved 2024-04-08 – via ratings.fide.com.
- "Faustino Oro | Top Chess Players". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
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