The 10-year-old Argentine Faustino Oro, the young prodigy of the chess who last Sunday defeated the world number one, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, has become the protagonist of a tournament that, from this Wednesday until day 1, brings together 600 players from 52 countries in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante ).
The VIII International Holy Week Open of San Vicente del Raspeig, endowed with some 20,000 euros in prizes, has been attended by some of the main figures in international chess, such as the Ukrainian Vasyl Ivanchuk (one of the best on the planet) and the eight-time champion from Spain Sabrina Vega, but the recent victory over Carlsen has made Faustino Oro the true protagonist of the competition.
The one already baptized as ‘Messi of chess’ According to some media, he is the world number one sub’12, he has 2,330 points in the standard ranking and just a year ago he became the ‘FIDE master’ (acronym for the International Chess Federation) youngest in history by points.
A year later, this beardless chess player who will turn 11 next October made his debut in the competition on table 86 with black against the Spanish Lucía Follana Albelda in the 90 minutes plus 30 seconds modality.
Accompanied from the stands by his parents, Alejandro and Romina, focused on providing maximum tranquility and concentration to their son, Faustino Oro will star in nine games until next Monday at the Ginés Alenda pavilion in San Vicente del Raspeig, valid for the FIDE international classification. .
“He has an innate talent and a great projection that will make him, very soon, go from Fide teacher to grandmaster,” Patricia Claros Aguilar, one of the organizers of the tournament and president of the Damas Negras chess association, predicted to EFE.
Furthermore, due to the presence of the young promise of world chess and Ivanchuk, who has played against the American Hu Merric, the Saint Vincent competition stands out for the relatively high participation of female players, a total of 56 women from a dozen countries.
Together with his parents, Faustino Oro moved his residence from Buenos Aires to Badalona (Barcelona) last December to facilitate his training in this sporting discipline and compete on the European circuit.
The world of chess has been following him for some time, since, for example, he recently beat the American Hiraku Nakamura, one of the leaders of high-speed chess, and in the 2023 World Rapid Championship in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, he starred in a move considered by experts as one of the best of the year to beat the Russian Rudik Makarian.
It was, however, his victory over the Norwegian Carlsen last Sunday, in a format game ‘bullet’at one minute per player, the one that has finished “to elevate” as one of the greatest promises of international sport. EFE
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