You may be double his age and still not understand the ins and outs of this strategy game.

But at only 14 years old, Marc'Andria Maurizzi could fine anyone in chess, since this young Corsican teenager has become the youngest International Grand Master in the history of the discipline in France, according to information from France 3. 

The young Bastiais is not at his first attempt, since he was four years ago, at the age of ten, neither more nor less European chess champion.

There you have it, all you have to do is get your checkerboard out of the closet… and arm yourself with a little patience and humility.

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