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Updated Tuesday, March 26, 2024-10:16
Sports The Messi of chess who learned to play so as not to break things with the ball during the pandemic
The world of global chess has been impacted by a child who is already described as a
prodigy
. His name is
Faustino,
he lives in Barcelona and at only 10 years old he has just beaten the number 1 in this sport.
Faustino had been
wanting to face him for a long time
and this weekend he jumped at the opportunity in an online championship of ultra-fast one-minute games. Thanks to his undeniable skill, despite his young age, he knew how to take advantage of the mistakes of his rival, the Norwegian
Magnus Carlsen
, Norwegian chess grandmaster and world number one in chess.
Faustino achieved a historic victory in 48 movements that he ended up celebrating with a
fun dance.
Faustino Oro is 10 years old, he is Argentine and in his country they already call him the Messi of chess. It was his father who taught him how to play during the confinement resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
And since then his career seems to have no ceiling. For a few months now, his entire family has moved to Barcelona to enhance his talent and fulfill his dream of becoming a Grand Master.