Is Alireza a prodigy?
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Is Alireza a prodigy?
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian chess prodigy. He won the Iranian Chess Championship at the age of 12, and earned the grandmaster title at the age of 14. He is the second-youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700 after Wei Yi, accomplishing this at the age of 16 years and 1 month.
How strong is Firouzja?
Firouzja is the youngest player ever with a FIDE rating above 2800, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
Is Alireza good?
GM Alireza Firouzja is the most recent addition to the 2800-club after scoring a sensational 8/9 at the European Team Championship. The Iranian-born and now French number-one player achieved the grandmaster title at age 14 and crossed the 2700-mark two years later. That was in 2019.
Who is Alireza Firouzja’s coach?
A Chess Prodigy: Alireza Firouzja – IM Alberto Chueca – Chess Coach.
How old is Alireza?
18 years (June 18, 2003)
Alireza Firouzja/Age
What country is Alireza Firouzja from?
French
Iranian
Alireza Firouzja/Nationality
Who is the youngest chess player to reach 2700?
Wei Yi
Wei Yi (born 2 June 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. Wei became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days, the fifth youngest in history. He is the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this feat at age 15.
Who is Alireza Firouzja?
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian-born grandmaster living in France, a world-class player and the youngest player in the world rated over 2700. He is a two-time Iranian champion and the reigning European Fischer Random champion.
What is Firouzja’s world rating?
He scored 11½/13 (+10–0=3), thus increasing his rating to 2702. This made Firouzja the first Iranian to reach a rating of 2700 or above. It also made him the youngest player in the world rated 2700 or over, and the second youngest player in history (after Wei Yi) to achieve that feat.
Who is Iranian chess player Firouzja?
Firouzja played in the World Rapid and Blitz championships but under the FIDE flag. He is currently not a member of a chess federation, although the Iranian Chess Federation president has suggested that Firouzja may play under the U.S. or French flag in the future. Firouzja in 2019.
Why did Ali Firouzja change his nationalities?
In December 2019, Firouzja informed the Iranian Chess Federation that he wanted to change nationalities. This decision came as a response to the federation’s banning their players from participating in the World Rapid and World Blitz championships (done to maintain Iran’s stance to avoid playing games against Israeli competition).