"Faustino Oro, the 11-year-old chess Messi from Argentina, set new world records for his age when he won last week's Legends and Prodigies tournament in Madrid with an unbeaten 7.5/9, achieving his first grandmaster norm (of three needed for the title) with 1.5 points to spare, plus a 2509 GM rating on Fide's October rating list. Oro is the first under-12 in chess history to be rated 2500-plus."
"Mishra had made heavy weather of it in 2021, needing five tournaments in the US and eight in Budapest before he broke Sergey Karjakin's 2002 record, and this brought significant norm factory criticism. However, that all changed last month when Mishra, now 16, proved himself the real deal by almost qualifying for the 2026 Candidates at the Grand Swiss in Samarkand."
Faustino Oro, aged 11, won the Madrid Legends and Prodigies tournament with an unbeaten 7.5/9. He secured his first grandmaster norm with 1.5 points to spare and registered a 2509 Fide rating on the October list. Oro became the first player under 12 ever rated above 2500. He plans to pursue the second and third GM norms over the next four months aiming to challenge Abhimanyu Mishra’s youngest-GM record. Upcoming events include the World Cup in Goa, the European Club Cup in Greece, and a closed tournament in Argentina. Strong PR support and a short memorable surname boost his media appeal.
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