Faustino Oro
, the 10-year-old Argentine boy who some time ago moved to Spain to enhance his talent and shore up his promising career in chess, struck the blow this Sunday by beating the world number one,
Magnus Carlsen
, in a
bullet
game .
Oro and Carlsen faced off at
Bullet Bral 2024
, an open competition of ultra-fast games in which each player has a total of one minute to move their pieces and try to beat their opponent.
The Argentine, with an ELO rating of 2330, played with white pieces and beat the Norwegian grandmaster (2830) in 48 moves to round off a historic victory in his incipient adventure on the boards.
Gold finished in 21st place in this competition, which had the American grandmaster
Hikaru Nakamura
as the winner , followed by the Mexican
José Martínez Alcántara
and the American
Daniel Naroditsky
as well .
In total 156 players participated.
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