Faustino Oro, The New Face Of Chess?

Fabi calls in from Sao Paulo ahead of the Grand Chess Tour Finals, and we start with the FIDE Grand Swiss, where Anish Giri and Matthias Bluebaum took the two Candidates spots. We talk about Vincent Keymer's costly late blunder, Alireza Firouzja's tournament and his decision to skip the World Cup, and the World Cup field. Then we turn to Faustino Oro, the 11-year-old Argentine who just became the youngest 2500-rated player ever, and whether he could be the next face of chess.

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00:00 Intro 00:57 Grand Swiss Recap 09:10 Alireza skips World Cup 14:30 Chess World Cup Participants 15:48 Faustino Oro becomes the youngest 2500 23:39 Grand Chess Tour Finals

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