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Alireza Firouzja is a chess prodigy. At age 19, he is the youngest competitor in the 2022 Candidates tournament to play against the World Champion. He was the youngest player to break the 2800 rating barrier, is currently ranked number 3 in the world, was as high as number 2 in the world, and Magnus Carlsen has stated that he only wants to play the World Championship if Alireza is in it.
Iranian-born, but now playing under the French flag, Firouzja is starting to make monumental waves in the highest level of chess.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.a7 Nxe4 10.axb8=Q Rxb8 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qd2 Ra8 13.O-O Nxd5 14.Qg5 e6 15.Rd1 Bb7 16.Qg3 Qa4 17.Re1 Nb4 18.Bb1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nc2 20.Re4 Nd4 21.Qd3 d5 22.Rg4 c4 23.Qf1 Nc2 0-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Firouzja
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http://cassidynoble.com/
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Alireza Firouzja is a chess prodigy. At age 19, he is the youngest competitor in the 2022 Candidates tournament to play against the World Champion. He was the youngest player to break the 2800 rating barrier, is currently ranked number 3 in the world, was as high as number 2 in the world, and Magnus Carlsen has stated that he only wants to play the World Championship if Alireza is in it.
Iranian-born, but now playing under the French flag, Firouzja is starting to make monumental waves in the highest level of chess.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.a7 Nxe4 10.axb8=Q Rxb8 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qd2 Ra8 13.O-O Nxd5 14.Qg5 e6 15.Rd1 Bb7 16.Qg3 Qa4 17.Re1 Nb4 18.Bb1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nc2 20.Re4 Nd4 21.Qd3 d5 22.Rg4 c4 23.Qf1 Nc2 0-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Firouzja
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2054872
http://cassidynoble.com/
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