Alireza Firouzja
| Alireza Firouzja | |
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.jpg) Firouzja at the 2024 Candidates Tournament | |
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| Born | 18 June 2003 Babol, Mazandaran province, Iran |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2767 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2804 (December 2021) |
| Peak ranking | No. 2 (December 2021) |
Alireza Firouzja (born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian-French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest player to have passed a FIDE rating of 2800, beating the record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second-youngest 2700-rated player. In 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and a gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour.
Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country's policy against competing with Israeli players.[1][2] Firouzja played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021, when he became a French citizen.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ staff, T. O. I. "Iran's top chess player wants to 'change his nationality' over Israel ban". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (6 December 2020). "Iran Pressured By FIDE For Issues With Israeli Players". www.chess.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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