he signed two draws in one day and was half a point away from being the earliest international chess master in history

The Argentinian Faustino Orothe young chess prodigy, was to a tie to become the earliest international teacher in history. And that half point that he needs to become a world record can be achieved this Sunday, from 5:00 a.m. (Argentina time), when he faces, with black pieces, the Chilean international master Fernando Valenzuela Gómez (2358 ELO) for the ninth round of the Cerrado IM held in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Oro, born in Buenos Aires and currently living in Spain, had the chance to achieve this Saturday the third standard necessary to become an international teacher. However, with black, he signed a quick draw with the FIDE master of Equatorial Guinea Xavier Mompfel Ferruz, category 2010 and 2279 ELO, after 14 moves. And then, with white, he played a very tough game with the Spanish FIDE master as well. César Alcalá González19 years old and 2274 ELO, and they also ended up distributing points after 48 moves.

Thus, after the double day, he was half a point away from achieving the feat in Barcelona. The boy born on October 14, 2013 in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Cristóbal, who is 10 years, 8 months and 15 days old, is still in the race to beat the record held by the American Abhimanyu Mishrawho achieved it at 10 years, 9 months and 3 days.

“I wanted him to rest, but he wants to play. It will be difficult, because there will be many boys on the rise, but there Fausti goes to try to achieve one more feat,” his father Alejandro Oro had explained to Clarion from Badalona, ​​before the tournament.

They live in that Catalan city as a family, along with Romina, Faustino’s mother, since at the end of last year they decided to quit their jobs as accountants in top companies in the country to move to Spain, the nerve center of chess tournaments conducive to Faustino’s progress.

With these two tables from Saturday, Oro also remains the leader of the tournament with six points after eight rounds, followed by the Colombian international master Cristian Hernandez and the great Spanish master Hipólito Asís Gargatagli. However, Faustino’s goal is not to win the competition, but to continue doing his best to continue his development as an elite chess player.

Ronda 1: victory vs. GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (2472)

Ronda 2: victory vs. FM Carles Martin Barcelo (2234)

Ronda 3: victoria vs. FM Samuel Malka (2211)

Ronda 4: tablas vs. FM Guerau Masague (2345)

Ronda 5: tables vs. IM Cristian Hernández (2350)

Ronda 6: victory vs. FM Alex Villa Tornero (2321)

Ronda 7: tablas vs. FM Xavier Mompel Ferruz (2279)

Ronda 8: tables vs. Cesar Alcalá González (2274)

Ronda 9: Sunday at 5 vs. Fernando Valenzuela (2358)

Starting at 5 on Sunday (Argentine time), the final round of the tournament can be followed through the live board provided by the Chess.com and Lichess platforms.