Faustino Oro and Candela Francisco showed an outstanding performance at the World Chess Championship of the FIDE Rapid Chess Games that took place in Doha, Qatar. In the Open Absolute, Faustino showed a great performance and ended the tournament with a positive result. Of the 13 games played, he won 4, lost 3 and drew 6.
Faustino was seeded 134th and finished 77th with 7 points. To add dimension to the tournament, let’s assume that the starting lineup consists of 250 pre-classified players according to their ranking.
The competition featured several of the best chess players in the world, led by Magnus Carlsen. Faustino, who was ranked 134th, was the only Argentine participant in the Open Absoluto. He had the opportunity to compete against several of the best players in the world.
Played with 5 elite players: He split with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Lenier Dominguez and Vincent Keymer and lost with Levon Aronian and Wesley So. His victories include an excellent win in the penultimate round against the strong Indian grandmaster Pendyala Harikrishna, where Faustino played flawlessly from start to finish.
AND could have finished the tournament in an even better positionGiven that he had lost in the last game to the Hungarian Adám Kozak, this defeat was due to Faustino, who had secured the tie by a permanent check, taking the risk of getting the victory with a few seconds on the clock and luck was against him. All in all, this is a remarkable achievement for a 12-year-old on the world stage, with the adult list of the world’s best chess players.
On the other hand, there is a number that shows a big improvement: Faustino improved his ranking in the fast special discipline by 23.5 points, rising from 2489 Elo points to 2512. That is a new record for his early career: Gold is the youngest player to exceed 2,500 Elo points in the three categories Classic (2,503), Fast (2,512) and Blitz (2,503).
The performance of Candela Francisco Guecamburu in the female area. She was pre-classified in 86th place and took 41st place with 6.5 units, a result of six wins, four defeats and one draw. Combative candela. The young Argentine player is not only a chess player, but also studies law.
The absolute tournament was won, although not!, by Magnus Carlsenwith 10.5 points in 13 games. This time it looked like he would have bigger problems than in previous years, because in one of the games on the second day of the competition he lost to the Russian Vladislav Artemiev, but as usual in the final stages of the tournaments, Carlsen brandished his machete as if he were a Janissary guard, left no stone unturned and won the competition by one point ahead of Artemiev himself and Hans Nieman, who in turn with this performance a little washed his image after the cheating accusations that he had received in the past. In the women’s category, Russian Aleksandra Goryachkina won with 8.5 points.
Between Monday and Tuesday World Blitz Chess Championship in two categories: absolute and feminine. Once again, Faustino Oro and Candela Francisco will represent the Light Blue and White and compete against the best chess players in the world. For this competition we expect an (even) better performance from our Argentine players, who play better the less time they have to think.
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