When dozens of lines are written that repeat themselves Argentine chess is experiencing an extraordinary moment because he enjoys high-level prodigies from a young age, there are people who join the senseless trend of aggression or hatred of misery itself, or because it seems bizarre to talk about children playing on a board. Well then, go and tell it Faustino Orowhich is a 12 year old Rock star in every tournament he takes part in, and yesterday he had the pleasure of starting the first game he played in his life against him at a planned pace Alexei Shirovformer world number 3 when the world still existed Gary Kasparov and from Anatoly Karpov. Or go and tell it Ilan Schnaiderformer world number 1 at the age of 8 and who today, at 14, has just won one of the best triumphs of his life against Sandro Marecotwo-time Argentine champion and former world number 78, in March 2019, when he managed to achieve 2,666 Elo points.
The teenagers were the protagonists of the fourth round Masterful Szmetan Giardellia luxury that fans enjoy in the Recoleta Cultural Centerwhere a great teacher analyzes the games live (yesterday he delighted in the wisdom of pediatrician Diego Valerga) in a room where the players later go. Better, impossible.
Three and a half hours of fighting had passed when Shirov and Fausti signed a draw in 39 moves in a French Defense, a variant of the Advance. And then they came to see what “the module,” the computer king of that era, said. “I think eating the farmer was fatal,” the boy said of a move in the opening. And then Shirov saw an Ld7 that would have given him a little more advantage in the black endgame.
Listening to Latvian naturalized Spanish in a language of the same language with a Slavic accent will sharpen your ears. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand what he’s explaining, but he makes himself understandable. He was a monster in his youth and today, at 53, he is a legend. What then should one say if one listens to Faustino’s analysis like a computer? Everything packed small… and 12 years old! It’s really incredible. He has the audacity to always play to win and he is an oral chameleon: he speaks with a Spanish accent and the Zetas when Electricity from Spain – he lives in Badalona – but from Buenos Aires he sounds good when he returns to the country. It’s a living sponge. You can tell he has fun playing. The ones who drink 3 thermoses of mate between nervousness and fear while playing are dad Alejandro and mom Romina. Occupational hazards.
These tables had existed shortly before Schnaider’s enormous victory over Mareco in 33 moves of a Sicilian defense. Before it started, the man from Haedo asked him about the tournaments he would be participating in and they chatted for a few minutes. Silence at 3:30 p.m. Start of the round. It was a positional battle in which Ilan spent a lot more time thinking, placing the pieces better and taking advantage of a mistake by Mareco to make the exchange (rook for knight) and then gain a decisive advantage.
Dad Ram, mom Carolina and his little sister Dana picked him up for a family hug. He was coming from three defeats and this win against a strong player is balm for a boy who loves chess, desperately needs private sponsors to support his talent and uses family money to travel abroad from time to time. Who wouldn’t do that for a child?
The Magistral was left with four leaders with 3 points in 4 wheels: Shirov, Oro, Diego Flores and Norway’s Aryan Tari. The eight-time Argentine champion drew relatively quickly against Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov. “I sent messages to both of them to play a lot, so I watched the game and they didn’t listen to me,” Rubén Felgaer, former number one in the country and now almost inactive, shouted to them. In the meantime, Tari defeated Peruvian Julio Granda in the last game. The first equalizer was achieved very quickly by Tomás Darcyl and Sergio Slipak.
This Friday it continues from 2 p.m. in Recoleta with Shirov-Tari, Slipak-Oro, Granda-Flores, Cheparinov-Schnaider and Mareco-Darcyl. And after the fifth round, everyone will play, out of pure camaraderie, from 7:30 p.m. in the Torre Blanca Chess Circle (Sánchez de Bustamante 587), the strongest Open Blitz of the last three decades in the country. Thirteen grandmasters and 17 international masters. The chess party doesn’t stop.
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