New Delhi: Dubbed the ‘Messi of Chess’, 12-year-old Faustino Oro, a chess prodigy from Argentina, has made waves in global chess with his extraordinary achievements at a tender age. Born in Buenos Aires, Oro, who loved solving puzzles and playing strategic board games as a kid, was inspired by his father to take up chess.

His rapid strides in age-group chess soon made the world take notice of his talent and earned him the nickname ‘Messi of Chess’. There has been no looking back for the International Master, who became the first under-12 player in chess history to gain a rating of 25-00 plus after winning the Legends and Prodigies tournament in Madrid earlier this month.

Oro won the tournament unbeaten to achieve his first grandmaster norm and rise to 2509 GM rating on FIDE’s October ra

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