Chess Computer Corner

The Legends and Prodigies tournament took place Wed 17th Sep 2025 to Thu 25th Sep 2025. The event had four young players Diego Macias Pino (born 2007), Lu Miaoyi (2010 who had to withdraw at the half way stage), Ilan Schnaider (2011) and the player of the moment 11 year old Faustino Oro (2013). These were pitted against older players Julio Granda Zuniga, Omar Almeida Quintana, Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez, David Larino Nieto, Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes and Alan Pichot. The event was dominated by Oro who conceded just three draws and won all sorts of games. This result reminds me of Carlsen's win and first GM norm in the Wijk aan Zee C tournament at the age of 13 in 2004 when it was no longer possible to ignore his results. I'm a believer in letting juniors develop without overhyping them, although the young chess genius has always fascinated; be it Capablanca, Reshevsky, Pomar, Fischer, Sofia and Judit Polgar, and on into the modern era. Only Gukesh earned a first GM norm younger than Oro.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... igies-2025