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Early and personal life. Firouzja was born on 18 June 2003 in Babol, Iran. [6] . He started playing chess at the age of eight. [7] . He has an older brother, Mohammadreza (born 1998), who also plays competitive chess. [8]
- Iranian Champion
- Grandmaster
- The World Stage
- World's Youngest 2700-Rated Player
- Nationality Change and The 2019 World Rapid and Blitz Championships
- 2020
- 2021-Present
Firouzja learned how to play chess at the age of eight, and within a few years, it was clear that he was a prodigy. In 2015 he won the gold medal for the under-12 section of the Asian Youth Chess Championship. In 2016 Firouzja became the youngest Iranian chess champion (at the age of 12) and also earned the International Master title. In the follow...
In February 2018 Firouzja earned his final GM norm at the Aeroflot Open and became a grandmaster at the age of 15. At the 43rd Chess Olympiad, he played board four for Iran and scored 8/11. Firouzja won the gold medal for the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad and scored 8/9 with a performance rating of 2736. In the following game from the 2018 Ch...
At the end of 2018, Firouzja entered the World Rapid Championship as the 169th rated player out of the 206 participants. He astonished the chess world with his sixth-place finish behind GMs Daniil Dubov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, and Carlsen. He scored 10/15 with a performance rating of 2848. On the next day, Firou...
In June 2019 Firouzja's performance at the Asian Chess Championship earned him a spot in the 2019 FIDE World Cup. In July Firouzja scored 11.5/13 in the Turkish Super League. This performance raised his classical rating to 2702—making Firouzja the second-youngest player in history to achieve a 2700 rating, at the age of 16 years and 1 month. As of ...
In December 2019, Firouzja informed the Iranian Chess Federation that he wanted to change nationalities. This decision came as a response to the federation's banning their players from participating in the World Rapid and World Blitz championships (done to maintain Iran's stance to avoid playing games against Israeli competition). Firouzja played i...
Firouzja ended 2019 with a bang and left the chess world wanting more. At the beginning of 2020, Firouzja played in the Tata Steel Chess tournament as one of 14 world-class participants (including Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Jorden Van Foreest, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Artemiev, Jeffery Xiong, Vladislav Kovalev, Y...
In the beginning of 2021, Firouzja continued to demonstrate immense talent. On March 2021, the Iranian supergrandmaster won the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship by defeating Artemiev, tournament favorite Nakamura, and GM Andrew Tang in the final—right after winning two consecutive Titled Tuesdays. His progress only continued in October and November w...
Apr 20, 2023 · The story begins when he was just 8 years old. Introduced to the game by a family friend, Alireza was immediately captivated by the intricate complexities and strategic depth of chess. His natural affinity for the game was evident, and he began to study and practice with great enthusiasm.
Feb 9, 2021 · Still just 17 years old, Firouzja has been racing up the rankings and is now playing for first place in all the events he is participating in. As the youngest player in the world rated over 2700, he will be the world number 13 in the next FIDE rating list, when the results of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament are calculated.
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Jun 18, 2003 · Firouzja was born on June 18, 2003 in Babol. His older brother taught him to play chess at the age of 8 and just a year later his father, noticing Alireza's rapid progress, hired a coach for him. Within another year he was defeating all his peers in Iran and by 12, he had become the Asian Youth Champion.
Alireza Firouzja is a chess grandmaster who was born on June 18, 2003, in Babol, Northern Iran. He started playing chess at the age of eight and won the Iranian Chess Championship at the age of 12.
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Nov 15, 2021 · Getty Images. Alireza has previously played against the current World Champion chess player, Magnus Carlsen. Who is Alireza Firouzja? Born in Iran in 2003, Alireza began playing chess at eight...
