ALIREZA FIROUZJA (born Jun-18-2003, 21 years old) Iran (federation/nationality France) [what is this?] International Master (2016); Grandmaster (2018); Asian U12 Champion (2015); Iranian Champion (2016, 2019); Asian Blitz Champion (2018) In January, 2016, Alireza Firouzja won the Iranian national championship at age 12, with a score of 8-3. As of May 2016, he was the highest rated player in the world under 14. Along with Parham Maghsoodloo (who commandeered their top board) and Arash Tahbaz (8 out of 9 games played at their 4th seat), the 3 each scored 7.5 for Iran and a team win at the 2016 World youth chess Olympiad(1). Firouzja also earned the silver medal on second board at that event. He scored eight points from nine games at the 2017 WYCO(2) playing as Iran's second board. At the FIDE World Cup in September 2019, Firouzja defeated Arman Pashikian and Daniil Dubov in rounds one and two, respectively. This made Firouzja the first Iranian player to reach the third round of a Chess World Cup. In round three, he faced the number-one seed Ding Liren. Firouzja drew with Ding in the two classical games, but lost both of the rapid tiebreakers and was eliminated from the tournament. Firouzja participated in the 2020 annual Norway Chess supertournament, in Stavanger. The tournament was held with a football scoring system (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss). In the case of a draw, players played an armageddon game for an additional 1/2 point. Firouzja finished in second place, behind World Champion Magnus Carlsen and ahead of Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. He is the second-youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700 (after Wei Yi), at the age of 16 years and 1 month. By his eighteenth birthday in June 2021 he was rated 2759 and ranked 13th in the world. In September 2021, Firouzja finished in second place in the Norway Chess supertournament, behind Magnus Carlsen, but ahead of a field including World Championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi and former challenger Sergey Karjakin. He scored +5 -2 =3 in standard time control games, and moved into the world's top 10 for the first time in the October 2021 rating list. In November 2021, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament (+6 -1 =4), which qualified him for the Candidates Tournament 2022. Since 2019, he has been based in France, and he became a French citizen in July 2021. References / Sources (1) http://wyco2016chess.sk/en (2016 World youth chess Olympiad), (2) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr319... (2017 World Youth Chess Olympiad). Wikipedia article: Alireza Firouzja Last updated: 2021-11-21 06:02:41

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page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,485  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Y Solodovnichenko vs Firouzja 1-0 51 2015 Dubai Chess Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 2. S Kidambi vs Firouzja   ½-½ 120 2015 Dubai Chess Open A16 English 3. Firouzja vs I Abdelnabbi   1-0 41 2015 Dubai Chess Open C71 Ruy Lopez 4. M Karthikeyan vs Firouzja   1-0 58 2015 Dubai Chess Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Firouzja vs S Grover   0-1 41 2015 Dubai Chess Open A07 King's Indian Attack 6. P Rout vs Firouzja   1-0 108 2015 22nd Abu Dhabi Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Firouzja vs P Tregubov 1-0 42 2015 Qatar Masters A06 Reti Opening 8. Swiercz vs Firouzja 1-0 50 2015 Qatar Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Firouzja vs R Svane   ½-½ 70 2015 Qatar Masters B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 10. Firouzja vs H Dronavalli   ½-½ 34 2015 Qatar Masters A05 Reti Opening 11. B Esen vs Firouzja   1-0 40 2015 Qatar Masters E60 King's Indian Defense 12. S Lorparizangeneh vs Firouzja 0-1 71 2015 Qatar Masters E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line 13. Firouzja vs S Bromberger   ½-½ 40 2015 Qatar Masters A04 Reti Opening 14. M Al Sayed vs Firouzja   1-0 48 2015 Qatar Masters D80 Grunfeld 15. Firouzja vs N Das 1-0 59 2015 Qatar Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 16. E Ghaem Maghami vs Firouzja 0-1 42 2016 IRI-ch Men Final 2015 E61 King's Indian 17. S Lu vs Firouzja 1-0 64 2016 Aeroflot Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 18. Firouzja vs K Kulaots   ½-½ 90 2016 Aeroflot Open B41 Sicilian, Kan 19. B Lalith vs Firouzja 1-0 39 2016 Aeroflot Open E90 King's Indian 20. B Socko vs Firouzja   ½-½ 89 2016 Aeroflot Open B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 21. Firouzja vs N Maiorov   ½-½ 63 2016 Aeroflot Open C48 Four Knights 22. Firouzja vs C Aravindh   0-1 60 2016 Aeroflot Open B33 Sicilian 23. Goryachkina vs Firouzja 1-0 53 2016 Aeroflot Open A48 King's Indian 24. Firouzja vs Y Wang 1-0 29 2016 Aeroflot Open C10 French 25. Firouzja vs Dineth Nimnaka Naotunna 1-0 66 2016 Asian Nations Cup E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,485

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-30-19    mckmac: Terrific result for GM Firouzja at the World Rapids. He finished 2nd to Carlsen, while Nakamura took the bronze. <After a good first day (3.5/5) and a decent second day (2.5), Firouzja had a fantastic final day when he scored 4.5/5. He defeated Ernesto Inarkiev and Le Quang Liem and then drew with Dmitry Andreikin before beating both Wang and Mamedyarov.> https://www.chess.com/amp/news/carl... Dec-30-19    norami: There’s some sort of controversy at the world blitz championship, something about Firouzja running out of time in a winning position against Carlsen. Perhaps the injustice will trigger riots in Iran followed by the spontaneous overthrow of the government. Dec-30-19    fisayo123: This kid is the heir to the throne. 2nd place in rapid and 6th place in blitz despite having the disadvantage of facing the strongest players based on having a low blitz/rapid rating. The seeding was against him yet he still managed to be the sensation of the tournament. He will make big strides as well next year. He is the best 16 year old I've ever seen with Kasparov, Fischer and Carlsen. Dec-30-19    fisayo123: And imagine the Iranian regime could have denied him this opportunity to test himself against the best as well. Dec-31-19    Messiah: He needs to learn how to behave in a chess tournament. Hopefully the future's great contender will not lose his nerves during blitz "games". Dec-31-19    SugarDom: The Persian Phenom. Dec-31-19    Christoforus Polacco: New 'Bobby Fischer' from Iran. Nice that the great chess comes back to India and Persia, which are the birthplace of that fantastic game. Dec-31-19    AsosLight: Alireza F16 Firouza :P Dec-31-19    0o0o0o0o0: I watched the video of his loss to Carlsen. I've read a few things in a few different places and some have been critical of his actions/behavior. When I saw it I thought, yes, this kid has got it, he has a fire, a determination/self belief. It perhaps flared up in the wrong way here, but you can not train this, you either have it or not. He'll go far and will not be a prodigy that falls short, his character will not allow for that - fighter! Dec-31-19    Gypsy: Ha: "Ferocious Ali". (My new mnemotechnic crutch to recall his name; for now :-)) Jan-01-20    Messiah: "Angry Ali" Jan-01-20    moronovich: "Ali Furiuosza" Jan-01-20    AylerKupp: <<norami> There’s some sort of controversy at the world blitz championship, something about Firouzja running out of time in a winning position against Carlsen. > Controversy perhaps, but I think confusion is more accurate. At any rate at the time Firouzja's time expired (no one seems to argue that, not even Firouzja) the position was a draw per the Lomonosov tablebases in spite of Firouzja being 3 pawns up. Jan-01-20    AylerKupp: <<fisayo123> He will make big strides as well next year. He is the best 16 year old I've ever seen with Kasparov, Fischer and Carlsen.> Apparently he's unfortunately already emulating Fischer in one way. According to <chess.com> (Alireza Firouzja) he claimed that Carlsen said something loud in Norwegian and on other sites he claimed that he was distracted by this in the last 2 seconds even though it happened much earlier in the game. He also apparently suggested that he clock was malfunctioning. He's still fairly young and seems to be a great talent. I hope that he doesn't make a habit of following Fischer's footsteps in blaming other things besides himself when he loses games. Time will tell. Jan-01-20    Absentee: <AylerKupp: I hope that he doesn't make a habit of following Fischer's footsteps in blaming other things besides himself when he loses games.> Which Fischer never did. If there's one thing Fischer can't be accused of, this is it. Jan-01-20    perfidious: <AK> is still exercised over his encounter with Fischer at the second Piatigorsky Cup, many moons ago, because he has to have the last word on everything. Jan-02-20    LessThanAlphaZero: IMO, the most important of the comparison between Fischer and Firouzja, in addition to the similarity of their respective talents, is the similarity between their styles; they see every tactical detail and that allows them to win with healthy and simple strategies. Jan-02-20    torrefan: his opponents just underestimated him because he is new Jan-02-20    keypusher: <torrefan: his opponents just underestimated him because he is new> It is extremely unlikely that his opponents are that stupid. Jan-03-20    The Kings Domain: Unless the incident with Carlsen was staged this kid sure is obnoxious. Wannabe Fischer minus the charm and legend. Jan-03-20    mckmac: "The kid" is a 2720 grandmaster. He had the champ Magnus Carlsen on the ropes, and very nearly won the world rapid title. Seriously. Jan-03-20    Diademas: Give him some slack. He's 16 years old, and lost a game against the WC in the most annoying way thinkable. No wonder he was frustrated. Pitty he didn't have someone to tell him to let it go and focus on the games ahead. That would have saved him the €300 he had to couch up for the appeal also. Jan-03-20    AylerKupp: <<Absentee> Which Fischer never did. If there's one thing Fischer can't be accused of, this is it.> Have you already forgotten "The Russians have Fixed World Chess" after Curacao and all of Fischer's whining when he finished in 4th place after claiming that he would win the tournament before it started? Jan-03-20    AylerKupp: <<perfidious> <AK> is still exercised over his encounter with Fischer at the second Piatigorsky Cup, many moons ago, because he has to have the last word on everything.> You're right. That makes two of us. Jan-03-20    MissScarlett: <Firouzja who had attended the world competitions under FIDE flag, received 10.5 points in rapid category and ranked second. After defeating Azeri rival, the Iranian player ranked second. Belgian chess player ranked first.> https://en.irna.ir/news/83612116/Ir... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 19) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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