Dear enthusiasts of the enchanted world of 64 squares, Alireza Firouzja, who will celebrate her 19th birthday during the competition, will face from June 17, and until July 5, the crème de la crème of the world elite in the Candidates Tournament, to Madrid.
The youngest participant in this assembly, he is seen by specialists as the most dangerous outsider in the most difficult of chess competitions.
This young man, living in Chartres with his family on the advice of the former president of the French Chess Federation Bachar Kouatly and thanks to the will of the mayor of the city Jean-Pierre Gorges who believes in the educational virtues of our game favourite, will represent France.
If he emerges victorious, he will become the official challenger of the reigning world champion, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and will write the
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