Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, pronounced[æliːɾeˈzɒːfiːɾuːzˈdʒɒː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2800, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
A chess prodigy, Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second-youngest 2700-rated player. In 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour. He qualified for the Candidates Tournament in 2022 and 2024.
Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country's longstanding policy against competing with Israeli players.[4][5] Firouzja played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021, when he became a French citizen and began representing France, where he had already been living.
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^staff, T. O. I. "Iran's top chess player wants to 'change his nationality' over Israel ban". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^Doggers, Peter. "Iran Pressured By FIDE For Issues With Israeli Players". www.chess.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
AlirezaFirouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, pronounced [æliːɾeˈzɒː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɒː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja...
Chartres, France, were collectively referred to as "AlirezaFirouzja's Race to Candidates". Firouzja needed to win all six games (or win the first five...
2022, Carlsen has a record 17 victories in titled arenas, followed by AlirezaFirouzja with 13 victories. Other participants in past editions include Fabiano...
5/11 (+4-0=7) and a tournament performance rating of 2807, behind AlirezaFirouzja, which qualified him for the Candidates Tournament 2022. Between December...
black, AlirezaFirouzja playing as white, and Nijat Abasov playing as both black and white. His only loss was his game with black against Firouzja. This...
robin. The event was won by Fabiano Caruana who defeated AlirezaFirouzja in armageddon. Firouzja had previously placed tenth out of ten (last place) in...
000 prize pool for players and $5,000 for streamers. It was won by AlirezaFirouzja in the final against Magnus Carlsen. From April to May 2020, with face-to-face...
Federation or World Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) AlirezaFirouzja is among the notable players who played under the FIDE flag. He formerly...
runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the defending champion AlirezaFirouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and...
prior to the round. Going into the final round of the tournament, AlirezaFirouzja had the chance to tie for first with a win in his final game. However...
the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024, defeating then world number 6 AlirezaFirouzja. Ju Wenjun won FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16. This qualified her...
11:00 UTC. Giri vs. Abdusattorov (Round 7) Warmerdam vs. Gukesh (Round 7) Firouzja vs. Gujrathi (Round 7) "86th Tata Steel 2024 | The Week in Chess". The...
place in the 2023 FIDE Circuit not already qualified Gukesh D 17 2743 16 Highest rating for January 2024 not already qualified AlirezaFirouzja 20 2760 6...
round to spare, finishing on 19½ points, one point ahead of runner-up AlirezaFirouzja. In January, Carlsen participated in the 83rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament...
score of 10.5/13, with an impressive 8 wins and 5 draws. World No. 2 AlirezaFirouzja failed to reach an agreement with the organizers for compensation for...
tournaments with faster time controls. The winner of the tour was AlirezaFirouzja. The tour consisted of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid...
Classic 2023, finishing in 9th place, after losing to Fabiano Caruana, AlirezaFirouzja, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. At the Chess World Cup 2023, Nepomniachtchi...
before the tournament began. The tournament was won by AlirezaFirouzja. The top two finishers, Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana, qualified for the Candidates...
which he won the blitz event with a score of 6/10, a half point above AlirezaFirouzja and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. In the classical event, he scored poorly...
portions were drawn. Firouzja won the fast rapid portion of his match. On extra games: The match between Gujrathi and Firouzja was also already decided...
the Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Champions Chess Tour 2021 ahead of AlirezaFirouzja, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler and Vidit Gujrathi, only losing to Levon...
motivation to defend his title again, unless the challenger was AlirezaFirouzja. Firouzja had risen to number two in the world rankings in 2021 at age 18...
winner of which will qualify of the Candidates Tournament 2026. Jan 1 – AlirezaFirouzja confirms his position above Wesley So in the January rating list and...
used to settle the outcome. World Blitz Chess Championship Fast chess AlirezaFirouzja competed under the flag of FIDE in the 2019 tournament after the Iranian...
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