The Great Master from Argentina Faustino Oro, 12 years old, defeated Magnus Carlsen in one of the matches held on Chess.com.
The Norwegian, five-time world champion, won by 4-1 in the overall result, with three draws in the eight-game match.
Faustino Oro defeated Magnus Carlsen in one of the games of the match held on Chess.com
Faustino Oro defeated Magnus Carlsen in a blitz game
The match between Faustino Oro and Magnus Carlsen was played in the blitz 3+0 format, with three minutes for each player and no time increment.
Carlsen won the first two games, but Oro responded with two consecutive draws. In the fifth game, the Argentine achieved a victory against the world number one.
The sixth game also ended in a draw, leaving the score 2-1 in favor of Carlsen, with three draws. The Norwegian won the last two games and closed the match with a score of 4-1.
Faustino Oro defeated Magnus Carlsen in a blitz game
How the match between Faustino Oro and Magnus Carlsen went
Format: blitz 3+0.
Number of games: eight.
Overall result: 4-1 for Magnus Carlsen.
Victories by Faustino Oro: one.
Draws: three.
Victories by Magnus Carlsen: four.
The individual result of Faustino Oro represents a new victory against one of the main figures in world chess.
Who is Faustino Oro, the young Argentine facing Carlsen
Faustino Oro is 12 years old and has a career marked by various records of precocity in chess. In May 2026, he became the second youngest Grand Master in history.
Who is Faustino Oro, the young Argentine facing Carlsen
Oro completed his third norm at the Sardinia World Chess Festival at 12 years, 6 months, and 26 days. Previously, in June 2024, he had set the record as the youngest International Master of all time.
His blitz rating on Chess.com exceeds 3,000 points. This mark made him the youngest player to reach that record and enter the top 10 worldwide on the platform, according to his official profile.
Regarding the classical ranking, his FIDE rating was at 2,537 points, according to data from July 2026.
The previous victory of Faustino Oro against Magnus Carlsen
The victory of Faustino Oro against Magnus Carlsen is not the first he has achieved against the Norwegian in an online game.
The previous victory of Faustino Oro against Magnus Carlsen
In March 2024, when he was 10 years old, Oro defeated Carlsen in a bullet game, an even faster format of online chess.
That result brought the young Argentine international attention and also earned him the nickname "the Messi of chess" in Argentina.
