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The Firouzja Phenomenon!

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22 Nov 20211,632 viewsEnglish (US)

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Firouzja is making all the reddit headlines recently - here are some highlights

HI all

Here are some recent Firouzja headlines:

Alireza at age 13: 'when I see mister Carlsen... I think I will be stronger'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_Qvbk5cLA

Newly updated live ratings - No #2 - 2803 rated

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/qz1ga7/newly_updated_live_ratings/

Anand and Aronian's perspective on Firouzja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Gke4lBcZE

Firouzja plays the Smith-Morra gambit on Lichess!

Beating Magnus Carlsen with it:

https://lichess.org/fnvFx9mh#56

Other random examples:

https://lichess.org/FfsdtX6C

https://lichess.org/DReMQ7AU

Takeaway points

Firouzja is making the headlines for all the right reasons
He plays with style as well as just for winning
He is a potential future World chess champion
He used to watch Kingscrusher Youtube videos - this guy is a born assassin of the chessboard!

Hope you enjoyed this blog :). Any likes and follows are really appreciated. Also, I also have some interesting chess courses at https://kingscrusher.tv/chesscourses to check out.

Cheers, K