The 14-year old Marc Andria Maurizzi has good chances to become the youngest grandmaster in the history of France. Until now, Etienne Bacrot holds this record. Bacrot was 14 years and two months old when he became Grandmaster. Marc Andria Maurizzi celebrated his 14th birthday on 16 May and would be a few weeks younger if he makes his final grandmaster norm at the tournament in Chartres.
Maurizzi started tournament chess at an early age and in 2017 and 2019 he won the European Youth Championships U10 and U12. When he 12 years and 2 months old, he became an International Master.
But at the GM tournament in Chartres Maurizzi got off to a false start. He drew his first two games and then lost an interesting game against Sophie Milliet – 1 out of 3. Maurizzi now had to get 5.5 points from the remaining six games to reach the 6.5 points necessary for a GM norm.
The first half of the tournament belonged to Sophie Milliet. The number four on the French women's ranking list – behind Marie Sebag, Almira Skripchenko and Pauline Guichard – started the tournament with 3.5/4 but then she lost her momentum. On the third day of play, Milliet recorded one defeat and one win, which was still enough to defend her lead. And on day 4 of the tournament she lost against Victor Stephan and drew against Alberto David.
David, the number one seed, now is ahead of Milliet. And then, of course, there's the young grandmaster-to-be. After his bumpy start, Maurizzi won both of his games on day 3 of the event and on day 4 he repeated this feat. His victims were Glenn Flear and Quentin Loiseau.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 c5 6.d5 Qe7 7.Nge2 exd5 8.exd5 0-0 9.Bf4 d6 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Ne5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bg5 13...h6 14.h4 Qd8 14...hxg5 15.hxg5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 16.Qxc3 Nfg4 17.f4 Nf2 18.Rg1 Qd8 19.fxe5 Qxg5+ 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Ng4 22.Re1 Rxe5 23.Bd3 g6 16...g6 17.gxf6 Qxf6 18.Ne4 Qf4+ 19.Qd2 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 15.Bd2 15.-- hxg5 16.hxg5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ng6 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 15...a6 16.a3 Ba5 17.Be2 Ra7 17...Rb8!? 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Rae7 20.Kd1 b5 21.cxb5 Bxc3 22.Bxc3 Nxd5 23.Bd2 axb5 24.Bxb5 c4!? 24...Rf8 25.Bxe8 Qxe8 26.f4? 26.Rh3 Nd3 27.Rxd3 26...Nd3 27.Rxe7 Nxe7 28.Qh5 Nf2+ 29.Kc1 Nxh1 30.Qe2 30.Qf3 Nf5 31.g4 Nd4 32.Qxh1 Qe2 33.Qe1 Qd3 34.Qd1 Nb3+ 30...Ng3 31.Qxc4 d5 32.Qd3 Ne4 33.Bb4 Qc6+ 34.Qc2 Qxc2+ 35.Kxc2 Nc6 36.Be1 Kf8 37.b4 Ke7 38.a4 Kd7 39.b5 Nd4+ 40.Kd3 Ne6 41.a5 Nd6 42.b6 Nxf4+ 43.Kd4 Kc6 44.Bb4 Ne6+ 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Flear,G | 2431 | Maurizzi,M | 2489 | 0–1 | 2021 | E32 | 2nd Chartres Echecs GM 2021 | 7.3 |
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In the next round Maurizzi continued in similar fashion.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.e5 Ng4 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Re1 0-0 9.d3 b6 10.Bf4 Nh6 11.Ne4 Ba6?! 11...Nf5 12.c3 Ba6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qd5 15.Nc3 Qc4 16.Re4 Rfd8 17.g4 Nh6 18.d5 Rxd5 19.Qe1 Qd3 20.Re3 Qc4 21.Re4 Qd3 22.Re3 Qc4 23.Re4 Qd3 12.e6 f6 12...fxe6 13.h4 Nf5 14.c4 Nd4 15.Ng3 Qc8 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.h5 f5 17...g5? 18.Nf5 gxf4? 19.Qg4 18.Qd2 c5 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Be5 Bf6 20...-- 21.Qg5 Kh7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nh5+ Kh7 24.Qxe7+ 21.Qh6 Qe8 22.f4 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Bc8 24.Kf2 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Maurizzi,M | 2489 | Loiseau,Q | 2455 | 1–0 | 2021 | B31 | 2nd Chartres Echecs GM 2021 | 8.3 |
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Accept the Morra Gambit with confidence. Tame the Grand Prix Attack. Put fear into the heart of every tedious 2 c3 player. You can make 1...c5 a dangerous weapon whether it's an open or closed Sicilian.
Maurizzi's current rating is 2489 but should he draw against Kamran Shirazi in the final round of the tournament he would have an Elo performance of 2641, and he would gain 15.4 additional rating points – enough to jump the 2500 mark and to get the title.
In the three matches, that are played in parallel to the tournament, all games on day four ended with a draw.
Standings GM tournament
The games of the GM tournament
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Current standings of the matches
M. Lagarde 2.5-1.5 G. Kamsky
D. Daulyte-Cornette 2.5-1.5 A. Skripchenko
N. Guliyev 3-1 R. Edouard
The games of the matches
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