9/26/2025 – Argentina's 11-year-old IM Faustino Oro won the Legends & Prodigies tournament in Madrid with an undefeated 7½/9 performance, finishing a point and a half ahead of Julio Granda and Alan Pichot. Along the way, he crossed the 2500 rating mark and secured his first grandmaster norm. With his October rating expected to rise above 2500, Oro now has until March 2026 to chase two further norms and potentially become the youngest grandmaster in history. | Photo: Mar Melero

9/25/2025 – From 17 to 25 September, the closed tournament "Legends and Prodigies" is being held in Madrid, featuring five GMs and five IMs in a generational clash. The event is a single round-robin with a classical time control. Among the participants are Peruvian GM Julio Granda, a legend of Latin American chess, alongside young talents Faustino Oro and Lu Miaoyi. The tournament will award a GM norm to players scoring 6/9 points. | Follow the games live starting at 16.00 CEST (10.00 ET, 19.30 IST)

9/23/2025 – Argentina's 11-year-old Faustino Oro is leading the Legends & Prodigies tournament in Madrid after scoring 6 points from his first 7 games. His victories included a crucial win over former co-leader Alan Pichot, and his performance has already secured him a first grandmaster norm. With his rating now above 2500, Oro has moved closer to becoming the youngest grandmaster in history. The event also saw Lu Miaoyi withdraw due to health issues. | Photo: Raúl Martínez