Alireza Firouzja is only 16, but he's rapidly making a huge name for himself. Last year he became the second-youngest player to reach 2700 (Wei Yi was the first), finished second in the World Rapid Championship, and was in the running for the World Blitz Championship until a crazy loss on time against Magnus Carlsen derailed him (he still finished a very impressive sixth). And this year he won the Prague International Chess Festival in a playoff in one of the last OTB events before the coronavirus put an end to that. Читать дальше...