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Alireza Firouzja became a grandmaster at the age of 14 and only 14 months later, at the age of 16, overpassed the 2700 rating border. The rise of a star was obvious in 2019 when Alireza managed to make a rating leap from 2618 (January 2019 FIDE rating list) to 2723 (December 2019 FIDE rating list).

In December 2019, Firouzja decided to no longer play under the Iran flag, as Iran withdrew its players from the 2019 World Rapid and Blitz Championship to uphold their ban against Iranians playing against Israelis. He played under the FIDE flag until May 2021 when he switched to French Chess Federation.

Firouzja’s most remarkable achievements:

• Iranian Chess Champion 2019
• The Winner of Fajr Cup 2019
• Tied first place in 3rd Sharjah Masters 2019
• 6th place in Asian Chess Championship 2019
• Runner-up of FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2019
• The Winner of Prague International Chess Festival 2020
• The Winner of Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup, April 2020 (defeating Magnus Carlsen with 8.5-7.5 result)
• Runner-up of Norway Chess 2020
• Runner-up of Norway Chess 2021
• The Winner of FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 (qualifying for the Candidates Chess 2022)
• The best 1st board of the European Team Chess Championship (scoring 8/9 points for the French team with a performance of over 3000)
• Bronze at the World Blitz Chess Championship 2021

The 19-year-old took serious preparations for the 2022 Candidates Tournament and didn’t compete in any major chess events in 2022, except the Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022. His notable results were often commented by the chess elite. The public’s high expectations reached its peak when Carlsen said after winning the 2021 World Chess Championship match against Ian Nepomniachtchi, that he won’t play the next world championship match unless Firouzja wins the Candidates.

The FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 kicks off on Friday, June 17th in Madrid with Firouzja meeting Radjabov as black in the first round. FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 pairings and live games

Candidates Chess Round 1, June 17
Duda – Rapport
Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi
Caruana – Nakamura
Radjabov – Firouzja

The event took place in the Iranian capital Tehran from January 20-28, 2016.

The 13-year-old Alireza Firouzja emerged the unexpected but convincing winner. He scored 8/11 points and confirmed his supremacy by leaving the nearest followers a full point behind.

The second place was shared by two young players FM Aryan Gholami (15 years old) and Parham Maghsoodloo (16 years old), who finished with 7/11 points, but Gholami took the silver on a better tie-break criteria.

Final standings:

1 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2455 Mazandaran 8
2 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2398 Mazandaran 7
3 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2450 Golestan 7
4 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2594 Tehran 6.5
5 IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2442 Isfahan 6.5
6 GM Darini Pouria IRI 2474 Kerman 6.5
7 FM Javanbakht Nima IRI 2422 Isfahan 6.5
8 IM Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2475 Kh.Razavi 5
9 IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil IRI 2425 Guilan 5
10 IM Noroozi Omid IRI 2399 Tehran 4.5
11 Khamisi S Jafar IRI 2279 Mazandaran 2
12 Bagheri Maziar IRI 2262 Kh.Shomali 1.5