Faustino Oro

Faustino Oro (born October 14, 2013) is an Argentine chess prodigy. In 2023, when he was nine, he received a rating of 2300 (classical), becoming the youngest chess player to have done so. He has been dubbed the "Messi of chess". He is also the youngest player to attain a norm for the IM title.

In May 2024, Faustino defeated 5-time world champion and world #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen during a weekly Bullet Brawl tournament hosted by Chess.com.

He holds the world record for the youngest International Master, a title which he earned in June 2024 at the age of 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, breaking the record of Abhimanyu Mishra.