Faustino Oro was one triumph away from writing a historic page in world chess. The 12-year-old Argentine prodigy fell in the ninth and final round of the Moscow Aeroflot International Open to Russian Aleksey Grebnev and failed to become the
youngest Grand Master of all time.In this way, the title remains in the hands of the American with Indian roots Abhimanyu Mishra, who won it at 12 years, 4 months and 25 days. Gold needed to win its final game to reach it at 12 years, 4 months and 19 days, six days before the current record. However, he ran into a top-level rival
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Grebnev, number 100 in the world ranking, proposed a secondary line that took the game to less common ground for the Argentine and, in the decisive stage, he managed the time on the clock better to tip the duel in
