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October 25th, 2020
GM Alireza Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian chess prodigy. He won the Iranian Chess Championship at the age of 12, and earned the grandmaster title at the age of 14. He is the second-youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this at the age of 16 years and 1 month.
Born: June 18, 2003 (age 17 years), Babol, Iran
Title: Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating: 2728
Ranking: No. 21 (March 2020)
Peak rating: 2728 (March 2020)
October 25th, 2020
GM Alireza Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian chess prodigy. He won the Iranian Chess Championship at the age of 12, and earned the grandmaster title at the age of 14. He is the second-youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700, accomplishing this at the age of 16 years and 1 month.
Born: June 18, 2003 (age 17 years), Babol, Iran
Title: Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating: 2728
Ranking: No. 21 (March 2020)
Peak rating: 2728 (March 2020)
♟Sundays With Unity♟
October 25th, 2020
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna
(born May 19, 1997) is a Filipina chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017, becoming the first from the Philippines to achieve this.
Frayna gained the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2013 and a year later she became a Woman International Master.
The Filipino is part of the FEU Diliman Juniors Chess team. She first won over a grandmaster and an international master, both men, at the Battle of the Grandmasters tournament on July 2014, becoming the first woman to do so. She also became the first woman to qualify for the men's division of the said tournament by becoming one of six top players of the 2014 competition.
She was named co-recipient of the UAAP Season 77 Athlete of the Year award after leading her university's team at the UAAP Championship,along with table tennis player Ian Lariba.
October 25th, 2020
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna
(born May 19, 1997) is a Filipina chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017, becoming the first from the Philippines to achieve this.
Frayna gained the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2013 and a year later she became a Woman International Master.
The Filipino is part of the FEU Diliman Juniors Chess team. She first won over a grandmaster and an international master, both men, at the Battle of the Grandmasters tournament on July 2014, becoming the first woman to do so. She also became the first woman to qualify for the men's division of the said tournament by becoming one of six top players of the 2014 competition.
She was named co-recipient of the UAAP Season 77 Athlete of the Year award after leading her university's team at the UAAP Championship,along with table tennis player Ian Lariba.