Alan Pichot

Alan Pichot
Country Argentina
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Title Grandmaster (2016)
FIDE rating 2556 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2577 (May 2017)

Alan Pichot (born 13 August 1998) is an Argentine chess grandmaster. He is the No. 6 ranked Argentine player,[1] and the No. 27 ranked U21 player in the world as of January 2018.[2]

Chess career

Pichot has won the Argentine Chess Championship at the U10, U12, U14 and U18 level, achieving the latter victory at the age of 12. In 2014, he won the U16 category of the World Youth Chess Championship with a score of 9/11 (+9–2=0), half a point ahead of the rest of the field.[3] He earned his grandmaster title in 2016, aged 17.[4]

In February 2018, Pichot participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished sixty-fourth out of ninety-two,[5] scoring 4/9 (+2–3=4).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer(s) (January 2018). "Federations Ranking - Argentina". FIDE.
  2. ↑ Staff writer(s) (January 2018). "Top Players - Standard Top 100 Juniors". FIDE.
  3. ↑ Staff writer(s) (30 September 2014). "Argentine Alan Pichot crowned world youth chess champion". Indo-Asian News Service.
  4. ↑ Staff writer(s) (2017). "Alan Pichot". U.S. Chess Champs.
  5. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
  6. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Pichot Alan". Chess Results.


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