With his auspicious victories against the best players in the world, Faustino Oro -at only 11 years old- he quickly became the greatest promise in Argentine chess. A very moving start to 2024 for the Oro family, since both his mother Romina and his father Alejandro believed that the best thing was to leave their native Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Cristóbal to live in Barcelona, so that their son does not have to go through the stress of kilometer trips to Spain, where the largest number of tournaments are held during the year. With this geographical strategy planned by his parents, little Faustino was already the recurring name to advertise the prestigious tournaments of the moment.
Although enthusiasm was at its peak, reality indicated that Faustino’s achievements were not parallel to those of his parents. A few weeks after settling in the Iberian Peninsula, The little boy achieved the record of becoming the youngest International Master in the history of chess at just 10 years, 8 months and 16 days; But both Romina and Alejandro Oro were not financially successful, spending their savings and not being able to get jobs that were on par with the expenses generated by their son’s tours. After eleven months of not getting sponsors or support from the Argentine government, the family put an end to their European dream and returned to the country where they will reconfigure the strategy so that the boy continues his ascending chess career with Argentina as the center of operations.
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Faustino and his family spent Christmas Eve and Christmas in a hotel in New York waiting for the Chess World Cup that is being held in that city between December 26 and 31.
For this second stage of “Chessi” (mix of Messi and “Ches”, chess in English)the family redesigned a plan that includes the psychological containment of the little boy, who was never in a country far from his immediate family and friends from primary school. They contacted the businessman Daniel Rabinovich (Mercado Libre manager) who together with his partners will provide patronage to the chess player so that he can travel from Buenos Aires to the most important tournaments in the world and provide him with the points to rise in the world ranking today led by the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen34 years old, whom Faustino already defeated once in a blitz game.
The Spanish journey did not go as expected due to citizenship problems, lack of support and so on, but internally they know that Faustino, once again a local player, will recover the joy that made him the Argentine chess player with the most international projection.
