Alireza Firouzja

Alireza Firouzja feels to me like a glimpse of where chess is heading. Iranian champion at twelve, grandmaster at fourteen, and the youngest player ever to break a 2800 FIDE rating, beating Magnus Carlsen's record by more than five months, he is not merely talented but historically precocious. What fascinates me is the sense of a generational shift happening on the board in real time. His move from Iran to France to keep competing also speaks to a resolve that goes beyond raw genius. Over the next decade I genuinely want to watch this young man make his run at the very top, and I expect it to be thrilling.

Name (English)

Alireza Firouzja

Name (Japanese)

アリレザ・フィルージャ

Reading

ありれざ・ふぃるーじゃ

Born

June 18, 2003 (age 23)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran

Occupation

chess player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza%20Firouzja
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22338182

Tags

• Mazandaran Province
• chess player

Last updated

2026-06-19

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