🇦🇷 Faustino Oro and 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen played 8 Blitz games in a row on Chess.com on August 24. Faustino won a Blitz game against Magnus for the first time.

Faustino made 1 Brilliant move and 5 Great moves in game 5. Oro sacrificed his Queen on move 42, which led to an inevitable exchange of pieces. After the exchange, Faustino would have had an extra Rook and a significant advantage. Magnus resigned before the exchange was completed.

Faustino played the game with 93.3 accuracy, while Carlsen’s was 86.6. Magnus won their mini-match with a total score of 2.5-5.5. Carlsen defeated Oro 4 times, and they drew 3 times.

Faustino Oro and Magnus Carlsen played their first over-the-board game in January. Carlsen defeated Oro in a Blitz 3+2 game. They played a showmatch in the Take Take Take studio.

12-year-old Faustino Oro became the second-youngest GM in history on May 10. Faustino holds all records as the youngest player to reach 2500 in Classical, Rapid, and Blitz. He became the youngest IM in history at the age of 10 in 2024.