Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian-French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800-rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
A chess prodigy, Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second-youngest 2700-rated player and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship.
In November 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. He won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour.
Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country’s longstanding policy against competing with Israeli players. He played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021 when he became a French citizen and began representing France, where he had already been living.
Alireza Firouzja Parents: Meet Hamidreza Firouzja
Hamidreza Firouzja is the father of Alireza Firouzja but his mother’s name is unknown. Their occupation is also unavailable.
Looking at siblings, he has an older brother named Mohammadrez Firouzja. Like Alireza, he is also a chess player. The age difference between the siblings is about 5 years.