Overview

• He secured the norm at the Leyendas & Prodigios tournament with 6 points from 7 rounds, locking it in with two games remaining.
• His run included a pivotal round-six win over GM Alan Pichot and a round-seven draw with GM Omar Almeida.
• He leads the event heading into the final two rounds and was seeded sixth at the start behind veterans such as Julio Granda and Alan Pichot.
• The performance makes him the second-youngest to earn a GM norm, behind Dommaraju Gukesh, and positions his official rating to reach roughly 2500 in the next update.
• To claim the GM title—and potentially the youngest-ever record—he still needs two additional norms and the 2500 Elo threshold, as media attention and a new Mercado Libre partnership build around his rise.