Jerguš Pecháč

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Jerguš Pecháč
Jerguš Pecháč in 2022
CountrySlovakia
Born31 October 2001 (2001-10-31) (age 22)
Žilina, Slovakia
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2591 (May 2024)
Peak rating2637 (January 2023)

Jerguš Pecháč (born 31 October 2001) is a Slovak chess grandmaster.[1]

Chess career[edit]

He came third in the U-12 European Youth Chess Championship in Prague in 2012.[2] He was awarded the title of International Master in 2017, and Grandmaster in 2019, becoming Slovakia's youngest grandmaster.[3]

He was nominated by the FIDE president as a replacement in the Chess World Cup 2021, where he faced Alexandr Fier in the first round. Earlier, in an online World Cup qualifier, he gained attention by offering Boris Gelfand a draw after Gelfand had left his queen en prise following a mouseslip.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main227793.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "CHESS TALENTS – JERGUS FROM SLOVAKIA – LearningChess Blog". Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ^ "Pechac, Jergus". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. ^ "Fair play in chess". Chess News. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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