Alan Pichot (born 13 August 1998) is an Argentine

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player who represents Spain. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 2016.

Chess career

Pichot was Argentine champion at the U10, U12, U14 and U18 levels, achieving the latter victory at the age of 12. He became the Pan American under 10 champion in 2008 and as a result, he was awarded the title of

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. In 2014, he won the U16 section of the

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s with a score of 9/11 points (+9–2=0), half a point ahead of the rest of the field. He earned the grandmaster title in 2016, aged 17. In July 2019, Pichot placed fifth in the

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with a score of 8/11 (+6–1=4), thus qualifying for the FIDE World Cup 2019. In 2022, Pichot won the Magistral 50 Aniversario Torre Blanca tournament in

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with a score of 8/9 (+7–0=2) Pichot has represented Argentina at the

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since 2016. He was on the reserve board at the

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, scoring 5½/8 (+3–0=5). He played on fourth board at the

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, and scored 5½/9 (+4–2=3). In August 2023, Pichot announced his decision to transfer from the Argentinian chess federation to represent the Spanish chess federation, citing a lack of financial support as his motivation.

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* * * * 1998 births Living people Argentine chess players Spanish chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players from Buenos Aires World Youth Chess Champions {{Argentina-chess-bio-stub