Luis Paulo Supi (born October 10, 1996) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He became a grandmaster in 2018 by winning Magistral Acre and won the title of Brazilian Chess Champion in 2021. In addition to being a professional player, Supi is also a streamer on

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and content creator on

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. He is recognized for having beaten the 16th

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, in an online match.

Career

Born in

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, Supi was awarded the

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(FM) and

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(IM) in 2013 and Grandmaster (GM) in 2018. In an online blitz tournament hosted by the

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in May 2015, American Grandmaster

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wrote in his personal website, "Accusing him of using an engine in this match is absurd. The match is full of tactical mistakes. Nakamura played extremely poorly and, honestly, wouldn't have survived long against any engine given his terrible opening.". He won the Pan American Junior Championship in 2016 on

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from Kevin Joel Cori Quispe of Peru. Both players had scored 8 points. In April 2018, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM). He represented Brazil in the 2018 Chess Olympiad, finishing with a score of 6½/10 (+5-2=3) on board three. In an online blitz game played in May 2020, Supi defeated

in 18 moves after sacrificing his own Queen. The game became popular on social media, as Carlsen broadcast it live and was left surprised by the last move. In April 2021,

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awarded that game the first spot in their Chess.com Immortal Game Contest. On 4 November 2021, he became Brazilian Chess Champion (87th Brazilian Absolute Chess Championship).

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