Jerguš Pecháč (born 31 October 2001) is a Slovak chess grandmaster.[1]
Jerguš Pecháč | |
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Jerguš Pecháč in 2022 | |
Country | Slovakia |
Born | 31 October 2001 (2001-10-31) (age 20) |
Title | Grandmaster (2019) |
FIDE rating | 2620 (September 2022) |
Peak rating | 2587 (July 2022) |
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 will face 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]
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