Luis Paulo Supi
Supi in 2018
CountryBrazil
Born (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 27)
Catanduva, Brazil
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2581 (February 2024)
Peak rating2612 (September 2022)

Luis Paulo Supi (born October 10, 1996) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He became a grandmaster in 2017 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 the Twitch platform and content creator on YouTube. He is recognized for having beaten the 16th world Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, in an online match.

Career

Born in Catanduva, São Paulo,[1] Supi was awarded the FIDE titles of FIDE Master (FM) and International Master (IM) in 2013 and Grandmaster (GM) in 2018.

In an online blitz tournament hosted by the Internet Chess Club in May 2015, American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura accused Supi of cheating (Supi had defeated Nakamura).[2] The tournament judges accepted Nakamura's accusation, reverted the match's result, and banned Supi from the tournament. Brazilian Grandmaster Rafael Leitão 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."[3].

He won the Pan American Junior Championship in 2016 on tiebreak from Kevin Joel Cori Quispe of Peru. Both players had scored 8 points.[4]

In April 2018, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM).[5] He represented Brazil in the 2018 Chess Olympiad, finishing with a score of 6½/10 (+5-2=3) on board three.[6]

In an online blitz game played in May 2020, Supi defeated Magnus Carlsen in 18 moves after sacrificing his own Queen.[7] The game became popular on social media, as Carlsen broadcast it live and was left surprised by the last move.[8] In April 2021, Chess.com awarded that game the first spot in their Chess.com Immortal Game Contest.[9]

On 4 November 2021, he became Brazilian Chess Champion (87th Brazilian Absolute Chess Championship).[10]

FIDE ratings

Elo development[11]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

References

  1. ^ "Title Applications - 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus - Grandmaster (GM) - Supi, Luis Paulo". FIDE.com.
  2. ^ "GM Supi vs GM Nakamura". viewchess.com.
  3. ^ "O Outro Lado das Trapaças no Xadrez" [The other side of cheating in chess]. RafaelLeitao.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. ^ Bojkov, Dejan (1 July 2016). "Panamerican Junior Championships in Guatepe". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ^ "List of titles approved by the 2018 1st quarter PB in Minsk, Belarus (7-8 April 2018)". FIDE.com. 9 April 2018.
  6. ^ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. ^ "GM Supi vs GM Carlsen". Chess.com.
  8. ^ "Magnus reaction to an incredible sacrifice". reddit.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Announcing The Chess.com Immortal Game". Chess.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Luis Paulo Supi é o Campeão Brasileiro de Xadrez" [Luis Paulo Supi is the Brazilian Chess Champion]. xadrezforte.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  11. ^ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: FIDE (period since 2001), OlimpBase (period 1971 to 2001)

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