Faustino Oro Youngest Ever International Master in Chess

I find this somewhat amazing. Faustino Oro Becomes Youngest Ever International Master At 10

He is 10 years old, from Argentina. His rating is 2351 in classical chess. By contrast the current World Chess Champion, Ding Liren of China, has a rating of 2762.

Oro went undefeated through the nine-round Club de Ajedrez Barcelona event, which took place from June 26-30 in the Spanish city. The 10-year-old won four out of his first six games and drew the last three. With 6.5/9 points, the young Argentinian finished shared first with [International Master] Cristian Andres Hernandez, half a point ahead of [Grand Master] Hipolito Asis Gargatagli.

The Club de Ajedrez Barcelona event is a 10 player round-robin tournament. That means every player plays each of the other players once, hence the 9 games. I looked but I couldn't find out how the players are invited to tournament.

At 10 years, eight months, and 16 days the Argentinian prodigy has met all the requirements for the international master (IM) title, pending formal approval by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). He had already cruised well above the 2400 rating requirement when he narrowly missed a norm in the Madrid Chess Festival earlier this month.

"Norm" in the above paragraph refers to what exactly is required to be promoted to an International Master, or a Grand Master by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs or the World Chess Federation in English. It is the governing body for chess on the world stage. The organization's name, FIDE, is pronounced like Fee-day.