About Jergus Pechac
Born 2001. Jergus Pechac is a Slovak chess player.
Jerguš Pecháč (born 31 October 2001) is a Slovak chess grandmaster.
Chess career He came third in the U-12 European Youth Chess Championship in Prague in 2012. He was awarded the title of International Master in 2017, and Grandmaster in 2019, becoming Slovakia's youngest grandmaster.
He was nominated by the FIDE president as a replacement in the Chess World Cup 2021, where he faced 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.
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chess player
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Jergus Pechac was born on 31 October 2001 in Slovakia.
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Jergus Pechac is a chess player.
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Jergus Pechac is Slovak.
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