Protopopescu, Luca

Luca Protopopescu is a French chess prodigy. Vice-U8 Europe champion in 2023, ranked number one in the world for under-8s, under-9s and then under-10s, in April 2025, he became the youngest player in chess history to surpass the 2200 Elo point threshold at the age of 9 years and 5 days, beating the previous record set by England's Ethan Pang in 2024 at the age of 9 years and 103 days.