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MATCH STANDINGS
Dannemann Match

Sergey Karjakin4/6(+2 -0 =4)[games]
Alexandra Kosteniuk2/6(+0 -2 =4)[games]

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin ½-½412003Dannemann MatchC67 Ruy Lopez
2. Karjakin vs Kosteniuk  ½-½262003Dannemann MatchB32 Sicilian
3. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin 0-1732003Dannemann MatchC67 Ruy Lopez
4. Karjakin vs Kosteniuk 1-0342003Dannemann MatchB32 Sicilian
5. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin ½-½302003Dannemann MatchC67 Ruy Lopez
6. Karjakin vs Kosteniuk  ½-½332003Dannemann MatchB32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-05-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Amazing.Karjakin was only about 13 at the time.
Aug-30-16  diagonal: The match <Dannemann Classico 2003> near Ascona in Switzerland was sometimes labelled "Youngest Grandmaster of the World" (Karjakin got the GM title in 2002 at the age of 12 years 7 months - a record that still stands!) vs. "Women's reigning Vice World Champion".

Kosteniuk (born 1984) later was also Women's World Chess Champion, her greatest success, winning the Women's World Chess Championship 2008, beating in the final the young(er) Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan. When playing Karjakin, she was not yet a 'male' grandmaster, but already a WGM and IM.

Age limits were discussed indeed - but for other reasons, <you had to be at least 21 years old to be allowed to watch the match sur place>: https://en.chessbase.com/post/minim...

Picture of young Karjakin (born 1990), he beat Kosteniuk (born 1984) convincingly: http://www.memoconsult.com/albums3/...

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <diagonal: . . . Karjakin got the GM title in 2002 at the age of 12 years 7 months - a record that still stands!>

His daddy stole the title for him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/...

Abhimanyu Mishra has since become the youngest GM ever, qualifying for it at 12 years, 4 months, 25 days, more than two months faster than Karjakin. And without cheating!

Probably Faustino Oro, who qualified for the IM title at 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, will take the record next.

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <His daddy stole the title for him>

And why would he do it, given that Karjakin at the point was <over a year> younger than the then-record (which was held by Bu Xiangzhi at, iirc, 13 years and 10 months)? In other words, he was in no rush at all.

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <alexmagnus> You've have to ask him to be sure. No doubt he felt frustrated that his son had missed the title by just one game.
Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Yet not one word in outrage is heard over the notorious Strumica (1995) tournament, fixed from the start.
Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <perfidious> You're just envious of Azmaiparashvili's magnificent 16-2 performance. Strumica (1995)/Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Of course I am jealous; who wouldn't be?
Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Strumica (1995) deserves its own page.
Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <perfidious> Your jealousy is not unique.

<Azmaiparashvili was alleged to have rigged the results of the Strumica tournament of 1995 to boost his rating. The tournament, in which he played 18 rounds against significantly weaker opponents, is generally regarded as an illegitimate event.[5][6][7][8]> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurab... Note the four footnotes (sources). One of the links is dead.

Azmairparashvili is 64 now, just like some people we know, except that his 65th birthday is earlier (next March 16).

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <MissScarlett> I have given that unjustly neglected tournament a little write-up. Probably I should use footnotes rather than the format I have.

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