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alexmagnus
Member since Dec-06-04 · Last seen Jun-08-23

Hobby player (rated 1634).
If you feel misunderstood, feel free to say it.
My favourite players are: Magnus Carlsen, Kateryna Lagno and Hanna Marie Klek!
The domination list, based on the peak rating distance to the #10 player (official lists only, distance 50+ needed to "qualify"):
Kasparov 175 (January 1990)
Fischer 160 (July 1972)
Karpov 130 (January 1989)
Carlsen 123 (March 2014)
Kramnik 110 (January 1998)
Tal 105 (January 1980)
Ivanchuk 105 (July 1991)
Anand 105 (July 1998)
Korchnoi 95 (January 1980)
Topalov 84 (July 2006)
Caruana 80 (October 2014)
Aronian 72 (March 2014)
Spassky 70 (January 1971)
Shirov 65 (July 1994)
Ding 64 (Nov 2022, Dec 2022, Jan 2023)
Gelfand 60 (January 1991)
Kamsky 60 (January 1996, July 1996)
Morozevich 57 (July 1999)
Portisch 55 (January 1980)
Jussupow 55 (July 1986)
Timman 55 (January 1990)
So 53 (February 2017
Adams 52 (October 2000)
Mamedyarov 52 (November 2018, December 2018)
Bareev 50 (July 1991)
Vachier-Lagrave 50 (August 2016)
#1 record distances to #2 (no qualification hurdle):
Fischer 125 (1972)
Kasparov 82 (January 2000)
Carlsen 74 (October 2013)
Karpov 65 (January 1982)
Topalov 34 (July 2006, October 2006)
Anand 23 (July 2007)
Women's "domination list" since July 2000:
J. Polgar 248 (April 2007)
Hou 160 (December 2015, February 2019)
Humpy 114 (October 2007)
Goryachkina 100 (August 2021)
S. Polgar 96 (January 2005)
Xie 92 (January 2005)
Ju 92 (August 2019)
A. Muzychuk 82 (August 2012)
Stefanova 76 (January 2003)
Galliamova 65 (January 2001)
Zhao 64 (September 2013)
Kosteniuk 58 (July 2006)
Lagno 58 (February 2019)
Chiburdanidze 57 (October 2000)
Cramling 56 (April 2007)
T. Kosintseva 56 (November 2010)
Zhu 52 (April 2007)
M. Muzychuk 52 (June 2019)
N. Kosintseva 51 (November 2010)
Earliest Soviet championship with living players: USSR Championship (1955) (Spassky, Shcherbakov)
Earliest Interzonal with living players: Stockholm Interzonal (1952) (Matanovic)
Earliest Candidates with living players: Amsterdam Candidates (1956) (Spassky, Panno)
Earliest WC match with living players: Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1966) (Spassky)
Earliest WC match with living winner: Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1969) (Spassky)

Earliest WC match with both players living: Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984/85)

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   Jun-01-23 alexmagnus chessforum

alexmagnus: June: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2786 2. Giri 2772 3. Rapport 2752 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2747 5. Duda 2732 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2706 8. Van Foreest 2695 9. Shevchenko 2694 10. Deac 2693 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2779 2. Karjakin 2750 3.

   May-22-23 Magnus Carlsen

alexmagnus: <In other sports it is <celebrated> when an underdog wins> this, by the way, was probably the reason why FIDE had knockout WCs in 1999-2004. Potential "unworthy" winners were thought of as a feature, not a bug. But chess fans have their own mindset compared to other ...

   May-04-23 Leonid Yudasin

alexmagnus: He was 2645 in January 1991. But yes, 2692 seems to be taken out of nowhere.

   May-02-23 Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023)

alexmagnus: <Why is the world in such a damn hurry, trading quality of chess for speed? Really.> I woudn't call the quality of this tiebreak any lower than of the classical part. And I'm sure computer analysis will agree. Perhaps even higher - were there any mistakes at all in tiebreak

   Jan-31-23 Tata Steel Masters (2023)

alexmagnus: <Giri still progress,and only idiots will be annoyed of his Petrosian like way to do it,which is then more and more a Karpov like way so far.> It is Giri way. Stop comparing players to the past players to characterize their styles. I don't see it it any other sport. And ...

   Jan-30-23 Hans-Joachim Federer

alexmagnus: All those age related discussions... I've always said there is a second peak around 35 and sportspeople who retire due to the slump around 30 are missing out on a lot of successes five years later. More and more sports and players seem to confirm my theory.

   Jan-24-23 Ruth Herstein

alexmagnus: <Stonehenge> I know someone who can and is willing to provide more information. A relative of Ruth Herstein. Look up Yigal Herstein on Quora.

   Jan-18-23 Giri vs Carlsen, 2023

alexmagnus: This makes Giri the second (after Caruana) player younger than Carsen to beat Carlsen twice or more in classical games.

   Oct-14-22 Dominguez Perez vs E Moradiabadi, 2022

alexmagnus: <Fabi said this trap occurred in an online rapid game between Grischuk and Duda.> It was an online <bullet> game actually (from one of those chess.com's mixed format tournaments).

   Oct-12-22 U.S. Championship (2022)

alexmagnus: <Today will be very unusual: all 7 games will be over 100 moves.> Exactly on the day you make this prediction, one game is decided after <10> moves :D

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Feb-01-22		alexmagnus: Hm, was Wijk not evaluated for the February list? Not submitted in time?

Feb-01-22		alexmagnus: I see FIDE says it will be evaluated for the March list. Then the lists will hardly change :D. Still, for the sake of completeness I post them.

Feb-01-22		alexmagnus: February: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Giri 2772 3. Rapport 2763 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2761 5. Duda 2760 6. Topalov 2730 7-8. Shirov 2704 7-8. Vallejo 2704 9. Van Foreest 2702 10. Navara 2697 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2773 2. Mamedyarov 2767 3. Grischuk 2764 4. Radjabov 2753 5. Karjakin 2743 6. Vituigov 2726 7. Andreikin 2724 8. Dubov 2720 9. Esipenko 2714 10. Tomashevsky 2708 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2792 2-3. Aronian 2772 2-3. So 2772 4. Dominguez 2752 5. Anand 2751 6. Vidit 2727 7. Harikrishna 2719 8. Shankand 2708 9. Adams 2698 10. Sadler 2694 Asia: 1. Ding 2799 2. Anand 2751 3. Wang 2744 4. Wei 2729 5. Vidit 2727 6. Harikrishna 2719 7. Yu 2713 8. Le 2709 9. Maghsoodloo 2701 10. Bu 2700 Born later than the world champion: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Ding 2799 3. Caruana 2792 4-5. Giri 2772 4-5. So 2772 6. Rapport 2763 7. Duda 2760 8. Wei 2729 9. Vidit 2727 10. Dubov 2720 Nuclear powers: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Ding 2799 3. Caruana 2792 4. Nepomniachtchi 2773 5-6. Aronian 2772 5-6. So 2772 7. Grischuk 2764 8. Vachier-Lagrave 2761 9. Dominguez 2752 10. Anand 2751

Mar-01-22		alexmagnus: March: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Giri 2771 3. Rapport 2762 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2761 5. Duda 2750 6. Topalov 2730 7. Van Foreest 2714 8. Vallejo 2704 9. Navara 2700 10-11. Wojtaszek 2694 10-11. Anton 2694 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2776 2. Nepomniachtchi 2773 3. Grischuk 2758 4. Radjabov 2753 5. Karjakin 2747 6. Vitiugov 2726 7. Andreikin 2724 8. Esipenko 2723 9. Dubov 2711 10. Tomashevsky 2708 Former British Empire: 1. Aronian 2785 2. Caruana 2781 3. So 2778 4. Dominguez 2756 5. Anand 2751 6. Nakamura 2750 7. Vidit 2723 8. Harikrishna 2716 9. Shankland 2704 10. Adams 2698 Asia: 1. Ding 2799 2. Anand 2751 3. Wang 2744 4. Wei 2729 5. Vidit 2723 6. Harikrishna 2716 7. Yu 2713 8. Bu 2708 9. Maghsoodloo 2701 10. Salem 2690 Born later than the world champion: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Ding 2799 3. Caruana 2781 4. So 2778 5. Giri 2771 6. Rapport 2762 7. Duda 2750 8. Wei 2729 9-10. Esipenko 2723 9-10. Vidit 2723 Nuclear powers: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Ding 2799 3. Aronian 2785 4. Caruana 2781 5. So 2778 6. Nepomniachtchi 2773 7. Vachier-Lagrave 2761 8. Grischuk 2758 9. Dominguez 2756 10. Anand 2751

Apr-01-22		alexmagnus: April: A note before: as a consequence of the Russo-Ukrainian war, many Russian and Belarusian players (but by far not all of them) are now playing under the FIDE flag. They are NOT counted as Russian and Belarusian players, but as players with no federation, with all the consiquences for the lists. European Union: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Rapport 2776 3. Giri 2773 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2758 5. Duda 2750 6. Topalov 2730 7. Van Foreest 2714 8. Vallejo 2704 9. Wojtaszek 2696 10. Saric 2695 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2773 2. Mamedyarov 2771 3. Radjabov 2753 4. Karjakin 2747 5. Grischuk 2742 6. Dubov 2711 7. Tomashevsky 2708 8. Artemiev 2700 9. Sjugirov 2696 10. Korobov 2695 Former British Empire: 1. Aronian 2785 2. Caruana 2781 3. So 2778 4. Dominguez 2756 5. Anand 2751 6. Nakamura 2750 7. Vidit 2723 8. Shankland 2709 9. Harikrishna 2705 10. Adams 2698 Asia: 1. Ding 2799 2. Anand 2751 3. Wang 2744 4. Wei 2729 5. Vidit 2723 6. Yu 2710 7. Bu 2708 8. Harikrishna 2705 9. Maghsoodloo 2699 10. Salem 2690 Born later than the world champion: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Ding 2799 3. Caruana 2781 4. So 2778 5. Rapport 2776 6. Giri 2773 7. Duda 2750 8. Wei 2729 9-10. Vidit 2723 9-10. Esipenko 2723 Nuclear powers: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Ding 2799 3. Aronian 2785 4. Caruana 2781 5. So 2778 6. Nepomniachtchi 2773 7. Vachier-Lagrave 2758 8. Dominguez 2756 9. Anand 2751 10. Nakamura 2750 Interestingly, the nuclear power list is not affected by all the derussified Russians - the highest rated of them, Andreikin, is rated 2729. And it contains only one Russian at all.

May-01-22		alexmagnus: May 2022: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2804 2. Rapport 2776 3. Giri 2761 4-5. Vachier-Lagrave 2750 4-5. Duda 2750 6. Topalov 2730 7. Van Foreest 2715 8. Vallejo 2704 9. Wojtaszek 2696 10. Shirov 2695 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2773 2. Mamedyarov 2770 3. Radjabov 2753 4. Karjakin 2747 5. Grischuk 2742 6. Tomashevsky 2708 7. Dubov 2702 8. Artemiev 2700 9. Sjugirov 2696 10. Sargissian 2694 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2786 2. So 2766 3. Aronian 2765 4. Nakamura 2760 5. Dominguez 2753 6. Anand 2751 7. Vidit 2723 8. Shankland 2718 9. Harikrishna 2705 10. Sevian 2703 Asia: 1. Ding 2806 2. Anand 2751 3. Wang 2744 4. Wei 2727 5. Vidit 2723 6. Yu 2710 7. Bu 2709 8. Harikrishna 2705 9. Maghsoodloo 2699 10. Salem 2690 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2806 2. Firouzja 2804 3. Caruana 2786 4. Rapport 2776 5. So 2766 6. Giri 2761 7. Duda 2750 8. Wei 2727 9. Vidit 2723 10. Shankland 2718 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2806 2. Firouzja 2804 3. Caruana 2786 4. Nepomniachtchi 2773 5. So 2766 6. Aronian 2765 7. Nakamura 2760 8. Dominguez 2753 9. Anand 2751 10. Vachier-Lagrave 2750

May-31-22		alexmagnus: June: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2793 2. Rapport 2764 3. Giri 2761 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2760 5. Duda 2760 6. Topalov 2730 7. Wojtaszek 2708 8. Vallejo 2703 9. Van Foreest 2702 10. Anton 2692 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2766 2. Radjabov 2753 3. Mamedyarov 2751 4. Karjakin 2747 5. Grischuk 2745 6-7. Tomashevsky 2702 6-7. Dubov 2702 8. Artemiev 2697 9-10. Sargisian 2696 9-10. Sjugirov 2696 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2783 2-3. Aronian 2775 2-3. So 2775 4. Nakamura 2760 5. Dominguez 2754 6. Anand 2751 7. Vidit 2723 8. Shankland 2718 9. Sevian 2703 10. Harikrishna 2701 Asia: 1. Ding 2806 2. Anand 2751 3. Wang 2744 4. Wei 2727 5. Vidit 2723 6. Maghsoodloo 2716 7. Yu 2710 8. Bu 2709 9. Harikrishna 2701 10. Erigaisi 2681 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2806 2. Firouzja 2793 3. Caruana 2783 4. So 2775 5. Rapport 2764 6. Giri 2761 7. Duda 2750 8. Wei 2727 9. Vidit 2723 10. Shankland 2718 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2806 2. Firouzja 2793 3. Caruana 2783 4-5. Aronian 2775 4-5. So 2775 6. Nepomniachtchi 2766 7-8. Vachier-Lagrave 2760 7-8. Nakamura 2760 9. Dominguez 2754 10. Anand 2751

Jun-30-22		alexmagnus: July: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2793 2. Rapport 2764 3-4. Vachier-Lagrave 2760 3-4. Giri 2760 5. Duda 2750 6. Topalov 2728 7. Wojtaszek 2708 8. Shirov 2704 9. Vallejo 2702 10. Deac 2692 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2766 2. Mamedyarov 2759 3. Karjakin 2747 4. Grischuk 2745 5. Radjabov 2738 6-7. Dubov 2702 6-7. Tomashevsky 2702 8. Sargissian 2698 9. Artemiev 2697 10. Sjugirov 2696 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2783 2. Aronian 2775 3. So 2773 4. Nakamura 2760 5. Anand 2756 6. Dominguez 2754 7-8. Harikrishna 2720 7-8. Shankland 2720 9. Vidit 2714 10. Xiong 2691 Asia: 1. Ding 2806 2. Anand 2756 3. Wang 2735 4. Wei 2727 5. Le 2722 6-7. Harikrishna 2720 6-7. Yu 2720 8. Vidit 2714 9. Bu 2709 10. Maghsoodloo 2701 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2806 2. Firouzja 2793 3. Caruana 2783 4. So 2773 5. Rapport 2764 6. Giri 2760 7. Duda 2750 8. Wei 2727 9. Le 2722 10-11. Shankland 2720 10-11. Yu 2720 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2806 2. Firouzja 2793 3. Caruana 2783 4. Aronian 2775 5. So 2773 6. Nepomniachtchi 2776 7-8. Vachier-Lagrave 2760 7-8. Nakamura 2760 9. Anand 2756 10. Dominguez 2754

Aug-01-22		alexmagnus: August: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2778 2. Giri 2760 3. Vachier-Lagrave 2757 4. Rapport 2754 5. Duda 2740 6. Topalov 2728 7. Wojtaszek 2711 8. Vallejo 2710 9. Deac 2699 10. Shirov 2697 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2792 2. Mamedyarov 2758 3-4. Radjabov 2747 3-4. Karjakin 2747 5. Grischuk 2745 6. Artemiev 2706 7. Sjugirov 2703 8-9. Dubov 2702 8-9. Tomashevsky 2702 10. Sargissian 2698 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2776 2. Aronian 2775 3. So 2773 4. Nakamura 2768 5. Anand 2756 6. Dominguez 2754 7-8. Harikrishna 2720 7-8. Shankland 2720 9. Vidit 2714 10. Gukesh 2699 Asia: 1. Ding 2808 2. Anand 2756 3. Wang 2735 4. Le 2728 5. Wei 2727 6. Harikrishna 2720 7. Vidit 2714 8. Bu 2709 9. Yu 2708 10. Maghsoodloo 2701 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2808 2. Firouzja 2778 3. Caruana 2776 4. So 2773 5. Giri 2760 6. Rapport 2754 7. Duda 2740 8. Le 2728 9. Wei 2727 10. Shankland 2720 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2808 2. Nepomniachtchi 2792 3. Firouzja 2778 4. Caruana 2776 5. Aronian 2775 6. So 2773 7. Nakamura 2768 8. Vachier-Lagrave 2757 9. Anand 2756 10. Dominguez 2754

Aug-26-22		alexmagnus: Carlsen refusing to play the next WC match btw marks an end of an era: whoever wins the next match, Nepo or Ding, for the first time since ages there will be a world champion who never played Korchnoi (who played all world champions from Botvinnik till Carlsen - and beat at least once all but Kramnik and Anand).

Aug-28-22		alexmagnus: <Korchnoi (who played all world champions from Botvinnik till Carlsen - and beat at least once all but Kramnik and Anand).> If we also count the FIDE split world champions, he never beat Khalifman and Kasimdzhanov (but played both - four times vs Khalifman and three times vs Kasim).

Aug-31-22		alexmagnus: September: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2778 2. Giri 2764 3. Vachier-Lagrave 2757 4. Rapport 2754 5. Duda 2731 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2711 8. Deac 2710 9. Wojtaszek 2696 10. Van Foreest 2691 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2792 2. Mamedyarov 2757 3-4. Karjakin 2747 3-4. Radjabov 2747 5. Grischuk 2745 6. Abdusattorov 2713 7. Sargissian 2711 8. Artemiev 2706 9. Sjugirov 2703 10. Dubov 2702 Former British Empire: 1. So 2771 2. Nakamura 2768 3. Aronian 2759 4. Caruana 2758 5. Anand 2756 6. Dominguez 2745 7. Gukesh 2726 8. Erigaisi 2725 9. Harikrishna 2716 10. Shankland 2712 Asia: 1. Ding 2808 2. Anand 2756 3. Le 2728 4. Wei 2727 5. Gukesh 2726 6. Erigaisi 2725 7. Wang 2722 8. Maghsoodloo 2721 9. Yu 2718 10. Harikrishna 2716 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2808 2. Firouzja 2778 3. So 2771 4. Giri 2764 5. Caruana 2758 6. Rapport 2754 7. Duda 2731 8. Le 2728 9. Wei 2727 10. Gukesh 2726 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2808 2. Nepomniachtchi 2792 3. Firouzja 2778 4. So 2771 5. Nakamura 2768 6. Aronian 2759 7. Caruana 2758 8. Vachier-Lagrave 2757 9. Anand 2756 10. Karjakin 2747

Oct-01-22		alexmagnus: October: First, Ding Liren improved his position on the domination list, with his new top distance to #10 being 56 points (his previous best: 51 in November 2018 and September 2022). European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2764 3. Rapport 2754 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2747 5. Duda 2731 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2716 8. Deac 2707 9. Keymer 2700 10. Van Foreest 2694 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2793 2-4. Mamedyarov 2747 2-4. Karjakin 2747 2-4. Radjabov 2747 5. Grischuk 2745 6. Abdusattorov 2713 7. Sargissian 2711 8. Sjugirov 2709 9. Dubov 2708 10. Artemiev 2701 Former British Empire: 1. So 2774 2. Nakamura 2768 3. Caruana 2763 4. Anand 2756 5. Aronian 2755 6. Dominguez 2747 7. Gukesh 2732 8. Erigaisi 2728 9. Harikrishna 2717 10. Shankland 2712 Asia: 1. Ding 2811 2. Anand 2756 3. Gukesh 2732 4-5. Erigaisi 2728 4-5. Le 2728 6-7. Wei 2722 6-7. Wang 2722 8. Maghsoodloo 2721 9. Yu 2718 10. Harikrishna 2717 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2811 2. Firouzja 2785 3. So 2774 4. Giri 2764 5. Caruana 2763 6. Rapport 2754 7. Gukesh 2732 8. Duda 2731 9-10. Erigaisi 2728 9-10. Le 2728 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2811 2. Nepomniachtchi 2793 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Caruana 2774 5. Nakamura 2768 6. Caruana 2763 7. Anand 2756 8. Aronian 2755 9-11. Dominguez 2747 9-11. Vachier-Lagrave 2747 9-11. Karjakin 2747

Nov-01-22		alexmagnus: November: without having played a single game, Ding improved further on the domination list - 64 points now. The rating of world number 10 is at its lowest since March 2011. European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2764 3. Rapport 2740 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2736 5. Duda 2731 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2716 8. Deac 2700 9. Keymer 2698 10. Cheparinov 2694 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2793 2-3. Karjakin 2747 2-3. Radjabov 2747 4. Grischuk 2745 5. Mamedyarov 2741 6. Abdusattorov 2713 7. Sjugirov 2712 8. Dubov 2708 9. Eljanov 2706 10. Artemiev 2701 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2768 2. Caruana 2766 3. So 2760 4. Anand 2754 5. Dominguez 2743 6. Aronian 2735 7. Gukesh 2725 8. Vidit 2724 9. Erigaisi 2718 10. Harikrishna 2715 Asia: 1. Ding 2811 2. Anand 2754 3. Le 2728 4. Gukesh 2725 5. Vidit 2724 6-7. Wang 2722 6-7. Wei 2722 8. Maghsoodloo 2720 9. Erigaisi 2718 10. Yu 2716 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2811 2. Firouzja 2785 3. Caruana 2766 4. Giri 2764 5. So 2760 6. Rapport 2740 7. Duda 2731 8. Le 2728 9. Gukesh 2725 10. Vidit 2724 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2811 2. Nepomniachtchi 2793 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2768 5. Caruana 2766 6. So 2760 7. Anand 2754 8. Karjakin 2747 9. Grischuk 2745 10. Dominguez 2743

Nov-01-22		alexmagnus: Old Guard: 1. Anand 2754 2. Aronian 2735 3. Topalov 2728 4. Vallejo 2716 5. Adams 2686 6. Svidler 2683 7. Almasi 2677 8. Kasimdzhanov 2676 9. Ivanchuk 2673 10. Gelfand 2667

Dec-01-22		alexmagnus: December: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2764 3. Rapport 2740 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2737 5. Duda 2729 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2716 8. Deac 2700 9. Keymer 2696 10. Van Foreest 2690 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2793 2-3. Karjakin 2747 2-3. Radjabov 2747 4. Grischuk 2745 5. Mamedyarov 2740 6. Abdusattorov 2713 7. Sjugirov 2712 8. Dubov 2708 9. Eljanov 2706 10. Artemiev 2701 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2768 2. Caruana 2766 3. So 2760 4. Anand 2754 5. Dominguez 2743 6. Aronian 2735 7. Vidit 2730 8. Gukesh 2725 9. Erigaisi 2722 10. Shankland 2710 Asia: 1. Ding 2811 2. Anand 2754 3. Vidit 2730 4-5. Yu 2728 4-5. Le 2728 6. Gukesh 2725 7-9. Erigaisi 2722 7-9. Wang 2722 7-9. Wei 2722 10. Maghsoodloo 2719 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2811 2. Firouzja 2785 3. Caruana 2766 4. Giri 2764 5. So 2760 6. Rapport 2740 7. Vidit 2730 8. Duda 2729 9-10. Yu 2728 9-10. Le 2728 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2811 2. Nepomniachtchi 2793 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2768 5. Caruana 2766 6. So 2760 7. Anand 2754 8. Karjakin 2747 9. Grischuk 2745 10. Dominguez 2743 Old guard: 1. Anand 2754 2. Aronian 2735 3. Topalov 2728 4. Vallejo 2716 5. Adams 2688 6. Svidler 2683 7. Kasimdzhanov 2678 8. Almasi 2677 9. Ivanchuk 2673 10. Gelfand 2667

Jan-02-23		alexmagnus: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2764 3. Rapport 2740 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2737 5. Duda 2729 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2710 8. Deac 2700 9. Keymer 2696 10. Wojtaszek 2686 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2793 2-3. Karjakin 2747 2-3. Radjabov 4. Grischuk 2745 5. Mamedyarov 2740 6. Abdusattorov 2713 7. Sjugirov 2712 8. Dubov 2708 9. Eljanov 2706 10. Artemiev 2701 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2768 2. Caruana 2766 3. So 2760 4. Anand 2754 5. Dominguez 2743 6. Aronian 2735 7. Vidit 2730 8. Gukesh 2725 9. Erigaisi 2722 10. Shankland 2710 Asia: 1. Ding 2811 2. Anand 2754 3. Vidit 2730 4. Yu 2729 5. Le 2728 6. Gukesh 2725 7-9. Erigaisi 2722 7-9. Wang 2722 7-9. Wei 2722 10. Maghsoodloo 2719 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2811 2. Firouzja 2785 3. Caruana 2766 4. Giri 2764 5. So 2763 6. Rapport 2740 7. Vidit 2730 8-9. Yu 2729 8-9. Duda 2729 10. Le 2728 Nuclear powers: 1. Ding 2811 2. Nepomniachtchi 2793 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2768 5. Caruana 2766 6. So 2760 7. Anand 2754 8. Karjakin 2747 9. Grischuk 2745 10. Dominguez 2743 Old guard: 1. Anand 2754 2. Grischuk 2745 3. Dominguez 2743 4. Aronian 2735 5. Topalov 2728 6. Vallejo 2710 7. Eljanov 2706 8. Sargissian 2699 9. Adams 2688 10. Svidler 2683

Feb-01-23		alexmagnus: February: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2780 3. Rapport 2740 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2737 5. Duda 2729 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2710 8. Deac 2700 9. Keymer 2690 10. Van Foreest 2687 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2793 2-3. Karjakin 2747 2-3. Radjabov 2747 4. Grischuk 2745 5. Mamedyarov 2740 6. Abdusattorov 2734 7. Sjugirov 2712 8. Dubov 2708 9. Eljanov 2706 10. Artemiev 2701 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2768 2-3. Caruana 2766 2-3. So 2766 4. Anand 2754 5. Dominguez 2743 6. Aronian 2736 7. Vidit 2730 8. Gukesh 2718 9. Shankland 2710 10. Niemann 2706 Asia: 1. Ding 2788 2. Anand 2754 3. Abdusattorov 2734 4. Vidit 2730 5. Yu 2729 6-7. Maghsoodloo 2728 6-7. Le 2728 8-9. Wang 2722 8-9. Wei 2722 10. Gukesh 2718 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2788 2. Firouzja 2785 3. Giri 2780 4-5. Caruana 2766 4-5. So 2766 6. Rapport 2740 7. Abdusattorov 2734 8. Vidit 2730 9-10. Duda 2729 9-10. Yu 2729 Nuclear powers: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2793 2. Ding 2788 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2768 5-6. Caruana 2766 5-6. So 2766 7. Anand 2754 8. Karjakin 2747 9. Grischuk 2745 10. Dominguez 2743 Old guard: 1. Anand 2754 2. Grischuk 2745 3. Dominguez 2743 4. Aronian 2736 5. Topalov 2728 6. Vallejo 2710 7. Eljanov 2706 8. Sargissian 2699 9. Adams 2688 10. Kasimdzhanov 2678

Mar-01-23		alexmagnus: March: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2768 3. Rapport 2745 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2736 5. Topalov 2728 6. Duda 2724 7. Vallejo 2710 8. Deac 2700 9. Keymer 2699 10-11. Navara 2685 10-11. Anton 2685 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2795 2. Radjabov 2747 3. Grischuk 2745 4. Mamedyarov 2738 5. Abdusattorov 2731 6. Sjugirov 2712 7. Dubov 2708 8. Eljanov 2704 9. Artemiev 2701 10. Sargissian 2699 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2768 2. Caruana 2766 3. So 2761 4. Anand 2754 5. Aronian 2745 6. Dominguez 2743 7-8. Gukesh 2730 7-8. Vidit 2730 9. Shankland 2710 10. Harikrishna 2707 Asia: 1. Ding 2788 2. Anand 2754 3. Abdusattorov 2731 4-5. Gukesh 2730 4-5. Vidit 2730 6. Yu 2729 7. Le 2728 8. Maghsoodloo 2726 9-10. Wang 2722 9-10. Wei 2722 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2788 2. Firouzja 2785 3. Giri 2768 4. Caruana 2766 5. So 2761 6. Rapport 2745 7. Abdusattorov 2731 8-9. Gukesh 2730 8-9. Vidit 2730 10. Yu 2729 Nuclear powers: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2795 2. Ding 2788 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2768 5. Caruana 2766 6. So 2761 7. Anand 2754 8-9. Aronian 2745 8-9. Grischuk 2745 10. Dominguez 2743 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2754 2-3. Aronian 2745 2-3. Grischuk 2745 4. Dominguez 2743 5. Topalov 2728 6. Vallejo 2710 7. Eljanov 2704 8. Sargissian 2699 9. Adams 2687 10. Almasi 2677

Mar-01-23		Chesschronicle22: Alex, when I checked the previous comments I saw that you asked, <<<Does anyone know where the name of the Forgotten Variation of the Marshall Gambit came from?> Why is it forgotten?> By whom?> I guesses was that when Franj Marshall made the Marshall Gambit on 1918, people started to make variations of the Marshall Gambit, one variation was made (dunno the name) but years pass by and people never played it any more, years to tye future we found games with a new variation, because no one knew the variation name, so they simply named it "The Forgotten Variation", or maybe from the beginning they just decided to name it the forgotten variatoon for fun and to make it mistetious.

Apr-01-23		alexmagnus: April: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2768 3. Rapport 2745 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2741 5. Topalov 2728 6. Duda 2724 7. Vallejo 2712 8-9. Keymer 2700 8-9. Deac 2700 10. Anton 2690 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2795 2. Radjabov 2747 3. Grischuk 2745 4. Mamedyarov 2738 5. Abdusattorov 2731 6. Sjugirov 2712 7. Dubov 2708 8. Eljanov 2705 9. Artemiev 2701 10. Tomashevsky 2694 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2775 2. Caruana 2764 3. So 2760 4. Anand 2754 5. Aronian 2745 6. Dominguez 2739 7. Vidit 2731 8. Gukesh 2730 9. Shankland 2711 10. Niemann 2706 Asia: 1. Ding 2788 2. Anand 2754 3-4. Vidit 2731 3-4. Abdusattorov 2731 5-6. Maghsoodloo 2730 5-6. Gukesh 2730 7. Yu 2729 8. Le 2728 9-10. Wang 2722 9-10. Wei 2722 Born later than the world champion: 1. Ding 2788 2. Firouzja 2785 3. Giri 2768 4. Caruana 2764 5. So 2760 6. Rapport 2745 7-8. Vidit 2731 7-8. Abdusattorov 2731 9-10. Maghsoodloo 2730 9-10. Gukesh 2730 Nuclear powers: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2795 2. Ding 2788 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2775 5. Caruana 2764 6. So 2760 7. Anand 2754 8-9. Aronian 2745 8-9. Grischuk 2745 10. Vachier-Lagrave 2741 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2754 2-3. Aronian 2745 2-3. Grischuk 2745 4. Dominguez 2739 5. Topalov 2728 6. Vallejo 2712 7. Eljanov 2705 8. Sargissian 2692 9. Adams 2687 10. Gelfand 2678

May-01-23		alexmagnus: May: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2768 3. Rapport 2745 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2742 5. Topalov 2728 6. Duda 2724 7. Vallejo 2712 8-9. Deac 2700 8-9. Keymer 2700 10. Anton 2690 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2794 2. Radjabov 2747 3. Grischuk 2745 4. Mamedyarov 2738 5. Abdusattorov 2731 6. Sjugirov 2712 7. Dubov 2708 8. Eljanov 2705 9. Artemiev 2701 10. Tomashevsky 2694 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2775 2. Caruana 2764 3. So 2760 4. Anand 2754 5. Aronian 2745 6. Doninguez 2739 7. Gukesh 2732 8. Vidit 2731 9. Shankland 2711 10. Niemann 2708 Asia: 1. Ding 2789 2. Anand 2754 3. Maghsoodloo 2734 4. Gukesh 2732 5-6. Abdusattorov 2731 5-6. Vidit 2731 7. Yu 2729 8. Le 2728 9-10. Wang 2722 9-10. Wei 2722 Born later than the world champion: 1. Firouzja 2785 2. Giri 2768 3. So 2760 4. Rapport 2745 5. Maghsoodloo 2734 6. Gukesh 2732 7-8. Abdusattorov 2731 7-8. Vidit 2731 9. Yu 2729 10. Duda 2724 Nuclear powers: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2794 2. Ding 2789 3. Firouzja 2785 4. Nakamura 2775 5. Caruana 2764 6. So 2760 7. Anand 2754 8-9. Aronian 2745 8-9. Grischuk 2745 10. Vachier-Lagrave 2742 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2754 2-3. Aronian 2745 2-3. Grischuk 2745 4. Dominguez 2739 5. Topalov 2728 6. Vallejo 2712 7. Eljanov 2705 8. Sargissian 2692 9. Adams 2680 10. Gelfand 2678

May-01-23		fredthebear: The ascension of the improbable new chess world champion Ding Liren altered that category. Ding Liren, age 30 is the highest rated Chinese player ever and the first to play in the candidates matches. That is a story in itself. Ding Liren was the highest rated blitz player in the world at 2875 in 2016. GM Ding's skill at speed chess served him well with a mere minute remaining in the dramatic fourth and final rapid tiebreaker when he eschewed a certain perpetual check draw to play for the win and did indeed win in dramatic fashion over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. GM Ding had found himself in time trouble throughout the match. Magnus Carlsen of Norway ruled classical chess for 10 years from 2013-2023. He is a five-time world champion. Carlsen, just days before his 23rd birthday, defeated Viswanathan Anand. He defeated Anand in a rematch in 2014. Carlsen defended his title against Sergey Karjakin in 2016, Fabiano Caruana in 2018, and Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2021. Carlsen declined to defend his title against Nepomniachtchi in 2023.

May-02-23		alexmagnus: <The ascension of the improbable new chess world champion Ding Liren altered that category.> Not by much though, as the age difference between Carlsen and Ding is just two years. In the "born later" category, only three players would have been included between these ten if Carlsen were still champion: Ding himself, Caruana, and Le.

Jun-01-23		alexmagnus: June: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2786 2. Giri 2772 3. Rapport 2752 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2747 5. Duda 2732 6. Topalov 2728 7. Vallejo 2706 8. Van Foreest 2695 9. Shevchenko 2694 10. Deac 2693 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2779 2. Karjakin 2750 3. Radjabov 2747 4. Mamedyarov 2740 5. Grischuk 2736 6. Abdusattorov 2732 7. Dubov 2716 8-9. Sjugirov 2699 8-9. Artemiev 2699 10-11. Eljanov 2694 10-11. Tomashevsky 2694 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2775 2. Caruana 2773 3. So 2765 4. Anand 2754 5. Aronian 2742 6. Dominguez 2739 7. Gukesh 2736 8. Vidit 2712 9. Shankland 2711 10. Harikrishna 2704 Asia: 1. Ding 2780 2. Anand 2754 3. Gukesh 2736 4. Yu 2734 5. Abdusattorov 2732 6. Le 2728 7-8. Wang 2722 7-8. Wei 2722 9. Maghsoodloo 2716 10. Vidit 2712 Born later than the world champion: 1. Firouzja 2786 2. Giri 2772 3. So 2765 4. Rapport 2752 5. Gukesh 2736 6. Yu 2734 7-8. Duda 2732 7-8. Abdusattorov 2732 9. Wei 2722 10-11. Maghsoodloo 2716 10-11. Dubov 2716 Nuclear powers: 1. Firouzja 2786 2. Ding 2780 3. Nepomniachtchi 2779 4. Nakamura 2775 5. Caruana 2773 6. So 2765 7. Anand 2754 8. Karjakin 2750 9. Vachier-Lagrave 2747 10. Aronian 2742 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2754 2. Aronian 2742 3. Dominguez 2739 4. Grischuk 2736 5. Topalov 2728 6. Vallejo 2706 7. Eljanov 2694 8-9. Svidler 2692 8-9. Sargissian 2692 10. Kasimdzhanov 2673

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