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alexmagnus
Member since Dec-06-04 · Last seen Oct-27-25

Hobby player.
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)
Nakamura 62 (October 2025)
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)
Erigaisi 51 (Dec 2024, Jan 2025, Feb 2025)
Bareev 50 (July 1991)
Vachier-Lagrave 50 (August 2016)
...
(Gukesh 43 October 2024)
#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)
Lei 60 (August 2025, September 2025)
Kosteniuk 58 (July 2006)
Lagno 58 (February 2019)
Chiburdanidze 57 (October 2000)
Cramling 56 (April 2007)
T. Kosintseva 56 (November 2010)
Zhu J. 56 (October 2025)
Zhu C. 52 (April 2007)
M. Muzychuk 52 (June 2019)
N. Kosintseva 51 (November 2010)
Earliest Soviet championship with living players: USSR Championship (1955) (Shcherbakov)
Earliest Interzonal with living players: Gothenburg Interzonal (1955) (Panno)
Earliest Candidates with living players: Amsterdam Candidates (1956) (Panno)
Earliest WC match with living players: Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978) (Karpov)
Earliest WC match with living winner: Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978) (Karpov)

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

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   alexmagnus has kibitzed 11632 times to chessgames [more...]

   Oct-27-25 Vladimir Kramnik

alexmagnus: The worst thing to me in the whole debate is Kramnik claiming he showed concern for Naroditsky's health during the latter's final stream. Concern? It was pure <mockery>. If this is the way VK expresses concern, I don't want anyone, ever, to have an emergency with only ...

   Oct-23-25 Daniel Naroditsky

alexmagnus: Whatever the cause of death, we've all seen that final stream. Even if his death turns out to be unrelated to Kramnik, it doesn't make Kramnik less of a bully.

   Oct-08-25 alexmagnus chessforum

alexmagnus: October: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2762 2. Giri 2759 3. Keymer 2755 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2737 5. Duda 2729 6. Rapport 2724 7. Fedoseev 2720 8. Topalov 2717 9. Van Foreest 2697 10. Bluebaum 2687 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2750 2. Mamedyarov 2742

   Sep-15-25 FIDE Women's Grand Swiss (2025)

alexmagnus: <I think the women should play, say, nine rounds> Usually the formula for the optimal number of rounds in a Swiss system is the floor of the binary logarithm of the number of players plus three. So in this case it would be eight rounds in the women's section and nine in the

   Sep-11-25 FIDE Grand Swiss (2025)

alexmagnus: <When has a World Champion lost three games in a row? Kasparov lost to Karpov in the 1986 match, in a tournament surely never.> Ding lost four in a row one IIRC. And of course, when it comes to WC matches, Steinitz lost five in a row against in his match vs Lasker (games ...

   Jul-28-25 Divya Deshmukh

alexmagnus: Divya's way to the World Cup: Qualified to the World Cup as the 2024 World Girl's Champion (with World Girls' championship itself being invitational). 2024 World Girl's Championship: R1: vs Anurpan (India, 1872), win R2: vs Sherali (India, 1955), win R3: vs Tejasvini ...

   Jul-28-25 FIDE Women's World Cup (2025)

alexmagnus: ...And Divya won. But before this recent form high she had quite a slump, so that she is still below her peak rating (her live rating is 2478, her peak official rating is 2501 in October 2024).

   Jul-18-25 Josiane Legendre

alexmagnus: Any relation to the 18th-19th century mathematician?

   May-31-25 M Christoffel vs H Steiner, 1946

alexmagnus: Christoffel symbol.

   May-15-25 Superbet Chess Classic Romania (2025)

alexmagnus: <There is nothing sacred or romantic about it.> It's a game, not a religion nor a love affair.

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Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: OK I admit: this kind of adjustment is good for measuring dominance. And if we fix #100 at 2500, we actually get a good definition for "elite player" a player over 2600 on this "fixed" system (let's call it Delo, from dominance+elo). So, let's begin, Delo elite players:

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1971: 1. Fischer 2780 2.Spassky 2710 3.Korchnoi 2690 4.Larsen 2680 5.Petrosian 2660 5.Polugayevsky 2660 7.Botvinnik 2650 7.Portisch 2650 9.Smyslov 2640 9.Tal 2640 11.Geller 2635 11.Keres 2635 13.Hort 2625 13.Stein 2625 15.Gligoric 2620 15.Taimanov 2620 17.Bronstein 2610 17.Huebner 2610 19.Gipslis 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1972: 1.Fischer 2810 2.Spassky 2685 3.Petrosian 2670 3.Polugaevsky 2670 5.Korchnoi 2665 5.Portisch 2665 7.Botvinnik 2655 7.Karpov 2655 9.Larsen 2650 9.Tal 2650 11.Smyslov 2645 11.Stein 2645 13.Hort 2625 13.Keres 2625 15.Savon 2620 16.Geller 2615 16.Huebner 2615 16.Taimanov 2615 19.Bronstein 2610 20.Gligoric 2600 20.Vasiukov 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1973: 1.Fischer 2800 2.Karpov 2680 2.Tal 2680 4.Spassky 2675 5.Korchnoi 2670 5.Portisch 2670 7.Petrosian 2660 8.Botvinnik 2650 9.Polugaevsky 2645 10.Larsen 2640 11.Smyslov 2630 12.Byrne 2625 12.Geller 2625 12.Stein 2625 15.Huebner 2620 16.Gligoric 2615 16.Smejkal 2615 18.Hort 2610 19.Panno 2605 19.Taimanov 2605 21.Balashov 2600 21.Keres 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1974: 1.Fischer 2790 2.Karpov 2710 3.Korchnoi 2680 4.Spassky 2660 5.Portisch 2655 6.Petrosian 2650 7.Tal 2645 8.Larsen 2640 8.Polugaevsky 2640 10.Kavalek 2635 11.Huebner 2625 11.Mecking 2625 13.Geller 2620 14.Ljubojevic 2615 15.Hort 2610 15.Kuzmin 2610 15.Smejkal 2610 15.Smyslov 2610 19.Bronstein 2605 19.Byrne 2605

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: To be continued later...

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1975: 1.Fischer 2790 2.Karpov 2715 3.Korchnoi 2675 4.Petrosian 2655 4.Polugaevsky 2655 4.Tal 2655 7.Portisch 2645 8.Larsen 2635 8.Spassky 2635 10.Huebner 10.Ljubojevic 2625 12.Mecking 2620 13.Smyslov 2615 14.Byrne 2610 14.Geller 2610 14.Hort 2610 14.Kuzmin 2610 14.Smejkal 2610 19.Bronstein 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1976: 1.Karpov 2705 2.Korchnoi 2690 3.Petrosian 2645 3.Polugaevsky 2645 5.Spassky 2640 6.Larsen 2635 6.Portisch 2635 8.Geller 2630 8.Ljubojevic 2630 8.Mecking 2630 11.Smejkal 2625 11.Tal 2625 13.Hort 2610

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1977: 1.Karpov 2695 2.Korchnoi 2650 2.Petrosian 2650 4.Mecking 2640 5.Portisch 2630 6.Hort 2625 6.Polugaevsky 2625 6.Tal 2625 9.Larsen 2620 9.Ljubojevic 2620 11.Spassky 2615 12.Huebner 2605 13.Ribli 2600 13.Romanishin 2600 13.Smyslov 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1978: 1 . Karpov,An. USR 2725 2 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2665 3 . Mecking,H. BRA 2630 4 . Portisch,L. HUN 2630 5 . Spassky,B. USR 2630 6 . Tal USR 2625 7 . Hort,V. CSR 2620 8 . Larsen,B. DEN 2620 9 . Petrosian,T. USR 2620 10 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2620 11 . Romanishin,O. USR 2610 12 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2605

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1979: 1 . Karpov,An. USR 2705 2 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2695 3 . Portisch,L. HUN 2640 4 . Spassky,B. USR 2640 5 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2625 6 . Timman,J. NED 2625 7 . Larsen,B. DEN 2620 8 . Tal USR 2615 9 . Petrosian,T. USR 2610 10 . Balashov,Y. USR 2600 11 . Hort,V. CSR 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1980: 1 . Karpov,An. USR 2725 2 . Tal USR 2705 3 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2695 4 . Portisch,L. HUN 2655 5 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2635 6 . Mecking,H. BRA 2615 7 . Petrosian,T. USR 2615 8 . Spassky,B. USR 2615 9 . Ribli,Z. HUN 2610 10 . Gheorghiu,F. ROM 2605 11 . Balashov,Y. USR 2600 12 . Huebner,R. FRG 2600 13 . Kavalek,L. USA 2600 14 . Timman,J. NED 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1981: 1 . Karpov,An. USR 2695 2 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2655 3 . Portisch,L. HUN 2655 4 . Huebner,R. FRG 2640 5 . Spassky,B. USR 2640 6 . Kasparov,G. USR 2630 7 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2625 8 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2625 9 . Timman,J. NED 2625 10 . Geller,E.P. USR 2620 11 . Mecking,H. BRA 2620 12 . Andersson,U. SWE 2615 13 . Larsen,B. DEN 2615 14 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2610 15 . Balashov,Y. USR 2605 16 . Romanishin,O. USR 2600 17 . Sosonko,G. NED 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1982: 1 . Karpov,An. USR 2725 2 . Timman,J. NED 2660 3 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2650 4 . Kasparov,G. USR 2645 5 . Portisch,L. HUN 2635 6 . Spassky,B. USR 2630 7 . Huebner,R. FRG 2625 8 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2620 9 . Mecking,H. BRA 2620 10 . Andersson,U. SWE 2610 11 . Larsen,B. DEN 2610 12 . Petrosian,T. USR 2610 13 . Tal USR 2610 14 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2605 15 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2605 16 . Balashov,Y. USR 2600 17 . Cseshkovsky,V. USR 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1983: 1 . Karpov,An. USR 2720 2 . Kasparov,G. USR 2700 3 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2655 4 . Andersson,U. SWE 2645 5 . Huebner,R. FRG 2635 6 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2635 7 . Portisch,L. HUN 2630 8 . Tal USR 2630 9 . Petrosian,T. USR 2615 10 . Spassky,B. USR 2615 11 . Timman,J. NED 2615 12 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2610 13 . Seirawan,Y. USA 2610 14 . Ribli,Z. HUN 2605 15 . Smyslov,V. USR 2605

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1984: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2720 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2710 3 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2645 4 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2645 5 . Andersson,U. SWE 2640 6 . Vaganian,R. USR 2640 7 . Portisch,L. HUN 2635 8 . Huebner,R. FRG 2630 9 . Tal USR 2630 10 . Hort,V. CSR 2625 11 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2625 12 . Spassky,B. USR 2625 13 . Ribli,Z. HUN 2620 14 . Timman,J. NED 2620 15 . Nunn,J. ENG 2610 16 . Smyslov,V. USR 2610

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1985: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2715 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2705 3 . Timman,J. NED 2650 4 . Vaganian,R. USR 2640 5 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2635 6 . Portisch,L. HUN 2635 7 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2630 8 . Polugaevsky,L. USR 2625 9 . Nunn,J. ENG 2615 10 . Ribli,Z. HUN 2615 11 . Huebner,R. FRG 2605 12 . Smyslov,V. USR 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1986: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2715 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2695 3 . Timman,J. NED 2640 4 . Vaganian,R. USR 2640 5 . Yusupov,A. USR 2640 6 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2630 7 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2620 8 . Huebner,R. FRG 2620 9 . Miles,A.J. ENG 2605 10 . Portisch,L. HUN 2605 11 . Spassky,B. USR 2605 12 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2600 13 . Seirawan,Y. USA 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1987: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2720 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2695 3 . Sokolov,A. USR 2630 4 . Yusupov,A. USR 2630 5 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2610 6 . Ljubojevic,Lj. YUG 2605 7 . Huebner,R. FRG 2600 8 . Short,N.D. ENG 2600 That is, there were only 8 players worth an elite status on that list...

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1988: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2730 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2695 3 . Timman,J. NED 2655 4 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2625 5 . Kortchnoi,V. SUI 2620 6 . Nikolic,Pr. YUG 2610 7 . Short,N.D. ENG 2610 8 . Tal USR 2610 9 . Gurevich,M. USR 2605 10 . Speelman,J. ENG 2605 11 . Vaganian,R. USR 2605 12 . Ribli,Z. HUN 2600 13 . Yusupov,A. USR 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1989: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2745 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2720 3 . Short,N.D. ENG 2620 4 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2610 5 . Speelman,J. ENG 2610 6 . Ivanchuk,V. USR 2605 7 . Salov,V. USR 2600 While Kasparov reaches his new peak, the elite reaches its smallest size so far...

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1990: 1 . Kasparov,G. USR 2760 2 . Karpov,An. USR 2690 3 . Timman,J.H. NED 2640 4 . Ivanchuk,V. USR 2625 5 . Gurevich,M. USR 2605 6 . Salov,V. USR 2605 7 . Beliavsky,A. USR 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: July 1990: 1 . Kasparov,Gary RUS 2760 2 . Karpov,Anatoly RUS 2690 3 . Gelfand,Boris BLR 2640 4 . Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2640 5 . Timman,Jan..H NED 2620 6 . Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2615 7 . Salov,Valery RUS 2615 8 . Kamsky,Gata USA 2610 9 . Gurevich,Mikhail BEL 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: January 1991: 1 . Kasparov,Gary RUS : 2755 2 . Karpov,Anatoly RUS : 2680 3 . Gelfand,Boris BLR : 2655 4 . Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR : 2650 5 . Bareev,Evgeny RUS : 2605 6 . Gurevich,Mikhail BEL : 2605 7 . Ehlvest,Jaan EST : 2605 8 . Yudasin,Leonid ISR : 2600 9 . Salov,Valery RUS : 2600

Sep-10-09		alexmagnus: July 1991: 1 . Kasparov,Gary RUS 2720 2 . Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2685 3 . Karpov,Anatoly RUS 2680 4 . Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2630 5 . Gelfand,Boris BLR 2615 6 . Salov,Valery RUS 2615 7 . Short,Nigel.D ENG 2610 8 . Beliavsky,Alexander..G SLO 2605 9 . Anand,Viswanathan IND 2600

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