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alexmagnus
Member since Dec-06-04 · Last seen Oct-30-25

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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Mar-08-17		diceman: <alexapple: Israel is NOT in Asia.> John Wetton, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, and Steve Howe were in Asia.

Mar-08-17		WannaBe: <diceman> Funny stuff! Nice. Here's a list of countries in Asia, look under 'I'. https://www.countries-ofthe-world.c...

Mar-08-17		alexmagnus: Israel is geographically as Asian as it can be. Look at the countries it borders: Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt (Egypt being one of the few countries to lie on two continents, Asia and Africa). Israel plays in European competitions in many sports, but this is for political reason - otherwise scandals with pairings like Israel-Palestine or Israel-Iran are just bound to happen. Interestingly, in soccer Israel originally played not even in Europe but in ... Oceania, to escape Asia.

Mar-31-17		alexmagnus: April didn't change much on top of those lists but there is some movement at the bottom. European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2803 2. Giri 2771 3. Adams 2761 4. Wojtaszek 2745 5. Topalov 2741 6. Navara 2732 7. Vallejo 2710 8. Leko 2699 9-11. Bacrot 2696 9-11. Almasi 2696 9-11. Rapport 2696 Former Soviet Union: 1. Kramnik 2811 2. Karjakin 2783 3. Aronian 2744 4. Mamedyarov 2772 5-6. Eljanov 2751 5-6. Nepomniachtchi 2751 7. Grischuk 2750 8. Svidler 2747 9. Andreikin 2734 10. Ivanchuk 2732 Former British Empire: 1. So 2822 2. Caruana 2817 3. Nakamura 2793 4. Anand 2786 5. Adams 2761 6. Harikrishna 2755 7. Gelfand 2724 8. Rodshtein 2701 9. Howell 2684 10. Short 2683 Asia: 1. Anand 2786 2. Ding 2759 3. Harikrishna 2755 4. Yu 2750 5. Wei 2727 6. Le 2726 7. Gelfand 2724 8. Li 2720 9. Bu 2713 10. Wang Yue 2706

Apr-30-17		alexmagnus: May 2017 European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2795 2. Giri 2785 3. Adams 2747 4. Topalov 2741 5. Navara 2739 6. Wojtaszek 2734 7. Vallejo 2710 8-9. Almasi 2703 8-9. Leko 2703 10. Rapport 2698 Former Soviet Union 1. Kramnik 2811 2. Aronian 2789 3. Karjakin 2783 4. Mamedyarov 2772 5-6. Svidler 2755 5-6. Eljanov 2755 7. Nepomniachtchi 2751 8. Grischuk 2750 9. Ivanchuk 2738 10. Vitiugov 2731 Former British Empire 1. So 2815 2. Caruana 2802 3-4. Nakamura 2786 3-4. Anand 2786 5. Harikrishna 2750 6. Adams 2747 7. Gelfand 2724 8. Rodshtein 2698 9. Short 2688 10. Vidit 2687 Asia 1. Anand 2786 2. Ding 2773 3. Harikrishna 2750 4. Yu 2743 5. Wei 2732 6. Le 2726 7. Gelfand 2724 8. Li 2722 9. Wang Yue 2701 10-11. Rodshtein 2698 10-11. Kasimdzhanov 2698

May-31-17		alexmagnus: June 2017: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2795 2. Giri 2771 3. Topalov 2749 4. Navara 2737 5. Adams 2736 6. Wojtaszek 2730 7. Vallejo 2717 8. Almasi 2707 9. Bacrot 2706 10. Duda 2697 Former Soviet Union: 1. Kramnik 2808 2. Mamedyarov 2800 3. Aronian 2793 4. Karjakin 2781 5. Grischuk 2761 6. Svidler 2756 7. Eljanov 2739 8. Ivanchuk 2738 9. Nepomniachtchi 2732 10. Radjabov 2724 Former British Empire: 1. So 2812 2. Caruana 2805 3. Anand 2786 4. Nakamura 2785 5. Harikrishna 2737 6. Adams 2736 7. Gelfand 2728 8-9. Vidit 2692 8-9. Howell 2692 10. Rodshtein 2689 Asia: 1. Anand 2786 2. Ding 2783 3. Yu 2749 4. Harikrishna 2737 5-6. Wei 2728 5-6. Gelfand 2728 7. Le 2726 8. Li 2720 9. Bu 2712 10. Wang Yue 2699

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: Best players born later than Carlsen from July 2008 (Carlsen's "final" top-10 entry). First 2008-2012 2008: July: Caruana(2630), So (2577), Le (2577) October: Caruana (2640), So (2610), Negi (2597) 2009: January: Caruana (2646), So (2627), Negi (2600) April: Caruana (2649), So (2641), Safarli (2599) July: Caruana (2670), So (2646), Le (2602) September: Caruana (2662), So (2644), Negi (2615) November: Caruana (2652), So (2640), Le (2624) 2010: January: Caruana (2675), So (2656), Le (2647) March: Le (2689), Caruana (2680), So (2665) May: Le (2687), Caruana (2675), So (2665) July: Caruana (2697), Le (2681), So (2674) September: Caruana (2700), Le (2694), Giri (2677) November: Caruana (2709), Le (2689), Giri (2682) 2011: January: Caruana (2721), Giri (2686), So (2673) March: Caruana (2716), Giri (2690), Le (2689) May: Caruana (2714), Giri (2687), Le (2687) July: Le (2715), Caruana (2711), Giri (2701) September: Giri (2722), Le (2717), Caruana (2712) November: Caruana (2727), Le (2714), Giri (2714) 2012: January: Caruana (2736), Giri (2714), Le (2714) March: Caruana (2767), Giri (2717), Le (2698) May: Caruana (2770), Le (2703), Giri (2693) July: Caruana (2775), Giri (2696), Le (2693) August: Caruana (2773), Giri (2711), Ding (2695) September: Caruana (2773), Giri (2730), Ding (2694) October: Caruana (2772), Giri (2730), Le (2703) November: Caruana (2786), Giri (2715), Le (2705) December: Caruana (2782), Giri (2720), Le (2705)

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: 2013: Jan: Caruana (2781), Giri (2726), Ding (2709) Feb: Caruana (2757), Giri (2722), Ding (2709) Mar: Caruana (2760), Giri (2729), Le (2709) Apr: Caruana (2772), Giri (2727), Le (2717) May: Caruana (2774), Giri (2734), Le (2714) Jun: Caruana (2774), Giri (2734), Le (2712) Jul: Caruana (2796), Giri (2734), Ding (2714) Aug: Caruana (2796), Giri (2737), Ding (2718) Sep: Caruana (2779), Giri (2737), Ding (2722) Oct: Caruana (2779), Giri (2749), Ding (2722) Nov: Caruana (2782), Giri (2732), So (2719) Dec: Caruana (2782), Giri (2734), So (2719)

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: 2014: Jan: Caruana (2782), Giri (2734), So (2719) Feb: Caruana (2781), Giri (2746), So (2738) Mar: Caruana (2783), Giri (2745), So (2738) Apr: Caruana (2783), Giri (2745), So (2738) May: Caruana (2783), Giri (2746), So (2731) Jun: Caruana (2791), Giri (2752), So (2744) Jul: Caruana (2789), Giri (2750), So (2744) Aug: Caruana (2801), So (2755), Giri (2745) Sep: Caruana (2801), Giri (2758), So (2755) Oct: Caruana (2844), Giri (2768), So (2755) Nov: Caruana (2839), Giri (2776), So (2762) Dec: Caruana (2829), Giri (2768), So (2762)

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: 2015: Jan: Caruana (2820), Giri (2784), So (2762) Feb: Caruana (2811), Giri (2797), So (2788) Mar: Caruana (2802), Giri (2790), So (2788) Apr: Caruana (2802), Giri (2790), So (2788) May: Caruana (2803), So (2778), Giri (2776) Jun: Caruana (2805), So (2778), Giri (2773) Jul: Caruana (2797), Giri (2791), So (2780) Aug: Caruana (2808), Giri (2793), So (2779) Sep: Caruana (2808), Giri (2793), Ding (2782) Oct: Giri (2798), Caruana (2796), Ding (2782) Nov: Caruana (2787), Ding (2781), Giri (2778) Dec: Caruana (2787), Giri (2784), Ding (2776)

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: 2016: Jan: Giri (2798), Caruana (2787), So (2773) Feb: Giri (2798), Caruana (2787), So (2773) Mar: Caruana (2794), Giri (2793), Ding (2777) Apr: Caruana (2795), Giri (2790), Ding (2777) May: Caruana (2804), Giri (2790), Ding (2778) Jun: Caruana (2804), Ding (2783), Giri (2782) Jul: Caruana (2810), Giri (2785), Ding (2778) Aug: Caruana (2807), So (2771), Giri (2769) Sep: Caruana (2808), So (2782), Giri (2755) Oct: Caruana (2813), So (2794), Ding (2764) Nov: Caruana (2823), So (2794), Giri (2767) Dec: Caruana (2823), So (2794), Giri (2771)

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: 2017: Jan: Caruana (2827), So (2808), Giri (2773) Feb: Caruana (2827), So (2822), Giri (2769) Mar: So (2822), Caruana (2817), Giri (2769) Apr: So (2822), Caruana (2817), Giri (2771) May: So (2815), Caruana (2802), Giri (2785) Jun: So (2812), Caruana (2808), Ding (2783)

Jun-12-17		alexmagnus: Current top 10 born later than Carlsen: 1. So 2812 2. Caruana 2808 3. Ding 2783 4. Yu 2749 5. Wei 2728 6. Le 2726 7. Matlakov 2707 8. Fedoseev 2703 9. Duda 2697 10. Rapport 2694

Jun-17-17		alexmagnus: Ages and death causes of dead world champions: Steinitz, 64, heart attack Lasker, 72, renal infection Capablanca, 53, cerebral hemmorrhage Alekhine, 53, asphyxia Euwe, 80, heart attack Botvinnik, 83, pancreatic cancer Smyslov, 89, heart failure Tal, 55, upper gastrointestinal bleeding Petrosian, 55, stomach cancer Fischer, 64, renal failure

Jul-01-17		alexmagnus: July 2017. European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2791 2. Giri 2775 3. Topalov 2749 4. Navara 2737 5-6. Wojtaszek 2736 5-6. Adams 2736 7. Vallejo 2717 8. Bacrot 2715 9-10. Duda 2707 9.10. Almasi 2707 Former Soviet Union: 1. Kramnik 2812 2. Aronian 2809 3. Mamedyarov 2800 4. Karjakin 2773 5. Grischuk 2761 6. Svidler 2749 7. Nepomniachtchi 2742 8. Eljanov 2739 9. Matlakov 2730 10. Ivanchuk 2729 Former British Empire: 1. So 2810 2. Caruana 2807 3. Nakamura 2792 4. Anand 2783 5. Harikrishna 2737 6. Adams 2736 7. Gelfand 2728 8. Howell 2702 9. Rodshtein 2695 10. Vidit 2693 Asia: 1. Anand 2783 2. Ding 2781 3. Yu 2753 4. Wei 2738 5. Harikrishna 2737 6. Li 2735 7. Gelfand 2728 8. Le 2726 9. Bu 2711 10. Wang Yue 2699 Born later than the world champion: 1. So 2810 2. Caruana 2807 3. Ding 2781 4. Giri 2775 5. Yu 2753 6. Wei 2738 7. Matlakov 2730 8-9. Fedoseev 2726 8-9. Le 2726 10. Duda 2707

Jul-31-17		alexmagnus: August 2017: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2789 2. Giri 2772 3. Topalov 2749 4. Wojtaszek 2745 5. Adams 2738 6. Navara 2737 7. Vallejo 2717 8. Bacrot 2715 9-10. Almasi 2707 9-10. Duda 2707 Former Soviet Union: 1. Kramnik 2803 2. Aronian 2799 3. Mamedyarov 2797 4. Grischuk 2783 5. Karjakin 2773 6-7. Nepomniachthchi 2751 6-7. Svidler 2751 8. Radjabov 2742 9. Eljanov 2734 10. Fedoseev 2731 Former British Empire: 1. So 2810 2. Caruana 2807 3. Nakamura 2792 4. Anand 2783 5. Harikrishna 2743 6. Adams 2738 7. Gelfand 2729 8. Howell 2702 9. Rodshtein 2695 10. Vidit 2693 Asia: 1. Anand 2783 2. Ding 2777 3. Wei 2753 4-5. Yu 2744 4-5. Li 2744 6. Harikrishna 2743 7. Le 2739 8. Gelfand 2729 9. Bu 2710 10. Wang Hao 2702 Born later than the world champion: 1. So 2810 2. Caruana 2807 3. Ding 2777 4. Giri 2772 5. Wei 2753 6. Yu 2744 7. Le 2739 8. Fedoseev 2731 9. Matlakov 2728 10. Duda 2707

Sep-01-17		alexmagnus: September: European Union 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2804 2. Giri 2777 3. Topalov 2749 4. Wojtaszek 2739 5. Adams 2738 6. Bacrot 2728 7. Navara 2720 8. Vallejo 2717 9. Almasi 2707 10. Howell 2701 Former Sovier Union: 1. Kramnik 2803 2. Aronian 2802 3. Mamedyarov 2797 4. Grischuk 2788 5. Karjakin 2780 6. Svidler 2756 7. Radjabov 2742 8. Nepomniachtchi 2741 9. Eljanov 2734 10. Fedoseev 2731 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2799 2. Anand 2794 3. So 2792 4. Nakamura 2781 5. Harikrishna 2741 6. Adams 2738 7. Gelfand 2737 8. Vidit 2702 9. Howell 2701 10. Amin 2699 Asia: 1. Anand 2794 2. Ding 2771 3. Yu 2750 4. Wei 2748 5. Li 2745 6. Harikrishna 2741 7. Le 2739 8. Gelfand 2737 9. Bu 2714 10. Vidit 2702 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2799 2. So 2792 3. Giri 2777 4. Ding 2771 5. Yu 2750 6. Wei 2748 7. Le 2739 8. Fedoseev 2731 9. Matlakov 2728 10. Vidit 2702

Oct-01-17		alexmagnus: October: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2794 2. Giri 2762 3. Topalov 2749 4. Wojtaszek 2737 5. Adams 2727 6. Navara 2726 7. Bacrot 2723 8. Vallejo 2714 9. Almasi 2707 10. Duda 2706 Former Soviet Union: 1. Aronian 2801 2. Kramnik 2794 3. Mamedyarov 2791 4. Grischuk 2785 5. Karjakin 2765 6. Svidler 2760 7. Radjabov 2741 8-9. Fedoseev 2733 8-9. Nepomniachtchi 2733 10. Ivanchuk 2732 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2794 2. So 2788 3. Anand 2783 4. Nakamura 2774 5. Gelfand 2737 6. Harikrishna 2733 7. Adams 2727 8. Vidit 2713 9. Rodshtein 2699 10-12. Amin 2698 10-12. Howell 2698 10-12. Short 2698 Asia: 1. Anand 2783 2. Ding 2772 3. Yu 2743 4. Wei 2740 5. Li 2739 6-7. Le 2737 6-7. Gelfand 2737 8. Harikrishna 2733 9. Bu 2730 10. Vidit 2713 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2794 2. So 2788 3. Ding 2772 4. Giri 2762 5. Yu 2743 6. Wei 2740 7. Le 2737 8. Fedoseev 2733 9. Matlakov 2730 10. Vidit 2713

Nov-01-17		alexmagnus: November: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2796 2. Giri 2762 3. Topalov 2749 4. Wojtaszek 2741 5. Navara 2732 6. Bacrot 2727 7. Adams 2721 8-9. Cheparinov 2710 8-9. Duda 2710 10. Vallejo 2705 Former Soviet Union: 1. Aronian 2801 2. Mamedyarov 2799 3. Kramnik 2787 4. Grischuk 2782 5. Svidler 2763 6. Karjakin 2760 7. Radjabov 2741 8. Matlakov 2738 9. Nepomniachtchi 2732 10. Ivanchuk 2729 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2799 2. So 2788 3. Anand 2782 4. Nakamura 2780 5. Harikrishna 2738 6-7. Adams 2721 6-7. Vidit 2721 8. Gelfand 2719 9. Adly 2700 10. Sutovsky 2689 Asia: 1. Anand 2782 2. Ding 2774 3. Yu 2746 4. Li 2741 5. Wei 2739 6. Harikrishna 2738 7. Le 2737 8. Bu 2730 9. Vidit 2721 10. Gelfand 2719 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2799 2. So 2788 3. Ding 2774 4. Giri 2762 5. Yu 2746 6. Wei 2739 7. Matlakov 2738 8. Le 2737 9. Vidit 2721 10. Fedoseev 2718

Dec-01-17		alexmagnus: December: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2789 2. Giri 2752 3. Topalov 2749 4. Navara 2740 5. Wojtaszek 2736 6. Bacrot 2725 7. Duda 2717 8. Adams 2715 9. Cheparinov 2710 10-11. Rapport 2707 10-11. Vallejo 2707 Former Soviet Union 1. Aronian 2805 2. Mamedyarov 2799 3. Kramnik 2787 4. Grischuk 2772 5. Svidler 2765 6. Karjakin 2760 7. Radjabov 2748 8. Navara 2740 9. Matlakov 2735 10. Jakovenko 2730 Former British Empire 1. Caruana 2799 2. So 2788 3. Anand 2782 4. Nakamura 2781 5. Harikrishna 2744 6-7. Adams 2715 6-7. Vidit 2715 8. Rodshtein 2699 9. Gelfand 2697 10. Amin 2689 Asia 1. Anand 2782 2. Ding 2777 3. Yu 2751 4. Harikrishna 2744 5. Wei 2743 6. Le 2737 7. Li 2732 8. Bu 2730 9. Vidit 2715 10. Wang Hao 2709 Born later than the world champion 1. Caruana 2799 2. So 2788 3. Ding 2777 4. Giri 2752 5. Yu 2751 6. Wei 2743 7. Le 2737 8. Matlakov 2735 9. Fedoseev 2718

Dec-01-17		alexmagnus: 10. Duda 2717

Dec-03-17		alexmagnus: I see an error in my own last list, somehow Navara moved into the Former Soviet Union bracket). So, the actual places 8, 9 and 10 for the former SU are 8. Malakov 2735 9. Jakovenko 2730 10. Nepomniachtchi 2729

Jan-07-18		alexmagnus: January 2018: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2793 2. Giri 2752 3-4. Navara 2749 3-4. Topalov 2749 5. Wojtaszek 2735 6. Duda 2724 7. Bacrot 2722 8. Vallejo 2718 9. Adams 2709 10. Rapport 2700 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2804 2. Aronian 2797 3. Kramnik 2787 4. Svidler 2768 5. Grischuk 2767 6. Karjakin 2753 7. Nepomniachtchi 2751 8. Radjabov 2748 9. Jakovenko 2744 10. Vitiugov 2732 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2811 2. So 2792 3. Nakamura 2781 4. Anand 2767 5. Harikrishna 2745 6. Vidit 2718 7. Adams 2709 8. Gelfand 2697 9-10. Amin 2693 9-10. Rodshtein 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2769 2. Anand 2767 3. Yu 2760 4. Harikrishna 2745 5. Wei 2743 6. Le 2737 7. Li 2732 8. Bu 2725 9. Vidit 2718 10. Wang Hao 2711 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2811 2. So 2792 3. Ding 2769 4. Yu 2760 5. Giri 2752 6. Wei 2743 7. Le 2737 8-9. Fedoseev 2724 8-9. Duda 2724 10-11. Matlakov 2718 10-11. Vidit 2718

Jan-31-18		alexmagnus: February European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2793 2. Giri 2777 3. Topalov 2749 4. Navara 2745 5. Wojtaszek 2735 6. Duda 2724 7. Bacrot 2722 8. Vallejo 2718 9. Adams 2709 10. Rapport 2703 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2814 2. Kramnik 2800 3. Aronian 2797 4. Grischuk 2767 5. Karjakin 2763 6. Svidler 2760 7. Nepomniachtchi 2751 8. Radjabov 2748 9. Jakovenko 2744 10. Vitiugov 2732 Former British Empire: 1. So 2799 2. Caruana 2784 3. Nakamura 2781 4. Anand 2799 5. Harikrishna 2745 6. Vidit 2723 7. Adams 2709 8. Gelfand 2697 9. Sadler 2690 10. Rodshtein 2689 Asia: 1. Anand 2779 2. Ding 2769 3. Yu 2760 4. Harikrishna 2745 5. Le 2737 6. Wei 2734 7. Li 2732 8. Bu 2725 9. Vidit 2723 10. Wang Hao 2712 Born later than the world champion: 1. So 2799 2. Caruana 2784 3. Giri 2777 4. Ding 2769 5. Yu 2760 6. Le 2737 7. Wei 2734 8-9. Duda 2724 8-9. Fedoseev 2724 10. Vidit 2723

Feb-25-18		alexmagnus: Most common topic for UN Security resolutions by year, 1946-1950: 1946: Iran crisis; Franco's Spain (3 of 15 each) 1947: Indonesian Question (6 of 22) 1948: Palestine Question (16 of 29) 1949: Armaments (3 of 12) 1950: Korea (5 of 11)

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