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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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Feb-25-18		alexmagnus: 1951-1960: 1951: Palestine Question (3 of 7) 1952: Armaments; India-Pakistan Question (1 of 2 each) 1953: International Court of Justice (3 of 5) 1954: Question by Guatemala; International Court of Justice (1 of 2 each) 1955: Palestine Question (3 of 5) 1956: Admission of new UN members (4 of 11) 1957: India-Pakistan Question (3 of 5) 1958: Lebanon (2 of 5) 1959: Laos (1 of 1) 1960: Admission of new UN members (18 of 28)

Feb-25-18		alexmagnus: 1961-1970: 1961: Admission of new UN members (4 of 10) 1962: Admission of new UN members (6 of 7) 1963: Territories under Portuguese administration; Apartheid in South Africa; Admission of new UN members (2 of 8 each) 1964: Cyprus Question (6 of 14) 1965: India-Pakistan question (5 of 20) 1966: Admission of new UN members (4 of 13) 1967: Middle East Conflict (7 of 12) 1968: Middle East Conflict (8 of 18) 1969: Middle East Conflict (4 of 13) 1970: Middle East Conflict; Namibia (3 of 16 each)

Feb-25-18		alexmagnus: 1971-1980: 1971: Admission of new UN members (5 of 16) 1972: Namibia (4 of 17) 1973: Middle East Conflict (8 of 20) 1974: Cyprus Question (11 of 22) 1975: Admission of new UN members (6 of 18) 1976: South Africa (4 of 18) 1977: Southern Rhodesia (5 of 20) 1978: Middle East Conflict (7 of 21) 1979: Middle East Conflict (7 of 18) 1980: Middle East Conflict (12 of 23)

Feb-25-18		alexmagnus: 1981-1990: 1981: Middle East Conflict (7 of 15) 1982: Middle East Conflict (17 of 29) 1983: Middle East Conflict (6 of 17) 1984: South Africa (5 of 14) 1985: South Africa (9 of 21) 1986: Middle East Conflict (6 of 13) 1987: Middle East Conflict (5 of 13) 1988: Middle East Conflict (8 of 20) 1989: Middle East Conflict (6 of 20) 1990: Iraq-Kuwait War (12 of 37)

Feb-25-18		alexmagnus: 1991-2000: 1991: Iraq (7 of 42 not counting war) 1992: (Former) Yugoslavia (23 of 74) 1993: Yugoslavia (24 of 93) 1994: Yugoslavia (12 of 74) 1995: Yugoslavia (26 of 66) 1996: Yugoslavia (11 of 57) 1997: Yugoslavia (14 of 54) 1998: Angola (11 of 73) 1999: Western Sahara (7 of 65) 2000: Sierra Leone (8 of 50)

Feb-28-18		alexmagnus: March 2018: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2789 2. Giri 2777 3. Topalov 2749 4. Wojtaszek 2738 5. Navara 2737 6. Duda 2724 7. Bacrot 2718 8. Vallejo 2716 9. Rapport 2715 10. Adams 2705 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2809 2. Kramnik 2800 3. Aronian 2794 4. Grischuk 2767 5. Karjakin 2763 6. Svidler 2760 7. Nepomniachtchi 2751 8. Radjabov 2748 9. Jakovenko 2746 10. Vituigov 2735 Former British Empire: 1. So 2799 2. Nakamura 2787 3. Caruana 2784 4. Anand 2776 5. Harikrishna 2731 6. Vidit 2723 7. Adams 2705 8. Howell 2701 9. Amin 2696 10. Gelfand 2695 Asia: 1. Anand 2776 2. Ding 2769 3. Yu 2760 4. Le 2736 5. Wei 2734 6. Li 2732 7. Harikrishna 2731 8. Bu 2725 9. Vidit 2723 10. Wang Hao 2713 Born later than the world champion: 1. So 2799 2. Caruana 2784 3. Giri 2777 4. Ding 2769 5. Yu 2760 6. Le 2736 7. Wei 2734 8-9. Duda 2724 8-9. Fedoseev 2724 10. Vidit 2723

Apr-04-18		alexmagnus: April 2018: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2789 2. Giri 2777 3. Topalov 2749 4. Navara 2745 5. Wojtaszek 2744 6. Duda 2724 7. Bacrot 2718 8. Rapport 2713 9-10. Vallejo 2705 9-10. Adams 2705 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2814 2. Kramnik 2792 3. Karjakin 2778 4. Aronian 2767 5. Grischuk 2766 6. Svidler 2760 7. Nepomniachtchi 2751 8. Radjabov 2748 9. Vitiugov 2735 10. Jakovenko 2732 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2804 2. Nakamura 2787 3. So 2786 4. Anand 2776 5. Harikrishna 2727 6. Vidit 2707 7. Adams 2705 8. Amin 2700 9. Howell 2699 10. Gelfand 2695 Asia: 1. Ding 2778 2. Anand 2776 3. Yu 2760 4. Wei 2734 5. Li 2732 6. Le 2728 7. Harikrishna 2727 8. Bu 2725 9-10. Vidit 2707 9-10. Wang Hao 2707 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2804 2. So 2786 3. Ding 2778 4. Giri 2777 5. Yu 2760 6. Wei 2734 7. Le 2728 8. Duda 2724 9. Rapport 2713 10. Vidit 2707

Apr-30-18		alexmagnus: May 2018: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2789 2. Giri 2776 3. Wojtaszek 2750 4. Topalov 2747 5. Navara 2727 6. Duda 2724 7. Bacrot 2714 8. Vallejo 2709 9. Rapport 2707 10. Cheparinov 2705 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2808 2. Kramnik 2792 3. Karjakin 2782 4. Grischuk 2766 5. Aronian 2764 6. Svidler 2760 7-8. Radjabov 2751 7-8. Nepomniachtchi 2751 9. Vitiugov 2740 10. Jakovenko 2735 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2818 2. Nakamura 2787 3. So 2786 4. Anand 2760 5. Harikrishna 2727 6. Vidit 2707 7-8. Adams 2701 7-8. Howell 2701 9. Gelfand 2695 10. Sadler 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2791 2. Anand 2760 3. Yu 2754 4. Wei 2734 5. Le 2728 6. Harikrishna 2727 7. Li 2724 8. Bu 2718 9. Wang Hao 2710 10. Vidit 2707 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2818 2. Ding 2791 3. So 2786 4. Giri 2776 5. Yu 2754 6. Wei 2734 7. Le 2728 8. Duda 2724 9-10. Rapport 2707 9-10. Vidit 2707

May-31-18		alexmagnus: June 2018: European Union: 1. Vachier-Lagrave 2789 2. Giri 2782 3. Topalov 2747 4. Duda 2731 5. Wojtaszek 2730 6. Navara 2727 7. Rapport 2719 8. Cheparinov 2712 9. Bacrot 2709 10. Vallejo 2707 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyrov 2808 2. Kramnik 2792 3. Karjakin 2782 4. Grischuk 2766 5. Aronian 2764 6. Svidler 2753 7-8. Nepomniachtchi 2751 7-8. Radjabov 2751 9. Jakovenko 2735 10. Vitiugov 2734 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2816 2. So 2778 3. Nakamura 2769 4. Anand 2759 5. Harikrishna 2732 6. Shankland 2717 7. Vidit 2710 8. Adams 2706 9. Sadler 2693 10. Nabaty 2692 Asia: 1. Ding 2798 2-3. Yu 2759 2-3. Anand 2759 4. Wei 2734 5. Harikrishna 2732 6. Le 2728 7. Li 2725 8. Bu 2718 9-10. Vidit 2710 9-10. Wang Hao 2710 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2816 2. Ding 2798 3. Giri 2782 4. So 2778 5. Yu 2759 6. Wei 2734 7. Duda 2731 8. Le 2728 9. Rapport 2719 10. Shankland 2717

Jul-01-18		alexmagnus: July 2018: European Union: 1. Giri 2782 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2779 3. Topalov 2747 4. Navara 2741 5. Duda 2737 6. Wojtaszek 2733 7. Rapport 2719 8. Cheparinov 2712 9. Bacrot 2710 10. Vallejo 2707 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2801 2. Kramnik 2792 3. Karjakin 2773 4. Aronian 2767 5. Grischuk 2766 6. Nepomniachtchi 2757 7. Svidler 2753 8. Radjabov 2751 9. Jakovenko 2749 10. Vitiugov 2734 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2822 2. So 2780 3. Nakamura 2777 4. Anand 2768 5. Harikrishna 2734 6. Shankland 2727 7. Vidit 2718 8. Adams 2706 9. Gelfand 2703 10. Sadler 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2797 2. Anand 2768 3. Yu 2762 4. Harikrishna 2734 5. Wei 2729 6. Le 2728 7. Vidit 2718 8. Li 2715 9. Bu 2712 10. Wang Hao 2711 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2822 2. Ding 2797 3. Giri 2782 4. So 2780 5. Yu 2762 6. Duda 2737 7. Wei 2729 8. Le 2728 9. Shankland 2727 10. Rapport 2719

Aug-03-18		alexmagnus: August: European Union: 1. Giri 2780 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2779 3. Topalov 2747 4. Navara 2741 5. Duda 2740 6. Wojtaszek 2727 7. Rapport 2719 8. Vallejo 2707 9. Adams 2706 10. Almasi 2702 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2801 2. Kramnik 2779 3. Karjakin 2773 4. Nepomniachtchi 2768 5. Aronian 2767 6. Grischuk 2766 7. Svidler 2753 8. Radjabov 2751 9. Jakovenko 2748 10. Vitiugov 2730 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2822 2. So 2780 3. Nakamura 2777 4. Anand 2768 5. Harikrishna 2739 6. Shankland 2727 7. Vidit 2715 8. Adams 2706 9. Gelfand 2703 10. Sadler 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2797 2. Anand 2768 3. Yu 2760 4. Harikrishna 2739 5. Wei 2735 6. Le 2727 7. Vidit 2715 8. Li 2714 9. Bu 2712 10. Wang Hao 2711 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2822 2. Ding 2797 3-4. Giri 2780 3-4. So 2780 5. Yu 2760 6. Duda 2740 7. Wei 2735 8-9. Le 2727 8-9. Shankland 2727 10. Rapport 2719

Aug-31-18		alexmagnus: September: European Union: 1-2. Vachier-Lagrave 2780 1-2. Giri 2780 3-4. Navara 2740 3-4. Topalov 2740 5. Duda 2739 6. Wojtaszek 2727 7. Rapport 2723 8. Vallejo 2713 9. Adams 2712 10. Almasi 2702 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2820 2. Aronian 2780 3. Kramnik 2779 4. Grischuk 2769 5. Nepomniachtchi 2768 6. Karjakin 2760 7. Svidler 2756 8. Radjabov 2751 9. Jakovenko 2747 10. Vitiugov 2726 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2827 2. So 2776 3. Anand 2771 4. Nakamura 2763 5. Harikrishna 2743 6. Shankland 2722 7. Adams 2712 8. Vidit 2711 9. Gelfand 2703 10. Sadler 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2804 2. Anand 2771 3. Yu 2765 4. Harikrishna 2743 5. Wei 2742 6. Le 2715 7. Wang Hao 2714 8. Bu 2712 9. Vidit 2711 10. Li 2708 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2827 2. Ding 2804 3. Giri 2780 4. So 2776 5. Yu 2765 6. Wei 2742 7. Duda 2739 8. Rapport 2723 9. Shankland 2722 10. Le 2715

Sep-30-18		alexmagnus: October: European Union: 1-2. Giri 2780 1-2. Vachier-Lagrave 2780 3-4. Topalov 2740 3-4 Navara 2740 5. Duda 2739 6. Wojtaszek 2727 7. Rapport 2725 8. Vallejo 2713 9. Adams 2712 10. Almasi 2702 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2820 2. Aronian 2780 3. Kramnik 2779 4. Grischuk 2769 5. Karjakin 2760 6. Nepomniachtchi 2759 7. Svidler 2756 8. Jakovenko 2752 9. Radjabov 2751 10. Andreikin 2723 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2827 2. So 2776 3. Anand 2771 4. Nakamura 2763 5. Harikrishna 2733 6. Shankland 2722 7. Adams 2712 8. Vidit 2711 9. Gelfand 2701 10. Sadler 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2804 2. Anand 2771 3. Yu 2765 4. Wei 2742 5. Harikrishna 2733 6. Wang Hao 2722 7. Le 2715 8. Bu 2712 9. Vidit 2711 10. Li 2708 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2827 2. Ding 2804 3. Giri 2780 4. So 2776 5. Yu 2765 6. Wei 2742 7. Duda 2739 8. Rapport 2725 9. Shankland 2722 10. Le 2715

Nov-02-18		alexmagnus: November: European Union: 1. Giri 2780 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2778 3. Wojtaszek 2749 4. Topalov 2740 5. Duda 2738 6. Navara 2733 7. Rapport 2726 8. Adams 2706 9. Ragger 2701 10. Howell 2697 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2817 2. Kramnik 2777 3. Grischuk 2771 4. Aronian 2765 5. Nepomniachtchi 2763 6. Radjabov 2757 7. Karjakin 2753 8-9. Naiditsch 2736 8-9. Svidler 2736 10. Jakovenko 2735 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2832 2. Anand 2773 3. So 2765 4. Nakamura 2746 5. Harikrishna 2729 6. Shankland 2724 7. Amin 2709 8. Adams 2706 9. Vidit 2702 10. Howell 2697 Asia: 1. Ding 2816 2. Anand 2773 3. Yu 2764 4. Wang Hao 2730 5. Harikrishna 2729 6. Wei 2728 7. Bu 2726 8. Le 2714 9. Li 2703 10. Vidit 2702 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2832 2. Ding 2816 3. Giri 2780 4. So 2765 5. Yu 2764 6. Duda 2738 7. Wei 2728 8. Rapport 2726 9. Shankland 2724 10-11. Le 2714 10-11. Fedoseev 2714

Nov-03-18		OhioChessFan: Popping in for my occasional comment that I enjoy looking at your ratings and statistics.

Nov-04-18		alexmagnus: Nice to know at least someone occasionally looks at those statistics :).

Nov-04-18		rogge: Sure, chess fans like statistics :)

Nov-12-18		alexmagnus: Most new grandmaster titles in a year were awarded in 2007 - 91. But what was the year in which most GMs died? Turns out, three years share the distinction of being deadliest GM years - 2000, 2005 and 2016, in each of which 10 GMs died.

Nov-12-18		alexmagnus: And most grandmasters <born> as of now were in 1983: 52.

Nov-12-18		alexmagnus: <Most new grandmaster titles in a year were awarded in 2007 - 91.> 92 actually.

Nov-30-18		alexmagnus: December 2018: European Union: 1. Giri 2783 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2781 3. Topalov 2740 4. Duda 2738 5. Navara 2736 6-7. Wojtaszek 2732 6-7. Rapport 2732 8. Adams 2703 9. Howell 2696 10-11. Saric 2695 10-11. Vallejo 2695 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2817 2. Kramnik 2777 3. Grischuk 2771 4. Aronian 2765 5. Nepomniachtchi 2763 6. Radjabov 2757 7. Karjakin 2753 8. Svidler 2737 9. Najditsch 2736 10. Jakovenko 2735 Former Brrish Empire: 1. Caruana 2832 2. Anand 2773 3. So 2765 4. Nakamura 2746 5. Harikrishna 2725 6. Shankland 2724 7. Amin 2710 8. Adams 2703 9. Vidit 2701 10. Howell 2696 Asia: 1. Ding 2813 2. Anand 2773 3. Yu 2764 4. Wang Hao 2730 5. Wei 2728 6. Bu 2726 7. Harikrishna 2725 8. Le 2714 9. Li 2703 10. Vidit 2701 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2832 2. Ding 2813 3. Giri 2783 4. So 2765 5. Yu 2764 6. Duda 2738 7. Rapport 2732 8. Wei 2728 9. Shankland 2724 10. Fedoseev 2719

Jan-06-19		alexmagnus: January 2019 European Union: 1. Giri 2783 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2780 3. Topalov 2740 4-5. Navara 2738 4-5. Duda 2738 6. Rapport 2731 7. Wojtaszek 2722 8. Adams 2701 9. Vallejo 2698 10. Sadler 2693 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2817 2. Kramnik 2777 3. Grischuk 2771 4. Aronian 2767 5. Nepomniachtchi 2763 6. Radjabov 2757 7. Karjakin 2753 8. Svidler 2737 9. Naiditsch 2734 10. Andreikin 2725 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2828 2. Anand 2773 3. So 2765 4. Nakamura 2749 5. Harikrishna 2730 6. Shankland 2725 7. Amin 2712 8. Adams 2701 9. Vidit 2695 10. Sadler 2693 Asia: 1. Ding 2813 2. Anand 2773 3. Yu 2764 4. Wei 2733 5. Harikrishna 2730 6. Bu 2725 7-8. Le 2714 7-8. Wang Hao 2714 9. Li 2699 10. Vidit 2695 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2828 2. Ding 2813 3. Giri 2783 4. So 2765 5. Yu 2764 6. Duda 2738 7. Wei 2733 8. Rapport 2731 9. Shankland 2725 10. Fedoseev 2724

Jan-19-19		alexmagnus: Regarding the strength of past masters... One indicator that they were weaker are the stories of past child prodigies bringing the said masters to struggling. Like Reshevsky defeating Wolf and nearly defeating Vidmar at the age of 5. Look at modern child prodigies. <No one> of them was even close to defeating a master at five. The fact tat those masters could be defeated by a five year old, no matter how prodigious, shows they were weaker than modern masters.

Jan-31-19		alexmagnus: February: European Union: 1. Giri 2797 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2780 3. Topalov 2740 4. Navara 2738 5. Rapport 2735 6. Duda 2731 7. Wojtaszek 2722 8. Adams 2705 9. Vallejo 2698 10. Sadler 2691 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2790 2-3. Nepomniachtchi 2771 2-3. Grischuk 2771 4. Aronian 2767 5. Radjabov 2756 6-7. Kramnik 2753 6-7. Karjakin 2753 8. Svidler 2737 9. Naiditsch 2732 10. Andreikin 2725 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2828 2. Anand 2779 3. So 2765 4. Nakamura 2749 5. Shankland 2731 6. Harikrishna 2726 7. Vidit 2711 8. Amin 2710 9. Adams 2705 10. Sadler 2691 Asia: 1. Ding 2812 2. Anand 2779 3. Yu 2764 4. Wei 2733 5. Bu 2731 6. Harikrishna 2726 7. Wang Hao 2714 8. Vidit 2711 9. Le 2710 10. Li 2699 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2828 2. Ding 2812 3. Giri 2797 4. So 2765 5. Yu 2764 6. Rapport 2735 7. Wei 2733 8-9. Duda 2731 8-9. Shankland 2731 10. Fedoseev 2715

Feb-28-19		alexmagnus: March: European Union: 1. Giri 2797 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2775 3. Topalov 2740 4. Navara 2739 5. Rapport 2738 6. Duda 2731 7. Wojtaszek 2722 8. Adams 2708 9. Saric 2703 10. Vallejo 2698 Former Soviet Union: 1. Mamedyarov 2790 2-3. Grischuk 2771 2-3. Nepomniachtchi 2771 4. Aronian 2761 5. Radjabov 2756 6-7. Karjakin 2753 6-7. Kramnik 2753 8. Svidler 2737 9. Artemiev 2736 10. Vitiugov 2726 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2828 2. Anand 2779 3. So 2762 4. Nakamura 2746 5. Shankland 2731 6. Harikrishna 2730 7. Vidit 2711 8. Amin 2709 9. Adams 2708 10. Nabaty 2697 Asia: 1. Ding 2812 2. Anand 2779 3. Yu 2761 4. Wei 2733 5. Bu 2731 6. Harikrishna 2730 7. Wang Hao 2718 8. Le 2715 9. Vidit 2711 10. Li 2699 Born later than the world champion: 1. Caruana 2828 2. Ding 2812 3. Giri 2797 4. So 2762 5. Yu 2761 6. Rapport 2738 7. Artemiev 2736 8. Wei 2733 9-10. Duda 2731 9-10. Shankland 2731

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