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Sep-02-19
 | | beatgiant: <alexmagnus>
You're right, Dubov earns the triple alliteration bonus too. I didn't know that, and the FIDE list I used didn't show it.Thanks. I stand corrected. |
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Sep-30-19
 | | alexmagnus: October:
European Union:
1. Giri 2780
2. Vachier-Lagrave 2774
3. Rapport 2752
4. Wojtaszek 2748
5. Topalov 2736
6. Duda 2734
7. Navara 2717
8-10. Vallejo 2694
8-10. Adams 2694
8-10. Howell 2694
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2776
2. Mamedyarov 2767
3. Karjakin 2760
4. Grischuk 2759
5-6. Aronian 2758
5-6. Radjabov 2758
7. Kramnik 2753
8. Artemiev 2746
9. Andreikin 2741
10. Vitiugov 2732
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2812
2. So 2767
3. Anand 2765
4. Dominguez 2763
5. Harikrishna 2748
6. Nakamura 2745
7. Vidit 2718
8. Xiong 2708
9. Shankland 2705
10. Amin 2699
Asia:
1. Ding 2811
2. Anand 2765
3. Yu 2763
4. Harikrishna 2748
5. Wang 2726
6-7. Bu 2721
6-7. Wei 2721
8. Vidit 2718
9. Le 2708
10. Firouzja 2702
Born later than the world champion:
1. Caruana 2812
2. Ding 2811
3. Giri 2780
4. So 2767
5. Yu 2763
6. Rapport 2752
7. Artemiev 2746
8. Duda 2734
9. Wei 2721
10. Vidit 2718
Nuclear powers:
1. Caruana 2812
2. Ding 2811
3. Nepomniachtchi 2776
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2774
5. So 2767
6. Anand 2765
7-8. Dominguez 2763
7-8. Yu 2763
9. Karjakin 2760
10. Grischuk 2759 |
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Sep-30-19
| | beatgiant: Post-Communist (ex. USSR, China):
1. Rapport 2752
2. Wojtaszek 2748
3. Topalov 2736
4. Duda 2734
5. Navara 2717
6. Le 2708
7. Almasi 2687
(Rausis 2685* cheating scandal)
8. Leko 2670
9-11. Berkes 2667
9-11. Laznica 2667
9-11. Saric 2667
Latin America
1. Cori 2671
2-3. Bruzon Batista 2644
2-3. Granda Zuniga 2644
4. Mareco 2634
5-6. Bachman 2629
5-6. Iturrizaga Bonelli 2629
7. Delgado Ramirez 2615
8-9. Flores 2606
8-9. Leitao 2606
10. Martinez Alcantara 2602 |
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Sep-30-19
| | beatgiant: Old Guard:
1. Anand 2765
2. Kramink 2753
3. Topalov 2736
4. Svidler 2729
5. Adams 2694
6. Sadler 2692
7. Almasi 2687
8-9: Gelfand 2686
8-9: Ivanchuk 2686
10. Kamsky 2685
(Rausis 2685*) |
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Sep-30-19
| | beatgiant: <alexmagnus>
While updating my "old guard" list, I noticed that there were no changes at all since the previous month, although the FIDE site claims these are for October. I'm wondering if there is some snafu with FIDE's new site.Meanwhile, I'll publish my superstition of the month (which is a lot easier than some of these regional lists). |
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Sep-30-19
| | beatgiant: Superstition of the month: Rhyming Rivals
First, a tip of the chess bishop's mitre to User: LameJokes, who posted a joke that inspired this idea. For each of the top 10 players, I look for the highest ranked player whose name rhymes with that player's. These players constitute the "top 10 players in poetry." Definitions:
If the name is one syllable (Ding, So) then a rhyme means a name ending phonetically with the same final vowel+consonant combination (-ing, -o) Otherwise, a rhyme means a name having the same final syllable phonetically. 1. Carlsen 2876 - Nielsen 2617
2. Caruana 2812 - Harikrishna 2748
3. Ding 2811 - Mecking 2553
4. Giri 2780 - Cori 2671
5. Nepomniachtchi 2776 - Qi 2435* (*Depending on how it's pronounced, Manolache 2548 might be a better answer) 6. Vachier-Lagrave 2774 - Vaibhav 2597
7-8. Mamedyarov 2767 - Shirov 2664
7-8. So 2767 - Jakovenko 2681
9. Anand 2765 - Shankland 2705
10-11. Dominguez Perez 2763 - Quesada Perez, Yu. 2615 10-11. Yu 2763 - Bu 2721** (**the original rhyming pair suggested by User: LameJokes) |
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Sep-30-19
| | beatgiant: I found a better rhyme for Nepomniachtchi: Valsecchi 2504 |
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Oct-01-19
| | alexmagnus: <While updating my "old guard" list, I noticed that there were no changes at all since the previous month, although the FIDE site claims these are for October.> There were very little changes as most players prepared for the World Cup (which itself will be rated for November). But the list did change. I see it by the number 100 player. The number 100 in September were some two players sharing 100-101 with 2653. On the October list there are numbers 97-100 having 2654. |
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Oct-01-19
| | beatgiant: <alexmagnus>
Thanks. In that case, I'll share something new I've been tinkering with: a "wunderkinds" list.By looking at the top ratings at young age levels, I came up with a very simple-minded definition of a "wunderkind": 2200 by age 8, 2250 by age 9, 2300 by age 10, etc. raising the cutoff 50 rating points per year. I then defined a "wunderkind index" to measure by how much a wunderkind exceeds the above age cutoffs: (rating - 2200)/50*(Age - 7)
Thus for example, if a player is 2230 at age 8, the wunderkind index is 30/50 = 0.6. I generated a list based on this, which I will post below. But, I don't promise to do this every month, because it took me a few advanced queries (like birth year >= X and rating >= Y) and I couldn't think of an easier way to create this list. |
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Oct-01-19
| | beatgiant: Wunderkinds (age based on 2019 minus year of birth, criteria as in previous post) 1. Firouzja: age 16, rating 2702, index 102/50 = 2.04 2. Mishra: age 10, rating 2387, index 87/50 = 1.74 3. Gukesh: age 13, rating 2520, index 70/50 = 1.4 4. Praggnanandhaa: age 14, rating 2567, index 67/50 = 1.34 5. Nihal: age 15, rating 2610, index 60/50 = 1.2 6. Abdusattorov: age 15, rating 2608, index 58/50 = 1.16 7. Bai: age 12, rating 2430, index 30/50 = 0.6
8. Bharath: age 12, rating 2417, index 17/50 = 0.34 9. Maurizzi: age 12, rating 2415, index 15/50 = 0.3 I found only these 9 who met my cutoffs.
Obviously the process for generating this list is much more error-prone than my usual lists, so I look forward to all the corrections. |
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Oct-01-19
| | beatgiant: I probably expressed the wunderkind index formula wrong, but the idea is basically index = (rating minus cutoff for age level)/50 and I hope that's clear from the examples. Of course, we've all probably heard of several of those kids before. The biggest surprise for me was Adelard Bai, who at age 12 is already the #2 player in his federation (Chinese Taipei) and playing on its Olympiad team, although I never heard of him before and there's no kibitzing on his player page. Chess fans in Taiwan, wake up! |
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Oct-02-19
| | alexmagnus: That Wunderkind index is a very nice idea! |
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Oct-02-19
| | alexmagnus: <. The biggest surprise for me was Adelard Bai, who at age 12 is already the #2 player in his federation (Chinese Taipei) and playing on its Olympiad team, although I never heard of him> He was not even close to meeting your cutoff before the very recent rating list. In September he was still rated 2204, and in August even 2033 (though it was not his peak, his pre-August peak was 2113). |
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Oct-02-19
| | alexmagnus: How he gained that much? Well, first, being below 2300 and aged below 18 gives you a K-factor of 40. Second... Well, as I said, in August he was rated 2033, then this happened: September: 2 events, 171 points gained:
3/8 (+1 -2 =5) against a 2230 average (TPR of 2141 with my formula) 5.5/9 (+4 -2 =3) against a 2232 average (TPR 2311) October: 2 events, 226 points gained
4.5/8 (+2 -1 =5) against 2225 average (TPR 2269) 5/9 (+1 -0 =8, that's a rare score at this age and level!) against 2281 average (TPR 2320) So, due to the high K factor he is somewhat overrated (but if he keeps progressing like this, his rating becomes justified very soon. Also, note that his K factor will now fall to 10 due to exceeding 2400). |
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Oct-02-19
| | beatgiant: <alexmagnus>
Thanks. Yes, ratings of these young players can change rapidly, so I should probably revisit this list after some time.But who is this Abhimanyu Mishra? Not only haven't I heard of him, but I don't find a player page or any games by him on chessgames.com. And yes, maybe he's overrated at 2387, but who cares? He's 10 years old! His rating has increased steadily and rapidly from around 1700 in July 2017. I looked him up in the US Chess Federation and learned that is US rating is 2379 and he lives in New Jersey. |
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Oct-02-19
| | beatgiant: An article about Mishra, calling him the youngest US master ever. https://new.uschess.org/kids/abhima... |
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Oct-21-19
| | alexmagnus: I hope the Brexit deadline, whether extended or not, will be decided by October 31st, otherwise I'll have troubles with my European Union rating list :D |
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Nov-01-19
| | alexmagnus: November:
European Union:
1. Vachier-Lagrave 2777
2. Giri 2776
3. Rapport 2752
4. Duda 2748
5. Topalov 2736
6. Wojtaszek 2728
7. Navara 2703
8. Howell 2701
9. Vallejo 2694
10-11. Adams 2692
10-11. Sadler 2692
Former Soviet Union:
1. Mamedyarov 2777
2. Nepomniachtchi 2773
3-4. Aronian 2767
3.4. Radjabov 2767
5. Grischuk 2764
6. Vitiugov 2756
7. Kramnik 2753
8. Karjakin 2749
9. Andreikin 2733
10. Artemiev 2731
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2822
2. So 2765
3. Dominguez 2762
4. Anand 2757
5. Nakamura 2741
6. Harikrishna 2731
7. Vidit 2717
8. Xiong 2712
9. Howell 2701
10-11. Adams 2692
10-11. Sadler 2692
Asia:
1. Ding 2801
2. Anand 2757
3. Yu 2753
4. Wang 2752
5. Harikrishna 2731
6. Wei 2724
7. Firouzja 2720
8. Vidit 2717
9. Le 2713
10. Bu 2705
Born later than the world champion:
1. Caruana 2822
2. Ding 2801
3. Giri 2776
4. So 2765
5. Yu 2753
6. Rapport 2752
7. Duda 2748
8. Artemiev 2731
9. Wei 2724
10. Firouzja 2720
Nuclear powers:
1. Caruana 2822
2. Ding 2801
3. Vachier-Lagrave 2777
4. Nepomniachtchi 2773
5. So 2765
6. Grischuk 2764
7. Dominguez 2762
8. Anand 2757
9. Vitiugov 2756
10-11. Yu 2753
10-11. Kramnik 2753 |
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Nov-01-19
| | beatgiant: Post-Communist (except USSR, China):
1. Rapport 2752
2. Duda 2748
3. Topalov 2736
4. Wojtaszek 2728
5. Le 2713
6. Navara 2703
7. Almasi 2687
(Rausis 2685)*
8. Laznica 2667
9. Leko 2666
10. Lupulescu 2657
Middle East:
1. Firouzja 2720
2. Amin 2685
3-4. Gelfand 2684
3-4. Maghsoodloo 2684
5. Salem 2675
6. Rodshtein 2653
7. Sutovsky 2643
8. Nabaty 2639
9. Ipatov 2631
10. Tabatabaei 2630
Old Guard:
1. Anand 2757
2. Kramnik 2753
3. Topalov 2736
4. Svidler 2719
5-6. Adams 2692
5-6. Sadler 2692
7. Almasi 2687
(Rausis 2685)*
8-9. Gelfand 2684
8-9. Kamsky 2684
10. Ivanchuk 2679
*(Rausis cheating scandal) |
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Nov-01-19
| | beatgiant: Abandon hope, all ye who read this kibitz. But do bring your chess set, because some of these ratings aren't too scary. Halloween themed:
1. Ghosh 2555
2. Goblyos 2112
3. De Mon 2039
4. Drakulic 2021
5. Witchayathian 2011
6. Warlop 1963
7. Zombirt 1926
8. Mumme 1747
9. Ghoulam 1677
10. Frankenstein 1638
Day of the Dead themed:
1. Steinitz 1606
2. *
3. *
4. Alekhine Nouri 2212
5. *
6. Mikhail Botvinnik 2348
7. Smyslov 1751
8. Tal Shaked 2468
9. Tigran Petrosian 2601
10. **
11. Fischer 2317
12. **
13. **
14. **
15. **
16. **
* Lasker, Capablanca, and Euwe have not appeared. ** Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Carlsen are the fallen champions who walk. |
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Nov-30-19
| | beatgiant: December
Post-Communist (except USSR and China):
1-2. Duda 2758
1-2. Rapport 2758
3. Topalov 2737
4. Wojtaszek 2725
5. Le 2713
6. Navara 2707
7. Almasi 2691
(Rausis)* 2685
8. Leko 2670
9. Berkes 2656
10. Saric 2651
*(Rausis cheating scandal)
Latin America:
1. Cori 2651
2. Granda Zuniga 2644
3. Bruzon Batista 2640
4. Mareco 2634
5. Delgado Ramirez 2628
6. Bachman 2611
7. Flores 2608
8. Leitao 2606
9. Martinez Alcantara 2602
10. Pichot 2598 |
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Nov-30-19
| | beatgiant: Middle East:
1. Firouzja 2723
2. Maghsoodloo 2690
3. Gelfand 2684
4. Amin 2683
5. Salem 2675
6. Nabaty 2647
7. Sutovsky 2643
8. Tabatabaei 2635
9. Ipatov 2631
10. Rodshtein 2626
Old Guard:
1. Anand 2757
2. Kramnik 2753
3. Topalov 2737
4. Svidler 2723
5. Adams 2701
6. Sadler 2692
7. Almasi 2691
8. Ivanchuk 2690
(Rausis 2685)*
9. Shirov 2684
10. Gelfand 2684
*(Rausis cheating scandal) |
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Nov-30-19
| | beatgiant: Nordic/Baltic:
1. Carlsen 2872
2. Grandelius 2683
3. Kovalenko 2647
4. Tari 2634
5. Hammer 2628
6. Nielsen 2617
7. Christiansen 2597
8. Hansen 2596
9-10. Andersen 2594
9-10. Hellers 2594 |
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Nov-30-19
| | beatgiant: I notice that my last month's "seasonal" theme didn't get any reaction. So, I set aside my plans to do "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Spielmann" ("You know Danchevsky and Praggnanandhaa and Donner played blitz chess, but do you recall the most famous Reinderman of all..."). I also considered posting "the Golden Dozen" (surname begins with 'Gold') to highlight players like GM Goldin, but I feared I might leave out someone important and provoke a lot of snarky replies. So with the end of 2019 coming, I decided to go with "year of birth ends in 9". Champions Petrosian and Anand are notable examples of this. And, without further ado, here are... the top nine Niners! 1. Anand 2757 (b. 1969)
2. Wang 2756 (b. 1989)
3. Wei 2725 (b. 1999)
4-5. Ivanchuk 2690 (b. 1969)
4-5. Li 2690 (b. 1989)
6. Dreev 2677 (b. 1969)
7. Leko 2670 (b. 1979)
8. Melkumyan 2668 (b. 1989)
9. Kasimdzhanov 2664 (b. 1979) |
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Nov-30-19
| | alexmagnus: < I notice that my last month's "seasonal" theme didn't get any reaction. > I like them, just didn't know what to say ). December:
European Union:
1. Vachier-Lagrave 2780
2. Giri 2769
3-4. Duda 2758
3-4. Rapport 2758
5. Topalov 2737
6. Wojtaszek 2725
7. Navara 2707
8. Vallejo 2704
9. Adams 2701
10. Sadler 2692
Former Soviet Union:
1. Grischuk 2777
2. Aronian 2775
3. Mamedyarov 2772
4. Nepomniachtchi 2767
5. Radjabov 2765
6. Karjakin 2754
7. Kramnik 2753
8. Vitiugov 2747
9. Artemiev 2731
10. Andreikin 2724
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2822
2. So 2760
3. Dominguez 2758
4. Anand 2757
5. Nakamura 2736
6. Harikrishna 2724
7. Vidit 2721
8. Xiong 2712
9. Adams 2701
10. Sadler 2692
Asia:
1. Ding 2801
2. Anand 2757
3. Wang 2756
4. Yu 2738
5. Wei 2725
6. Harikrishna 2724
7. Firouzja 2723
8. Vidit 2721
9. Le 2713
10. Bu 2705
Born later than the world champion:
1. Caruana 2822
2. Ding 2801
3. Giri 2769
4. So 2760
5-6. Duda 2758
5-6. Rapport 2758
7. Yu 2738
8. Artemiev 2731
9. Wei 2725
10. Firouzja 2723
Nuclear powers:
1. Caruana 2822
2. Ding 2801
3. Vachier-Lagrave 2780
4. Grischuk 2777
5. Nepomniachtchi 2767
6. So 2760
7. Dominguez 2758
8. Anand 2757
9. Wang 2756
10. Karjakin 2754 |
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