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alexmagnus
Member since Dec-06-04 · Last seen May-17-25

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)
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)
Nakamura 52 (Nov 2024 - Feb 2025)
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)
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) (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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   May-15-25 Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2025)

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

   May-13-25 Vlastimil Hort

alexmagnus: <Yup, there are no living Candidates born in the 1940s now.> But <five> living Candidates born in 1951 (Karpov, Ribli, Vaganian, Torre, and Timman). The Fischer gap is so clear.

   May-08-25 Vladimir Kramnik

alexmagnus: <Removing all title matches from the comparisons probably wouldn’t change much with regards to how the greatest players were ranked, come to think of it. Maybe ”minor” champions like Euwe and Ding would drop a few places while Ivanchuk would climb a bit.> Topalov, if ...

   May-01-25 alexmagnus chessforum

alexmagnus: May: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2757 2-3. Duda 2739 2-3. Fedoseev 2739 4. Giri 2738 5. Vachier-Lagrave 2723 6. Rapport 2722 7. Keymer 2720 8. Topalov 2717 9. Van Foreest 2687 10. Nguyen 2674 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2771 2. Nepomnaichtchi ...

   Apr-22-25 Fridrik Olafsson

alexmagnus: <Panno (90), Portisch (88) and Hort (81). Hort is the baby in that crowd.> The "Fischer gap" - lack of strong players born during WW2 (other than Fischer himself) which IMO was a major factor contributing to Fischer's dominance. The next after Hort is Karpov btw.

   Apr-14-25 Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025)

alexmagnus: Now Ju needs just one draw from the remaining four games to win the match.

   Feb-27-25 Boris Spassky

alexmagnus: RIP. Of a book of world champion miniatures I have at home, now only Karpov and Kasparov are alive. He was the oldest living world champion, which is now Karpov. He also was the third oldest living Candidate. The new top 3 is Olafsson, Panno, Portisch.

   Feb-01-25 Dommaraju Gukesh

alexmagnus: Actually, this is another reason I've always opposed draw odds for any side. It changes the rules of the game. Basically turning into a "classical armageddon". A chess match with draw odds is no longer a chess match.

   Jan-30-25 Faustino Oro

alexmagnus: Btw, is Gukesh the first world champion with no formal education beyond elementary school?

   Jan-11-25 Magnus Carlsen

alexmagnus: And the reason is simple - you cannot show you are best by winning <one> competition. No matter how complex the design of that one competition is.

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Jul-02-24		alexmagnus: July: European Union: 1. Giri 2745 2. Firouzja 2744 3. Duda 2733 4. Keymer 2721 5. Vachier-Lagrave 2718 6. Rapport 2715 7. Saric 2690 8. Fedoseev 2687 9. Deac 2683 10. Wojtaszek 2680 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomniachtchi 2770 2. Abdusattorov 2769 3. Mamedyarov 2726 4. Grischuk 2708 5. Dubov 2701 6. Radjabov 2700 7. Artemiev 2694 8. Kasimdzhanov 2685 9. Tomashevsky 2681 10. Sindarov 2674 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Caruana 2796 3. Erigaisi 2778 4. Gukesh 2763 5-6. Praggnanandhaa 2757 5-6. So 2757 7. Anand 2751 8. Dominguez 2748 9. Aronian 2729 10. Vidit 2720 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2778 2. Abdusattorov 2769 3. Gukesh 2763 4. Praggnanandhaa 2757 5. Wei 2755 6. Anand 2751 7. Ding 2745 8. Le 2731 9. Maghsoodloo 2725 10-11. Vidit 2720 10-11. Yu 2720 Born later than the world champion: 1. Erigaisi 2778 2. Abdusattorov 2769 3. Gukesh 2763 4-5. Praggnanandhaa 2757 4-5. So 2757 6. Wei 2755 7. Giri 2745 8. Firouzja 2744 9. Duda 2733 10. Maghsoodloo 2725 Nuclear powers: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Caruana 2796 3. Erigaisi 2778 4. Nepomniachtchi 2770 5. Gukesh 2763 6-7. Praggnanandhaa 2757 6-7. So 2757 8. Wei 2755 9. Anand 2751 10. Dominguez 2748 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2751 2. Dominguez 2748 3. Aronian 2729 4. Grischuk 2708 5. Svidler 2698 6. Kasimdzhanov 2685 7. Bacrot 2677 8-9. Adams 2672 8-9. Eljanov 2672 10. Shirov 2665

Aug-01-24		alexmagnus: August: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2751 2. Giri 2746 3. Duda 2733 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2721 5. Keymer 2719 6. Rapport 2715 7. Van Foreest 2696 8. Fedoseev 2687 9. Deac 2683 10. Wojtaszek 2680 Former Soviet Union: 1. Nepomnaichtchi 2767 2. Abdusattorov 2762 3. Mamedyarov 2733 4. Grischuk 2708 5. Dubov 2701 6. Radjabov 2700 7. Artemiev 2699 8. Kasimdzhanov 2685 9. Tomashevsky 2681 10. Sindarov 2674 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Caruana 2793 3. Erigaisi 2778 4. Gukesh 2766 5-6. So 2751 5-6. Anand 2751 7. Praggnanandhaa 2749 8. Dominguez 2748 9. Aronian 2729 10. Vidit 2720 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2778 2. Gukesh 2766 3-4. Abdusattorov 2762 3-4. Wei 2762 5. Anand 2751 6. Praggnanandhaa 2749 7. Ding 2745 8. Le 2741 9. Maghsoodloo 2723 10. Vidit 2720 Born later than the world champion: 1. Erigaisi 2778 2. Gukesh 2766 3-4. Abdusattorov 2762 3-4. Wei 2762 5-6. Firouzja 2751 5-6. So 2751 7. Praggnanandhaa 2749 8. Giri 2746 9. Duda 2733 10. Maghsoodloo 2723 Nuclear powers: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Caruana 2793 3. Erigaisi 2778 4. Nepomniachtchi 2767 5. Gukesh 2766 6. Wei 2762 7-9. Firouzja 2751 7-9. So 2751 7-9. Anand 2751 10. Praggnanandhaa 2749 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2751 2. Dominguez 2748 3. Aronian 2729 4. Grischuk 2708 5. Svidler 2698 6. Kasimdzhanov 2685 7. Bacrot 2677 8-9. Adams 2672 8-9. Eljanov 2672 10. Shirov 2665

Sep-04-24		alexmagnus: September: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2767 2. Duda 2732 3. Vachier-Lagrave 2731 4. Keymer 2730 5. Giri 2724 6. Rapport 2715 7. Van Foreest 2696 8. Fedoseev 2692 9-10. Navara 2681 9-10. Wojtaszek 2681 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2766 2. Nepomniachtchi 2755 3. Mamedyarov 2733 4. Artemiev 2701 5. Radjabov 2700 6. Dubov 2693 7. Grischuk 2689 8. Kasimdzhanov 2685 9. Tomashevsky 2681 10. Sindarov 2677 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Caruana 2798 3. Erigaisi 2778 4. Gukesh 2764 5. So 2752 6. Anand 2751 7. Praggnanandhaa 2750 8. Dominguez 2748 9. Niemann 2733 10. Aronian 2729 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2778 2. Abdusattorov 2766 3. Gukesh 2764 4. Wei 2762 5. Anand 2751 6. Praggnanandhaa 2750 7. Le 2741 8. Ding 2736 9. Maghsoodloo 2723 10. Vidit 2720 Born later than the world champion: 1. Erigaisi 2778 2. Firouzja 2767 3. Abdusattorov 2766 4. Gukesh 2764 5. Wei 2762 6. So 2752 7. Praggnanandhaa 2750 8. Niemann 2733 9. Duda 2732 10. Keymer 2730 Nuclear powers: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Caruana 2798 3. Erigaisi 2778 4. Firouzja 2767 5. Gukesh 2764 6. Wei 2762 7. Nepomniachtchi 2755 8. So 2752 9. Anand 2751 10. Praggnanandhaa 2750 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2751 2. Dominguez 2748 3. Aronian 2729 4. Svidler 2698 5. Grischuk 2689 6. Kasimdzhanov 2685 7. Eljanov 2672 8. Shirov 2666 9. Bacrot 2665 10. Adams 2661

Oct-10-24		alexmagnus: October: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2767 2. Duda 2740 3. Vachier-Lagrave 2735 4. Giri 2728 5-6. Rapport 2721 5-6. Keymer 2721 7. Fedoseev 2698 8. Van Foreest 2697 9. Deac 2691 10. Navara 2683 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2783 2. Nepomniachtchi 2755 3. Mamedyarov 2733 4. Artemiev 2701 5. Radjabov 2700 6. Dubov 2693 7. Grischuk 2689 8. Kasimdzhanov 2685 9. Tomashevsky 2681 10. Martirosyan 2676 Former British Empire: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Erigaisi 2797 3. Caruana 2796 4. Gukesh 2794 5-6. So 2751 5-6. Anand 2751 7. Praggnanandhaa 2746 8. Dominguez 2741 9. Aronian 2738 10. Niemann 2733 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2797 2. Gukesh 2794 3. Abdusattorov 2783 4. Wei 2763 5. Anand 2751 6. Praggnanandhaa 2746 7. Le 2739 8. Ding 2728 9. Vidit 2726 10. Maghsoodloo 2719 Born later than the world champion: 1. Erigaisi 2797 2. Gukesh 2794 3. Abdusattorov 2783 4. Firouzja 2767 5. Wei 2763 6. So 2751 7. Praggnanandhaa 2746 8. Duda 2740 9. Niemann 2733 10. Giri 2728 Nuclear powers: 1. Nakamura 2802 2. Erigaisi 2797 3. Caruana 2796 4. Gukesh 2794 5. Firouzja 2767 6. Wei 2763 7. Nepomniachtchi 2755 8-9. So 2751 8-9. Anand 2751 10. Praggnanandgaa 2746 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2751 2. Dominguez 2741 3. Aronian 2738 4. Svidler 2698 5. Grischuk 2689 6. Kasimdzhanov 2685 7. Eljanov 2672 8. Leko 2666 9. Adams 2662 10-11. Bacrot 2658 10-11. Gelfand 2658

Nov-01-24		alexmagnus: November: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2763 2. Duda 2740 3. Vachier-Lagrave 2737 4-5. Keymer 2733 4-5. Giri 2733 6. Rapport 2721 7. Topalov 2717 8. Fedoseev 2712 9-10. Deac 2687 9-10. Van Foreest 2687 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2777 2. Nepomniachtchi 2755 3. Mamedyarov 2738 4. Artemiev 2701 5. Radjabov 2698 6. Dubov 2693 7. Grischuk 2689 8. Kasimdzhanov 2685 9. Sindarov 2682 10. Vokhidov 2681 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2805 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2799 4. Gukesh 2783 5. Anand 2750 6. So 2747 7. Dominguez 2741 8-9. Aronian 2739 8-9. Vidit 2739 10. Praggnanadhaa 2737 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2799 2. Gukesh 2783 3. Abdusattorov 2777 4. Wei 2753 5. Anand 2750 6-7. Vidit 2739 6-7. Le 2739 8. Praggnanandhaa 2737 9. Ding 2728 10. Yu 2724 Born later than the world champion: 1. Erigaisi 2799 2. Gukesh 2783 3. Abdusattorov 2777 4. Firouzja 2763 5. Wei 2753 6. So 2747 7. Duda 2740 8. Vidit 2739 9. Praggnanandhaa 2737 10. Niemann 2734 Nuclear Powers: 1. Caruana 2805 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2799 4. Gukesh 2783 5. Firouzja 2763 6. Nepomniachtchi 2755 7. Wei 2753 8. Anand 2750 9. So 2747 10. Dominguez 2741 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2750 2. Dominguez 2741 3. Aronian 2739 4. Topalov 2717 5. Svidler 2698 6. Grischuk 2689 7. Kasimdzhanov 2685 8. Eljanov 2672 9. Leko 2666 10. Adams 2662

Nov-26-24		alexmagnus: My word to all those "Carlsen is the real world champion" type of fans: you know who you remind me of? Those who considered Fischer "the real world champion" in the late 1970s and early 1980s. What did become of those types? Nothing, today nobody doubts Fischer's reign ended in 1975. Same with the current situation, regardless of how the Ding-Gukesh match ends. Carlsen is not the world champion - not "real", not "virtual", whatever. You cannot be a world champion if you don't play world championships. History will forget this pseudo-title just as it forgot Fischer's post-1975 pseudo-title. And I'm saying that as a Carlsen fan.

Dec-02-24		alexmagnus: December: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2763 2. Duda 2740 3-4. Giri 2733 3-4. Keymer 2733 5. Vachier-Lagrave 2731 6. Rapport 2721 7. Topalov 2717 8. Fedoseev 2709 9. Deac 2696 10. Van Foreest 2677 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2777 2. Nepomniachtchi 2755 3. Mamedyarov 2738 4. Artemiev 2701 5. Radjabov 2698 6. Dubov 2693 7. Grischuk 2689 8. Kasimdzhanov 2685 9. Sindarov 2682 10. Vokhidov 2681 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2805 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2801 4. Gukesh 2783 5. Anand 2750 6-7. Aronian 2747 6-7. So 2747 8. Dominguez 2741 9. Praggnanandhaa 2737 10. Niemann 2734 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2801 2. Gukesh 2783 3. Abdusattorov 2777 4. Wei 2753 5. Anand 2750 6. Le 2739 7. Praggnanandhaa 2737 8. Ding 2728 9. Vidit 2727 10. Yu 2724 Born later than the world champion: 1. Erigaisi 2801 2. Gukesh 2783 3. Abdusattorov 2777 4. Firouzja 2763 5. Wei 2753 6. So 2747 7. Duda 2740 8. Praggnanandhaa 2737 9. Niemann 2734 10-11. Giri 2733 10-11. Keymer 2733 Nuclear powers: 1. Caruana 2805 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2801 4. Gukesh 2783 5. Firouzja 2763 6. Nepomniachtchi 2755 7. Wei 2753 8. Anand 2750 9-10. Aronian 2747 9-10. So 2747 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2750 2. Aronian 2747 3. Dominguez 2741 4. Topalov 2717 5. Svidler 2698 6. Grischuk 2689 7. Kasimdzhanov 2685 8. Eljanov 2667 9. Leko 2666 10. Adams 2662

Jan-02-25		alexmagnus: January 2025: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2763 2. Duda 2740 3-4. Vachier-Lagrave 2733 3-4. Keymer 2733 5. Giri 2731 6. Rapport 2721 7-8. Fedoseev 2717 7-8. Topalov 2717 9. Deac 2696 10. Van Foreest 2680 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2768 2. Nepomniachtchi 2754 3. Mamedyarov 2732 4. Dubov 2701 5. Radjabov 2698 6. Sindarov 2692 7. Artemiev 2691 8. Grischuk 2687 9. Kasimdzhanov 2683 10. Vokhidov 2670 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2803 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2801 4. Gukesh 2777 5. Anand 2750 6-7. Aronian 2747 6-7. So 2747 8-9. Praggnanandhaa 2741 8-9. Dominguez 2741 10. Niemann 2734 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2801 2. Gukesh 2777 3. Abdusattorov 2768 4. Wei 2751 5. Anand 2750 6. Praggnanandhaa 2741 7. Le 2739 8. Ding 2734 9. Aravindh 2726 10. Vidit 2721 Born later than the world champion: 1. Murzin 2657 2. Gurel 2624 3. Pranav 2615 4. Daneshvar 2604 5. Mishra 2600 6. Erdogmus 2599 7. Yoo 2588 8. Pranesh 2586 9. Maurizzi 2579 10. Lazavik 2578 Nuclear powers: 1. Caruana 2803 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2801 4. Gukesh 2777 5. Firouzja 2763 6. Nepomniachtchi 2754 7. Wei 2751 8. Anand 2750 9-10. Aronian 2747 9-10. So 2747 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2750 2. Aronian 2747 3. Dominguez 2741 4. Mamedyarov 2732 5. Topalov 2717 6. Svidler 2698 7. Grischuk 2687 8. Bu 2684 9. Kasimdzhanov 2683 10. Navara 2671

Jan-31-25		beatgiant: After a long hiatus, I'll post Feb 2025 versions of a few of my traditional lists (but won't be able to do so every month). Latin America: 1 Martinez Alcantara 2606 2. Henriquez Villagra 2597 3. Leitao 2596 4. Meier 2595 5. Cori 2593 6. Mareco 2591 7. Albornoz Cabrera 2575 8-9. Bachmann 2570 8-9. Quesada Perez, Y. 2570 10. Bacallao Alonso 2564 Middle East 1. Maghsoodloo 2680 2. Amin 2654 3. Gelfand 2649 4-5. Salem 2631 4-5. Rodshtein 2631 6. Gurel 2624 7. Idani 2616 8. Nabati 2613 9. Daneshvar 2604 10. Erdogmus 2599 Nordic/Baltic 1. Carlsen 2833 2. Christiansen 2658 3. Grandelius 2644 4. Bjerre 2640 5. Tari 2621 6. Nielsen 2620 7. Hammer 2604 8. Nyback 2589 9. Andersen 2594 10. Laurusas 2578 Balkans: 1. Fedoseev 2724 2. Topalov 2717 3. Sarana 2672 4. Saric 2661 5. Indjic 2650 6. Cheparinov 2646 7-8. Predke 2630 7-8. Naiditsch 2630 9-10. Lenic 2626 9-10. Papaioannou 2626 Rest of World: 1. Svidler 2696 2-3. Esipenko 2695 2-3. Andreikin 2695 4. Murzin 2657 5. Malakhov 2642 6. Najer 2637 7. Paravyan 2621 8. Nesterov 2591 9. Lysyj 2586 10. Rakhmanov 2585

Jan-31-25		beatgiant: The most notable point by far is that my "rest of world" list has filled up with Russian players whose federation is now listed as FIDE, I think mostly due to the sports sanctions for the invasion. But I do see a few players on the FIDE ratings still listed under Russia (Nepomniachtchi, Dubov, Artemiev, Grischuk etc.). Can anyone explain how the national designation is applied for Russians on the FIDE list? To be consistent with my previous lists, I'd want to treat the actual displaced persons as "rest of world" but those still living in Russia as Russians.

Jan-31-25		beatgiant: The other notable thing is that Latin America seems to have dropped a lot since the last time I did this. Part of it is Cori's performance tapering off in the last few years, and part of it may be top players moving out of the region (usually Cubans to the US and others to Spain). But I haven't taken time to track all those changes in detail.

Jan-31-25		beatgiant: On the Russia/Rest of World question, the only one I could quickly confirm has left is Andreikin, now in N. Macedonia. Based on that, here's a second attempt at a Rest of World list. As always, I welcome any possible corrections. 1. Andreikin 2695 2. Milov 2582 3. Kovalev 2557 4. Bogner 2540 5. Fontaine 2529 6. Pelletier 2526 7. Hamdouchi 2525 8. Peng 2512 9. Henderson de la Fuente 2510 10. Georgiadis 2506

Jan-31-25		beatgiant: For my novelty list this month, I decided to go with "born in February." This was more work than I expected, because the FIDE profiles only show year of birth. So it's highly likely I missed a few other top examples. If anyone comes up with any, please post the correction! 1. Fedoseev 2724 Feb. 16 2. Andreikin 2695 Feb. 5 3. Vitiugov 2670 Feb. 4 4. Tabatabaei 2666 Feb. 5 5. Yuffa 2654 Feb. 25 6. Puranik 2636 Feb. 11 7. Hou 2633 Feb. 27 8. Nguyen, N. 2632 Feb. 23 9. Narayanan 2622 Feb. 14 10. Durarbayli 2614 Feb. 24

Jan-31-25		beatgiant: Doing the "born in February" list made me notice that I missed Tabatabaei on my Middle East list above. He should be #2 at 2666 and everyone below him moved down a rank.

Feb-02-25		alexmagnus: February: European Union: 1. Firouzja 2760 2. Duda 2739 3. Keymer 2731 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2729 5. Giri 2728 6. Fedoseev 2724 7. Rapport 2718 8. Topalov 2717 9. Deac 2692 10. Van Foreest 2688 Former Soviet Union: 1. Abdusattorov 2766 2. Nepomniachtchi 2754 3. Mamedyarov 2731 4. Dubov 2701 5. Sindarov 2700 6. Radjabov 2798 7. Artemiev 2691 8. Grischuk 2687 9. Kasimdzhanov 2681 10. Vokhidov 2670 Former British Empire: 1. Caruana 2803 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2801 4. Gukesh 2777 5. Anand 2750 6. So 2747 7. Aronian 2745 8-9. Dominguez 2741 8-9. Praggnanandhaa 2741 10. Niemann 2734 Asia: 1. Erigaisi 2801 2. Gukesh 2777 3. Abdusattorov 2766 4. Wei 2755 5. Anand 2750 6. Praggnanandhaa 2741 7. Le 2739 8. Ding 2734 9. Aravindh 2729 10. Vidit 2721 Born later than the world champion: 1. Murzin 2657 2. Gurel 2624 3. Pranav 2615 4. Daneshvar 2604 5. Mishra 2600 6. Erdogmus 2599 7. Yoo 2588 8. Pranesh 2586 9. Maurizzi 2581 10. Lazavik 2572 Nuclear powers: 1. Caruana 2803 2. Nakamura 2802 3. Erigaisi 2801 4. Gukesh 2777 5. Firouzja 2760 6. Wei 2755 7. Nepomniachtchi 2754 8. Anand 2750 9. So 2747 10. Aronian 2745 Old Guard: 1. Anand 2750 2. Aronian 2745 3. Dominguez 2741 4. Mamedyarov 2731 5. Topalov 2717 6. Svidler 2696 7. Grischuk 2687 8. Bu 2684 9. Kasimdzhanov 2681 10. Navara 2677

Feb-02-25		beatgiant: Given the inconsistent federation designation of Russians on the FIDE list, I decided to make a new list of "Russians in Limbo." This is defined as Russians with federation listed as FIDE but still in Russia (so not eligible for either <alexmagnus>'s Former Soviet Union or my Rest of World list). Again, I welcome any corrections or further info about the Russian players and how FIDE is listing them. 1. Svidler 2696 2. Esipenko 2695 3. Murzin 2657 4. Malakhov 2642 5. Najer 2637 6. Paravyan 2621 7. Nesterov 2591 8. Lysyj 2586 9. Rakhmanov 2585 10. Khanin 2576

Feb-06-25		beatgiant: I now return to a discussion of the top elders. For the moment, I'll go with "golden oldies" as the name for them. The last time I discussed these, I estimated the effect of aging for golden oldies is a rating drop of about 20 elo per year. I also set the par for a remarkably strong oldie at 2600 at age 65. I'll continue with those numbers for this month's list. But, it's not clear this model works well for extremely old players. For example, at age 95 the par adjustment is 600 elo. While playing at a Class A level at age 95 is notable, I'm not sure it makes sense to rank such a player alongside grandmasters. For this reason, I'll post a separate list of the nonagenarians and centenarians who I think are remarkably strong for their age, but without the par calculation.

Feb-06-25		beatgiant: Sensational Centenarians Eligibility: Listed as active, born 1925 or earlier and at least 1700 rating. Order is by year born and then by rating. 1. Alvarez Escudero, b. 1921, 1741 2. St.-Pierre, b. 1925, 1831 3. Liard, b. 1925, 1823 4. Cloutier, b. 1925, 1778. Honorable mention: Saeb, b. 1921, 1648, but 1762 (rapid) and 1728 (blitz).

Feb-06-25		beatgiant: Nonpareil Ninety-fivers Eligibility: Listed as active, born 1926-1930 and at least 1900 rating. Order is by year born and then rating. 1. Kripp, b. 1929, 1963 Kripp also is the earliest born player whose rating is higher than his year of birth.

Feb-06-25		beatgiant: From the 1930's we start to see titled players, which is a useful check to calibrate the model. Following I list the oldest active player to hold each title. GM: Hecht, b. 1939, 2292 IM: Vergara Duplaquet, b. 1938, 1939 WGM: Bellin, b. 1947, 1942 WIM: Teasley, b. 1941, 1922 FM: Rosen, b. 1933, 2110 WFM: Dotan, b. 1941, 1848; Goncharova, b. 1941, 1816 CM: Egan, b. 1937, 1616 WCM: Norman, b. 1946, 1797 Looking at numbers like these, one gains a new appreciation of players like Kripp, who is over 95 and rated above an IM about a decade younger. My conclusion is that 20 elo per year above age 65 is no overestimate.

Feb-06-25		beatgiant: Now, I'll do an example calculation of my "golden oldie index." I hope this will help those who didn't see my explanation a few years back, and more importantly it will help myself to make sure I get it right and also give plenty of chance for other kibitzers to spot and correct any mistakes. Let's consider Timman. He was born in 1951. We take 1960 as our base year, since that is 65 years ago. Timman's birth year is 9 years before that, so his par rating is 2600 - (9*20) = 2420. His actual rating is 2534, which is 2534 - 2420 = 114 above par. We convert this to years using our 20 points a year, and this gives 114/20 = 5.7. The intended interpretation is, "Timman is playing at a level 5.7 years younger than his age." In my following list, I will give name, year born, actual rating, par rating, and "years younger than age" calculation.

Feb-10-25		beatgiant: And here's the list. Accuracy/completeness far from guaranteed! I wasn't quite ready to put in the work to automate the process, but it's also a lot of work by hand. Golden Oldies Eligibility: Listed as active, born 1960 or earlier, and rating is "above par for age." Ordered by "years younger than age." (Where par and years younger are as defined in kibitzes above.) 1. FM Afromeev, b. 1954, 2603 (par 2480), 123/20 = 6.15 yrs 2. GM Timman, b. 1951, 2534 (par 2420), 114/20 = 5.7 yrs 3. GM Hecht, b. 1939, 2292 (par 2180), 112/20 = 5.6 yrs 4. FM Brostrom, b. 1942, 2329 (par 2240), 89/20 = 4.45 yrs 5. GM Vukic, b. 1942, 2326 (par 2240), 86/20 = 4.3 yrs 6. Tauber, b. 1940, 2273 (par 2200), 73/20 = 3.65 yrs 7. GM Vaisser, b. 1949, 2452 (par 2380), 72/20 = 3.6 yrs 8. GM Murey, b. 1941, 2282 (par 2220), 62/20 = 3.1 yrs 9. FM Haakert, b. 1941, 2280 (par 2220), 60/20 = 3 yrs 10. FM Lee, b. 1943, 2319 (par 2260), 59/20 = 2.95 yrs 11. GM Christiansen, b. 1956, 2571 (par 2520), 51/20 = 2.55 yrs 12. FM Rosen, b. 1933, 2110 (par 2060), 50/20 = 2.5 yrs 13. GM Vaganian, b. 1950, 2449 (par 2400), 49/20 = 2.45 yrs 14. GM Kurajica, b. 1947, 2386 (par 2340), 46/20 = 2.3 yrs 15. IM Bhend, b. 1931, 2065 (par 2020) 45/20 = 2.25 yrs 16. GM Hort, b. 1944, 2315 (par 2280), 35/20 = 1.75 yrs 17. GM Nunn, b. 1955, 2533 (par 2500), 33/20 = 1.65 yrs 18. IM Donchenko, b. 1940, 2232 (par 2200), 32/20 = 1.6 yrs 19. Bikmukhametov, b. 1937 2188 (par 2160), 28/20 = 1.4 yrs 20. GM Jansa, b. 1942, 2267 (par 2240), 27/20 = 1.35 yrs 21. IM Bangiev, b. 1946, 2346 (par 2320), 26/20 = 1.3 yrs 22. IM Antunac, b. 1945, 2321 (par 2300), 21/20 = 1.05 yrs 23. IM Klundt, b. 1941, 2238 (par 2220), 18/20 = 0.9 yrs 24. GM Torre, b. 1951, 2417 (par 2400), 17/20 = 0.85 yrs 25. GM Beliavsky, b. 1953, 2474 (par 2460), 14/20 = 0.7 yrs 27-28. IM Marangunic, b. 1943, 2264 (par 2260), 4/20 0.2 yrs 27-28. GM Knaak, b. 1953, 2464 (par 2460), 4/20 0.2 yrs

Feb-10-25		beatgiant: Almost all the Golden Oldies are titled players, a good validation for the method. The exceptions are Tauber and Bikmukhametov. Does anyone have any idea who they are?

Feb-11-25		beatgiant: I see a mistake in my list on GM Torre. He's performing very close to par (actual 2417, par 2420).

Feb-21-25		beatgiant: Also my numbering is off at the end. Here's a corrected bottom of the list. 23. IM Klundt, b. 1941, 2238 (par 2220), 18/20 = 0.9 yrs 24. GM Beliavsky, b. 1953, 2474 (par 2460), 14/20 = 0.7 yrs 25-26. IM Marangunic, b. 1943, 2264 (par 2260), 4/20 0.2 yrs 25-26. GM Knaak, b. 1953, 2464 (par 2460), 4/20 0.2 yrs

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