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alexmagnus
Member since Dec-06-04 · Last seen Oct-31-25
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 (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
alexmagnus: <There is nothing sacred or romantic about it.> It's a game, not a religion nor a love affair.
 
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Dec-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: I know that that's just a figure of speech. But I hate figures of speech having no real background. Or can you explain why exactly a hedgehog was chosen as an allegedly stupid animal? Hehe. Since we know that humans have a worse short-term memory than chimps, I wouldn't bet on hedgehog's stupidity ;).

Btw why stupid? I don't see any signs of stupidity in my posts. As I said, some of my arguments may look absurd to you, but absurd and stupid are two completely different concepts. What first looks absurd may in reality be just paradox or even completely logical... While stupidity lies beyond any logic.

Dec-28-08  slomarko: i don't care too much what figures of speech you hate thats your problem. your posts aren't just absurd sometimes they are plain stupid.
Dec-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Nothing stupid in them. I don't say I never did stupid things but I'm quite sure I never did stupid kibitzing on chessgames.com ;)
Dec-28-08  angslo: WOW!

<alexmagnus> +3

I am so impressed with your so calm, collected way of presenting such clear thoughts , <alex> :)

As you might know (like many others at cg.com), I am sick of slomarko polluting Carlsen page every now and then with his silly and empty insults - insults just for the sake of insult

and at such times, I find myself thinking "if this fool slomarko can't live without hurling insults, i wish he takes his stupid insults somewhere else and spares Carlsen page - this disgusting freeloader slomarko is spoiling carlsen page for paying customers like me"

So, how about, if next time slomarko starts insulting you on carlsen page (or somewhere else) and I am around, I comment on his stupid insults in your forum again !

are you ok with this idea, friend?

thanks <alex> :)

Dec-28-08  slomarko: <angslo> you are a jerk.
Dec-28-08  angslo: <slomarko: <angslo> you are a jerk.>

danielpi was right about you slomarko - you are cockroach, sewer rat, village idiot of this site . disgusting troll and spammer. stop hurling your stupid, silly , empty insults on nice , civil users like <alexmagnus>

but on the other hand, perhaps you can't help it because AS I SAID BEFORE <IT IS NEITHER YOUR HOBBY NOR HABIT... IT IS YOUR DISEASE>;)

HEHEHE LOL
HAHAHAHAHAHA

Dec-28-08  slomarko: <HEHEHE LOL
HAHAHAHAHAHA>

time to take the pill.

Dec-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <slo> i guess when you play chess you have an insult in you head while making each new move :)
Dec-28-08  angslo: <slomarko: <HEHEHE LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA>

time to take the pill.>
hmm, <alex> says slomarko makes empty insults. Let me see if in the above comment of slomarko there is some thought, some substance or it is empty insult? -

has he said anything about his disease of making empty insults in the above comment - the point which alex and i made.

no he has not. this guy is empty and shallow and stupid that is why he makes empty insults

QED ;)
Alex was right and therefore danielpi was right too : SLOMARKO IS COCKROACH

hehehe lol
hahahaha

Dec-28-08  slomarko: <Let me see if in the above comment of slomarko there is some thought, some substance or it is empty insult?> nope that was a totaly empty insult. to get an insult with some substance you have to earn it.
Dec-28-08  angslo: <slomarko: <Let me see if in the above comment of slomarko there is some thought, some substance or it is empty insult?> nope that was a totaly empty insult. to get an insult with some substance you have to earn it.>

this time some thinking from slomarko- that is a start.

so, in that comment of slomarko , it was empty insult and slomarko thinks it was justified (for the moment we will not worry why it was justified - let's cut some slack to village idiot ;) ).

good point slo . you can think a little. ;)

now, let me give you a little complicated thinking and see are you capable for that too?

so, are you capable to talk to <alexmagnus> on Carlsen page in a civil manner ?

I bet slomarko's thinking is not evolved
to answer this question so his reply will be an empty insult hurled at me.

as danielpi said this guy is a village idiot ;)

hehehe lol
hahahaha

Dec-28-08  slomarko: <as danielpi said this guy is a village idiot ;)>

you are a bit confused: you are the village idiot. the one and only. now tell us about some crap book your read or about some movie. hohohoh hahahhahaha HAHAHAHA LOL

Dec-28-08  slomarko: i predict in his next post <angslo> will tell a dirty lie.
Dec-28-08  angslo: mark my words , <alex>

there is no chance i can lose the bet i talked about in previous post.

i will check back in the evening to make sure if i have won.

have a nice day, <alex> :)

see you later, friend :)

Dec-28-08  slomarko: goodbye <angslo>
Dec-28-08  slomarko: btw <angslo> i forgot to say that by accident i found out that your friend Deepak Chopra wrote a book about Jesus called "Jesus:A Story of Enlightenment". i took a look at the book and i have to say its absolute garbage. the guy thinks that Jesus was some sort of guru. stupid and disgraceful.
Dec-28-08  angslo: what did i tell you, <alex> ;) i won the bet :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR , ALEX :)

Dec-28-08  slomarko: a bet according to village fools: you just declare you are making a bet. hahahaha hehehehe ahahahah LOL
Dec-28-08  angslo: so, as you said <alex> , slo just makes empty insults - no thinking ,no substance.

slo is begging me to play an empty insult match with him but i don't have time for this disgusting fool at the moment. so, i will let him play in your forum - and later if i feel like obliging the village idiot, i will do the favor to this fool by replying his empty insults in my forum.

later.... :)

Dec-28-08  slomarko: more pathological lies by the village fool hahahaha lol
Dec-28-08  Augalv: Regarding <alexmagnus>' posts, I don't think they are stupid. They always seem to be very reasonable and instructive.
Dec-29-08  angslo: <Augalv: Regarding <alexmagnus>' posts, I don't think they are stupid. They always seem to be very reasonable and instructive.>

<augalv> +3

Dec-29-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: It's quite amusing to read a discussion about oneself on one's own forum :) . The main advantage of the Internet, one always gets some feedback, while IRL people rarely show their true emotions.... Paradox, but true: over the internet one shows more of the own person than in real life... Even "faking" is easier in real...
Dec-31-08  angslo: Happy New Year, <Alex> :)
Dec-31-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Thx <angslo>, same 2 u
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