If FIDE hadn't lowered the GM bar

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Re: If FIDE hadn't lowered the GM bar

Post by Chris Goodall » Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:30 pm

2021: Alireza Firouzja, seat 34. World #2. Over Rapport, Wang Hao (retired), Duda.
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Re: If FIDE hadn't lowered the GM bar

Post by Chris Goodall » Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:14 am

2022: Richard Rapport, seat 2 (vacated by his compatriot Pal Benko in 2019). Got to #5 in the world this year, if only briefly. Over Duda, whom he beat in the Candidates.
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Re: If FIDE hadn't lowered the GM bar

Post by Chris Goodall » Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:31 pm

2023: Jan-Krzysztof Duda, seat 8. Over Vidit, Praggnanandhaa, Keymer, Maghsoodloo, Wei. Somewhat slim pickings. We thought that chess was becoming a game for teenagers, but the opposite has happened: Firouzja is the only player born in the 21st century to have ever [~cracked the top 10~] finished a year in the top 10, the average age of which is now well over 30. If the reason is that the kids only care about rapid and blitz, Duda is 4th and 7th respectively at those.
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Re: If FIDE hadn't lowered the GM bar

Post by Paul Cooksey » Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:57 pm

Gukesh was 8th in September

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Re: If FIDE hadn't lowered the GM bar

Post by Chris Goodall » Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:45 pm

I checked everyone above Gukesh 😭
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