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FIDE's Top 100 July ratings are now available and I'm happy to report that the world's top junior, Richard Rapport, is officially #17 in the world at 2752, one of 17 players closer to 2800 than 2700. (:
Peter Doggers has a full report on the new July ratings. He ends his report with some amusing chess.com bullet ratings, namely Carlsen at 3275 and Nakamura at 3203! (:
Doggers didn't post the top junior list but I find that list of interest for one particular reason. Razvan Preotu maintains his inclusion at #98 but what caught my attention was that Iran has 6 juniors (4 born this century!) higher rated than Razvan. While Canada is still the stronger chess nation, #33 vs #40, it would appear those days are numbered. ):
The Romanian Chess Federation selected a 16 years IM (he's GM now after achieving his 3rd norm at Zalakaros Chess Festival) to be part of the Olympic Team in Baku. They don't take the player's rating as the main selection criteria (Deac is 9th on the FIDE list)
I'm still puzzled why the CFC selection committee selected a "rusty" GM with 10 games in the last 10 years. So Jack don't be surprised if Iran will surpass Canada in chess in the following years. Like other chess federations they don't rely on "dinosaurs" and encourage the young players to play at international level.
The Romanian Chess Federation selected a 16 years IM (he's GM now after achieving his 3rd norm at Zalakaros Chess Festival) to be part of the Olympic Team in Baku. They don't take the player's rating as the main selection criteria (Deac is 9th on the FIDE list)
I'm still puzzled why the CFC selection committee selected a "rusty" GM with 10 games in the last 10 years. So Jack don't be surprised if Iran will surpass Canada in chess in the following years. Like other chess federations they don't rely on "dinosaurs" and encourage the young players to play at international level.
I couldn't agree with you more, Rene. And I've yet to encounter a single person in the chess community who wouldn't rather see Razvan on that team. Best of 'luck' to Razvan in Philadelphia.
Jack, you missed the humour here..playing KID against a guy who wrote a book on it (knows everything about it) is a scary experience :)
Good luck to Razvan.
Jack, you missed the humour here..playing KID against a guy who wrote a book on it (knows everything about it) is a scary experience :)
Good luck to Razvan.
He run out of luck :(
With few seconds left on his clock he missed the winning 34...Qh3 followed by 35...Bc4
Jack, you missed the humour here..playing KID against a guy who wrote a book on it (knows everything about it) is a scary experience :)
Good luck to Razvan.
14/15 year old (depending on his 2001 birthday) IM Ruifeng Li is not afraid, Nikolay. Of course, he's playing Kamsky not Bologan. (:
And he's well on his way to another GM norm at this World Open with 5.5/7 and a TPR well above 2600. Ruifeng must love Philadelphia since he's yet to lose a single game there in 16 games despite playing 7 GMs. And with a FIDE rating of 2529 (and rapidly rising) he won't have to wait for his GM title once he secures all 3 norms.
Ruifeng must love Philadelphia since he's yet to lose a single game there in 16 games despite playing 7 GMs.
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Not anymore. He got very unlucky pairings in the last round (paired against GM Victor Bologan who needed a win to recover from the round 8 lost game). The game was a very interesting Scheveningen Sicilian with Keres Attack.
The Romanian Chess Federation selected a 16 years IM (he's GM now after achieving his 3rd norm at Zalakaros Chess Festival) to be part of the Olympic Team in Baku. They don't take the player's rating as the main selection criteria (Deac is 9th on the FIDE list)
I'm still puzzled why the CFC selection committee selected a "rusty" GM with 10 games in the last 10 years. So Jack don't be surprised if Iran will surpass Canada in chess in the following years. Like other chess federations they don't rely on "dinosaurs" and encourage the young players to play at international level.
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