Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

[Wayne Komer]

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 28, 2017

From Leonard Barden today:

Second youngest GM in chess history this afternoon?

Oct 28, 2017

Nodibirek Abdusattorov, born 1 December 2004, already has GM norms from St Petersburg 2016 and Abu Dhabi 2017.

After seven of the nine rounds in the current Tchigorin Memorial at St Petersburg, the Uzbek 12-year-old has 5.5/7 with a TPR of 2657. It was as high as 2799 before he lost in round 7.

He will be White this afternoon against GM Artyom Timofeev (2549). He needs at most 1/2 so a win today will clinch the title.

At 12.10, he would be the second youngest GM in chess history after Sergey Karjakin (12.7) and ahead of Negi and Carlsen who were both 13.

Abdusattorov has a very mature and patient style a la Karpov/Carlsen, and impresses me more at the moment than his rival Praggnanandhaa, who still has five months to break Karjakin's record but as yet has no GM norms.

https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic...207919#p207919

On ChessBase, Frederic Friedel has photos of the young man, lots of statistics and a story:

Will 12-year-old Abdusattorov make GM?

by Frederic Friedel

http://en.chessbase.com/post/suspens...ake-it#discuss

He is twelve years ten months and 28 days old today. His current rating is two points shy of 2500, and he is today playing in round eight of the Chigorin Memorial tournament in St. Petersburg (with white against GM Artyom Timofeev, rated 2549). Watch it happen (or not) live in our Playchess broadcast.

He has been mentioned in ChessTalk the past few years:

http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthrea...t=abdusattorov

http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthrea...rov#post100566

http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthrea...orov#post82424

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: To find a broadcast of the game!

[Sam Sharpe]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Here you go... https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2017...imofeev_Artyom

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 28, 2017

All the other top games in the Tchigorin are being transmitted on chessbomb but not that one.
Nor is it at the official site:

http://en.spbchesstournaments.com/me...rtii-live.html

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 28, 2017

All the other top games in the Tchigorin are being transmitted on chessbomb but not that one.
Nor is it at the official site:

http://en.spbchesstournaments.com/me...rtii-live.html

They transmit only 11 games, Abdusattorov plays on board 12.

[Tom O'Donnell]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

12 37 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2498 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2549 21

http://chess-results.com/tnr306753.a...=2&rd=8&wi=821

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 28, 2017

Leonard Barden - He has drawn, so needs a draw as Black tomorrow against 2622-rated Evgeny Alekseev for the title. Not easy.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 28, 2017

The seven Chigorin Memorial 2017 games at this moment available

Chigorin Memorial 2017
St. Petersburg
Round 1, Oct. 21, 2017
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498) - Ismagilov, Damir (2058)
B22 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.f3 Bh5 15.Qd2 Bg6 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Bh4 Rd7 18.Bg3 Qc5 19.Bf2 Rfd8 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.c3 dxc3 22.Qxd7 Qe5 23.Qxd8+ Nxd8 24.Rxd8+ Kh7 25.Nxc3 Nh5 26.Re1 Qa5 27.Rd5 Qc7 28.g3 Qc6 29.Kg2 Nf6 30.Rc5 Qd7 31.Ne4 b6 32.Re5 Nd5 33.Rd1 Nf4+ 34.gxf4 Qxd1 35.Ng5+ Kh6 36.Re8 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 22, 2017
Tugarin, Anton (2251) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498)
E00 Catalan Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Bg2 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.c5 Be7 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Rfe1 a5 17.a3 Qc7 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Ba6 20.h4 a4 21.Rc1 Bb5 22.cxb6 Qxb6 23.Qc5 Qa6 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Bd2 Bc4 26.Bb4 Rfc8 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Bxd6 h5 29.Re3 Bb3 30.Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.Rc3 Bc4 32.Re3 Kh7 33.Kg2 Kg6 34.Bb4 Re8 35.Bc3 f6 36.Kh2 Bb3 37.Kg2 Bc2 38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Kg1 Be4 40.f3 Bc2 41.Kf2 Kg6 42.f4 Kf5 43.Kf3 Rc8 44.Kf2 Be4 45.Re1 Rc4 46.Rd1 Kg4 47.Rd2 Rc7 48.Rd1 g5 49.hxg5 fxg5 50.fxg5 Rf7+ 51.Kg1 Kxg3 52.Rf1 Rg7 53.Be1+ Kh3 54.Rf4 Rxg5+ 55.Kf2 Rg2+ 56.Ke3 Rxb2 57.Rh4+ Kg2 58.Bb4 Rb3+ 59.Kf4 Rxb4 0-1

Round 3, Oct. 23, 2017
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498) – Belenkaya, Dina (2346)
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.c4 O-O 15.Ne4 Rad8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qa3 Qc7 18.g4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Rfe8 21.Qe3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qe7 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Re1 Bf6 25.Qxa7 Qd7 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Nd2 Qe2 28.Kc1 Qxg4 29.Qa8+ Kh7 30.Qxb7 Qd4 31.Qxf7 Qxb2+ 32.Kd1 Qa1+ 33.Ke2 Qxa2 34.Qd7 Kh8 35.f4 c5 36.Kf3 Bd4 37.Qe8+ Kh7 38.Qe2 Kh8 39.Ne4 Qb3+ 40.Kg4 Qb7 41.Ng3 Qd7+ 42.Kf3 Bf6 43.Kg2 Bh4 44.Nf1 Qd4 45.Kf3 Qd7 46.Ne3 Qh3+ 47.Ke4 Qh1+ 48.Kf5 Bf6 49.Nd5 Qh3+ 50.Kg6 Qd7 51.Nxf6 gxf6 52.Kxf6 Qd6+ 53.Kf5 Qf8+ 54.Kg4 Qg7+ 55.Kf3 Qc3+ 56.Ke4 Qf6 57.Kd5 Qf7+ 58.Kxc5 Qxf4 59.Kd5 Qf7+ 60.Kd4 Qd7+ 61.Kc3 Qg7+ 62.Kc2 Qf6 63.Qd3 Qf2+ 64.Kc3 Qe1+ 65.Kb3 Qe5 66.Qc3 Qxc3+ 67.Kxc3 Kg7 68.Kb4 Kf6 69.Kb5 Ke7 70.Kc6 Kd8 71.Kb7 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 24, 2017
Sethuraman, S.P. (2632) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498)
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Ng4 12.c4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qb8 14.Qb3 Rf6 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Rfe1 Nd8 17.c5 dxc5 18.Nxe5 Qd6 19.Nef3 Rf8 20.Qc2 Nb7 21.e5 Qd5 22.Ne4 Rad8 23.Rcd1 Na5 24.Nc3 Qd7 25.Qf2 Qe8 26.Qg3 Qh5 27.Ne4 Nb3 28.Qf2 Qg6 29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Rd5 31.Nc3 Rd7 32.Kf2 c6 33.Ke2 Rfd8 34.Ne4 Rd5 35.g4 h6 36.Rh1 a5 37.Nc3 R5d7 38.Ne4 Rd5 39.a4 Rb8 40.g5 hxg5 41.Rh5 Kf7 42.g4 Rf8 43.Nfxg5+ Bxg5 44.Rxg5 Kg8 45.Rh1 c4 46.dxc4 bxc4 47.Rgh5 Kf7 48.Rg5 Kg8 49.Rgh5 Kf7 50.Nd6+ Kg6 51.Ne4 Kf7 52.g5 Kg6 53.Rh8 Nc1+ 54.Ke1 Nd3+ 55.Ke2 Rxh8 56.Rxh8 Rxe5 57.Kf3 Nxb2 58.Rc8 Nxa4 59.Rxc6 Nb2 60.Nc5 Kf7 61.Rc7+ Ke8 62.Ne4 g6 63.Rb7 Nd3 64.Nd6+ Kf8 65.Nxc4 Rxg5 66.Ke2 Rd5 67.Ra7 Nc1+ 68.Kf3 Nb3 69.e4 Rc5 70.Nb6 Rb5 71.Nd7+ Ke7 72.e5 Nd4+ 73.Kf4 Nc6 74.Rc7 Kd8 75.Rxc6 Kxd7 76.Rd6+ Ke7 77.Ra6 g5+ 78.Kxg5 Rxe5+ 79.Kf4 Rb5 80.Ke4 Kf6 81.Ra8 Rb4+ 82.Ke3 a4 83.Ra5 Rh4 84.Kf2 e5 85.Ra8 Kf5 86.Ke3 Rh3+ 87.Kd2 a3 88.Ra4 a2 0-1

Round 5, Oct. 25, 2017
Voroblov, Evgeny (2555) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498)
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qe1 e5 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 O-O 11.Na3 Re8 12.Nh4 Qc7 13.Nc4 Bf8 14.Bd2 Re6 15.a5 Rd8 16.Nf5 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.b3 Qb7 19.Kh2 b5 20.Nce3 Ree8 21.Bc3 Nc5 22.f3 Bg6 23.Nh4 Qb8 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qa1 Nd4 28.Rd1 Bc5 29.Rd3 Nh5 30.Qd1 f5 31.Nf1 f4 32.g4 Nf6 33.b4 Ba7 34.Nd2 Qb6 35.Nb3 Kh7 36.Bxd4 exd4 37.Nc5 Re8 38.Rxd4 Qc7 39.g5 Bxc5 40.bxc5 Nh5 41.h4 Qe5 42.Bh3 Qxc5 43.Kg2 Ra8 44.Be6 Qe5 45.Bf7 Rf8 46.Rd7 Qc5 47.Bb3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Oct. 26, 2017
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498) – Levin, Evgeny (2545)
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Rd7 15.b3 Rad8 16.h3 Qa6 17.Kf1 Qb7 18.Rd3 Kf8 19.Rcd1 Kg8 20.Bd4 Ne8 21.Na4 c5 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Qf3 Nf6 24.Nc3 a6 25.Bg5 Qc8 26.R1d2 h6 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke8 30.Rd1 Kf8 31.Bg3 Ke8 32.Bh4 Qb7 33.Bg3 Qc6 34.Qe2 Kf8 35.f4 Kg8 36.f5 Re8 37.Qf3 Red8 38.Ke2 Qc8 39.Kf1 Qc6 40.Kg1 Qc8 41.Bh4 Qc7 42.Ne2 exf5 43.Qxf5 Qc6 44.e5 Qe4 45.Qxe4 Nxe4 46.Be1 Rb7 47.Ng3 Nxg3 48.Bxg3 Kf8 49.exd6 Bf6 50.Bf2 Ke8 51.Bxc5 Kd7 52.Bd4 Bxd4+ 53.Rxd4 Re8 54.Kf2 a5 55.Re1 Rxe1 56.Kxe1 a4 57.c5 axb3 58.axb3 Rxb3 59.c6+ Kxc6 60.d7 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 27, 2017
Gordievsky, Dmitry (2605) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2498)
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.f3 Be6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.O-O-O+ Ke7 12.Bxc7 Rac8 13.Be5 Rhd8 14.Rxd8 Rxd8 15.Nd1 g5 16.g3 g4 17.f4 Nf6 18.f5 Nxe4 19.fxe6 Kxe6 20.Bc3 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Nf2+ 22.Ke2 Nxh1 23.Be1 h5 24.Bg2 Nxg3+ 25.hxg3 f5 26.Bd2 Bd6 27.Kf2 a6 28.Be3 Kf7 29.Bf4 Bc5+ 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.Kd3 Bg1 32.b4 Bh2 33.Ke3 Bg1+ 34.Ke2 Bh2 35.Kf2 h4 36.b5 axb5 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.Bxb7 b4 39.Ba6 Kf6 40.Bc8 Bxg3+ 41.Bxg3 hxg3+ 42.Kxg3 Ke5 43.Bd7 Ke4 44.Be6 Ke5 45.Bc8 Ke4 46.Kf2 Kf4 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kf2 Kf4 49.Bb7 Kg5 50.Ke3 f4+ 51.Ke4 g3 52.Kd3 Kg4 53.Ke2 Kh3 54.Bf3 Kh2 55.Kf1 Kh3 56.Kg1 Kh4 57.Kg2 Kg5 58.Kf1 Kh4 59.Bg2 Kg5 60.Ke1 Kf5 61.Kd2 Kg5 62.Kd3 Kf5 63.Kd4 Kg5 64.Ke5 Kg4 65.Ke4 Kg5 66.Bf3 Kh4 67.Kxf4 Kh3 68.Ke3 g2 69.Bxg2+ 1-0

[Hal Bond]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

My "Follow Chess" app says Abdusattorov drew his game with Alekseev. Very cool!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 29, 2017

The story so far:

The games of Round 8 of the Chigorin were broadcast but Abdusattorov-Timofeev was not. It was drawn but even now the score is not available.

Round 9 started with Nordibek needing a draw as Black against Alexeev to get his third grandmaster norm.

If he got it, he would be the second youngest ever to get the title, just after Karjakin.

Then there were some questions about his age. Is everyone using the right birthdate?
_________

From the EC Forum today;

Leonard Barden: The ninth and final round, which started three hours earlier than the others, is now in progress and Alexeev v Abdusattorov, with Black needing a draw to become the second youngest GM in chess history, began cautiously. Chessbase, chessbomb and chess 24 have the current position, which remained level nearly two hours into the game. A few moves on, Alekseev has a small edge with good v bad bishop, nothing much yet with queens and rooks on the board, but not nice when Black craves for half a point.

Alekseev at 2622 may not sound great, but his peak was 2725, No19 in the world, and his CV includes the Russian championship, Biel, Aeroflot, 2nd= to Kramnik at Dortmund, and 2nd in the European championship. He is only 31, so it is unclear why his rating has dropped 100 points from its peak.

A few moves further on from the above, and Black has gained control of the open c file with queen and rook to offset his bad bishop. Chesscom says dead level, so looking good for the record.

The game was drawn:

Chigorin Memorial
Round 9, Oct. 29, 2017
Alekseev, Evgeny – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
A13 English Opening

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 c5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Qc2 b6 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.d4 Be6 11.Bd3 h6 12.O-O Nc6 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Qd2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bf6 17.Rac1 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qe7 19.b4 Rc7 20.Ba6 Rd8 21.a3 Qd6 22.Rfd1 Rdd7 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Bb5 Qf8 25.h3 Qc8 26.Be2 Rc1 27.Bf3 Qc3 28.Qxc3 Rxc3 29.Bxd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Rxa3 31.g4 a5 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rd7 Kg8 35.Ra7 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 a4 37.h4 a3 38.h5 g5 39.hxg6 fxg6 40.f4 a2 41.e4 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.e5 h4 44.e6 h3+ 45.Kh2 Kf8 46.f5 Rf1 47.Rxa2 Rxf5 48.Kxh3 Re5 49.Ra6 Ke7 50.Kg4 Rxe6 51.Rxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2
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Leonard Barden (after the game): Seems this nice story might yet unravel somewhat. I took his 1 December birthdate from Wiki and other sources, but there are some places which give 18 September while the Match of the Millennials website, an event played in July, gives him as 13 then. This last would place his title age seriously close to the 13 years 4 months of Negi and Carlsen.
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We await further developments and the publishing of the Round 8 game score!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

October 30, 2017

Update October 30: ChessBase has received a copy of Abdusattorov's passport, which indicates his date of birth as September 18th, 2004.

There was some uncertainly as to Abdusattorov's precise age. We initially reported his 13th birthday to be upcoming on December 1st, but that was not correct. He was born on September 18, 2004. We've updated the table below.

He can safely be said to be the second youngest grandmaster in history, as he is easily beating Parimarjan Negi and Magnus Carlsen. Here's a list of all other players who become grandmasters before they were 15:

No. Player Country Age

1. Sergey Karjakin Ukraine 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
2. Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan 13 years, 1 month, 11 days
3. Parimarjan Negi India 13 years, 4 months, 22 days
4. Magnus Carlsen Norway 13 years, 4 months, 27 days
5. Wei Yi China 13 years, 8 months, 23 days
6. Bu Xiangzhi China 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
7. Samuel Sevian USA 13 years, 10 months, 27 days
8. Richárd Rapport Hungary 13 years, 11 months, 6 days
9. Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
10. Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
11. Awonder Liang USA 14 years, 1 month
12. Wesley So Philippines 14 years, 1 month, 28 days
13. Étienne Bacrot France 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
14. Illya Nyzhnyk Ukraine 14 years, 3 months, 2 days
15. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France 14 years, 4 months
16. Péter Lékó Hungary 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
17. Jorge Cori Peru 14 years, 5 months, 15 days
18. Hou Yifan China 14 years, 6 months, 16 days
19. Jeffery Xiong USA 14 years, 6 months, 25 days
20. Anish Giri Russia 14 years, 7 months, 2 days
21. Yuriy Kuzubov Ukraine 14 years, 7 months, 12 days
22. Bogdan Daniel Deac Romania 14 years, 7 months, 27 days
23. Dariusz Swiercz Poland 14 years, 7 months, 29 days
24. Aryan Chopra India 14 years, 9 months, 3 days
25. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son Vietnam 14 years, 10 months
26. Daniil Dubov Russia 14 years, 11 months, 14 days
27. Ray Robson USA 14 years, 11 months, 16 days
28. Fabiano Caruana Italy 14 years, 11 months, 20 days
29. Yu Yangyi China 14 years, 11 months, 23 days

http://en.chessbase.com/post/suspens...dirbek-make-it

[Hans Jung]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Congratulations to Sergei Karjakhin who still remains the only twelve year old to ever become a grandmaster (almost sixteen years!) I know Bobby Fischer's record as a 15 year old lasted 32 years but these are modern times with computer enhanced training, so much more impressive!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

November 1, 2017

Nodirbek’s Round 8 game has not been published for several days and I feared we would not see it. But now it has been released. Not world-shaking, but for the record.

Chigorin Memorial 2017
St. Petersburg
Round 8, October 28, 2017
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Timofeev, Artyom

B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.O-O Rc8 8.b3 Ne5 9.Ne1 g6 10.Bb2 Bg7 11.f4 Nc6 12.d3 O-O 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Qc1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 16.Kh1 e6 17.Ne2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 f5 19.Rae1 Qf6 20.Qd2 Rce8 21.exf5 exf5 22.d4 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Nc5 24.Nf3 Ne4 25.Qd5+ Qf7 26.Qd4 Qf6 27.Qd5+ Qf7 28.Qd4 Qf6 29.Qd5+ Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Mathieu Cloutier]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Congratulations to Sergei Karjakhin who still remains the only twelve year old to ever become a grandmaster (almost sixteen years!) I know Bobby Fischer's record as a 15 year old lasted 32 years but these are modern times with computer enhanced training, so much more impressive!

Fischer becoming a GM at 15 is more impressive in my opinion. Ratings started to go up in the mid 80s, which means it's much easier to get the GM title nowadays.

Back in Fischer's days, he had to qualify for the candidates tournament to become a GM. Was Karjakin a candidate for the world championship at 15 years of age?

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

Abdusattorov to Join the Elite?

November 1, 2017

The chart given a few postings back did not include those who became grandmasters at 15-years-old.

The following will extend that and include Bobby Fischer:

No Player Nat Years Months Days Born GM

1 Andrei Volokitin - UKR 15 years, 0 months, 22 days 1986 2001
2 Yangyi Yu - CHN 15 years, 0 months, 23 days 1994 2009
3 Koneru Humpy - IND 15 years, 1 month, 27 days 1987 2002
4 Hikaru Nakamura - USA 15 years, 2 months, 19 days 1987 2003
5 Pentala Harikrishna - IND 15 years, 3 months, 5 days 1986 2001
6 Le Quang Liem - VIE 15 years, 3 months, 17 days 1991 2006
7 Yaroslav Zherebukh - UKR 15 years, 3 months, ? days 1993 2008
8 Judit Polgar - HUN 15 years, 4 months, 28 days 1976 1991
9 Alejandro Ramirez - CRI 15 years, 5 months, 14 days 1988 2003
10 Arkadij Naiditsch - GER 15 years, 5 months, ? days 1985 2001
11 Bobby Fischer - USA 15 years, 6 months, 1 day 1943 1958

http://en.chessbase.com/post/daniil-...er-at-fourteen

I agree that using today’s standards for GM qualification that Fischer would have been a grandmaster at a much younger age than 15 years, 6 months.