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An interesting article appeared on the FIDE site today (FIDE.com)
Here is the Top 10 Open January 01, 2001:
1. Garry Kasparov (RUS) 2849, Age 38
2. Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2790, Age 32
3. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, 2772, Age 26
4. Michael Adams (ENG) 2746, Age 30
5. Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2745, Age 24
6. Peter Leko (HUN) 2745, Age 22
7. Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2718, Age 29
8. Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2718, Age 26
9. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2717, Age 32
10. Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2712, Age 33
The average age (how old a player became in a particular year) was 29,2 years, whereas an average rating – 2751. Only 12 players had rating 2700+ back then, i.e. the TOP 10 plus Evgeny Bareev (RUS, 2709) and Loek Van Wely (NED, 2700).
Although active professional life in chess lasts longer compared to other sports, none of the players from this top appeared on the same list on April 1, 2020.
Top 10 Open April 1, 2020
1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2863, Age 30
2. Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2835, Age 28
3. Liren Ding (CHN) 2791, Age 28
4. Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2784, Age 30
5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2778, Age 30
6. Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2777, Age 37
7. Levon Aronian (ARM) 2773, Age 38
8. Wesley So (USA) 2770, Age 27
9. Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2765, Age 33
10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2764, Age 35
10. Anish Giri (NED) 2764, Age 26
At present, the average rating is 2788 which is 37 points higher than 20 years ago. The percentage difference is small (only 1,3%) especially considering the inflation of ratings. Moreover, three people from the 2001 list would be in the current top with Kasparov comfortably sitting on the second position. Despite the persistent feeling of young stars breaking into the chess elite, the average age in the current top 10 is 31.1 years – almost two years higher than in 2001. Why is that? You will find out a little bit later.
You can see the whole article at
https://fide.com/news/495
Here is the Top 10 Open January 01, 2001:
1. Garry Kasparov (RUS) 2849, Age 38
2. Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2790, Age 32
3. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, 2772, Age 26
4. Michael Adams (ENG) 2746, Age 30
5. Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2745, Age 24
6. Peter Leko (HUN) 2745, Age 22
7. Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2718, Age 29
8. Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2718, Age 26
9. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2717, Age 32
10. Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2712, Age 33
The average age (how old a player became in a particular year) was 29,2 years, whereas an average rating – 2751. Only 12 players had rating 2700+ back then, i.e. the TOP 10 plus Evgeny Bareev (RUS, 2709) and Loek Van Wely (NED, 2700).
Although active professional life in chess lasts longer compared to other sports, none of the players from this top appeared on the same list on April 1, 2020.
Top 10 Open April 1, 2020
1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2863, Age 30
2. Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2835, Age 28
3. Liren Ding (CHN) 2791, Age 28
4. Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2784, Age 30
5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2778, Age 30
6. Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2777, Age 37
7. Levon Aronian (ARM) 2773, Age 38
8. Wesley So (USA) 2770, Age 27
9. Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2765, Age 33
10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2764, Age 35
10. Anish Giri (NED) 2764, Age 26
At present, the average rating is 2788 which is 37 points higher than 20 years ago. The percentage difference is small (only 1,3%) especially considering the inflation of ratings. Moreover, three people from the 2001 list would be in the current top with Kasparov comfortably sitting on the second position. Despite the persistent feeling of young stars breaking into the chess elite, the average age in the current top 10 is 31.1 years – almost two years higher than in 2001. Why is that? You will find out a little bit later.
You can see the whole article at
https://fide.com/news/495