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Is this the current top 10 (active) Canadians by FIDE rating - with adjustments made for events which have already taken place? Some have not played the required 20 games - but maybe they will by May 1.
What about inactive players - e.g. Kovalyov, Charbonneau, Lesiege? Would they still be eligible (assuming their ratings are high enough) if they play 20 games by May 1?
1. As you can see, I added 20 points for the winner and 10 points for the runner-up of Canadian Closed - 2023 (Nikolay and Shawn). The same for Women section.
2. I didn't include inactive (by FIDE rules) players as I see their participation as "highly unlikely". Also, if I include all of them, the top-10 list becomes slightly irrelevant. Obviously, if one of them plays 20 games in the next 6 months, he is fully eligible and very welcome to Team Canada.
Olympiads don't interest me much any more, I thought they were very interesting when it was East vs West. The fall of the Soviet Union , which more or less coincided with the onset of the information age, changed everything. The talent is spread out among many countries, so you don't really have the big rivalries against the Sovietskis, which made things much more interesting for me.
Actually, now Olympiads are more competitive and without clear favorite. As you probably know, USSR absolutely dominated chess Olympiads and lost gold medal only once - in 1978, without 2 their best players that time (Karpov and Tal).
About long term rivalries - I expect it between USA and India, while China also has some chances. But the gap is much smaller compare to Cold War period.
Actually, now Olympiads are more competitive and without clear favorite. As you probably know, USSR absolutely dominated chess Olympiads and lost gold medal only once - in 1978, without 2 their best players that time (Karpov and Tal).
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Yes, That's pretty much what I said. The talent is spread out, so it's more competitive. An even playing field, as it were. But as a fan, I like it when there is clear dominance, it also does more to garner the interest of the general public, For a conniseur of the sport, it may be better now, but I say, as in other sports, such as world hockey, that the general public appreciates dominance. Everybody knew who Kasparov and Carlsen were. And taking down a dominant force meant something. Same with boxing and Mike Tyson. Now there is no-one who stands, out no-one nation/player that catches the public imagination. IMO. But to each his own.
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