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How Fast do Chess Prodigies Progress?
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13-year old Magnus Carlsen vs. Garry Kasparov, 2004

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Below you can see a rating progress chart for the top-10 youngest GMs in the history of chess, from Sergey Karjakin (earned the title at 12 years 7 months) to Etienne Bacrot (14 years 2 months). Obviously, Magnus Carlsen is dominating just about any age category. Please note that the promising players who haven't made it to the top-10 youngest GMs are not featured, while some of them have very impressive results. A notable example is Anish Giri, who was rated over 2700 at 18 years old.

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Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Geneva
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The Women's Grand Prix will be a series of 6 tournaments held over 2013-2014 with the purpose of determining the Challenger. The first stage will be held from May 3 to 16 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Participants:

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Chess Tactics
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Karjakin (2786) - Kamsky (2741), 2013
Black to move

a) How should Black proceed?
b) How would you evaluate the position?

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Think like a Master
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How do masters approach a chess position? In what way does their thinking process work? How does one become a master?

IM Vladislav Akselrod shares some of his thoughts on this topic by analyzing a recent game between Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian.

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Aronian Wins Alekhine Memorial, Gelfand shares first
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Levon Aronian & Boris Gelfand at the press conference after their Round 5 game. Photo: official website

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Alekhines Memorial was a unique super tournament held in Paris, France and St. Petersburg, Russia, combining chess and art. You can read more about the idea here.


How did the participants fare at the event? Here is our summary:

Levon Aronian: Won the tournament (5.5/9) due to having more decisive games than Gelfand. Confirmed his status of an elite player and secured his #2 position on the world chess rankings.

Boris Gelfand: Once again proved that he is an amazing player. Scored 5.5/9 and shared first place.

Viswanathan Anand: Lost dramatically to Adams in the very first round, but then showed his champions spirit by beating Ding Liren and Fressinet. Bronze for the World Chess Champion (5/9).

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Tactics Training: Erich Eliskases' Games
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by GM Kevin Spraggett
Warning: his blog is amazing, but some of the content is parental advisory

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Today's examples are taken from the games of grandmaster Erich Eliskases (1913 to 1997).  Eliskases was a very strong grandmaster , awarded the title in 1952, and is one of those players whose life was drastically affected by the Second World War. 
 
Born in Innsbruck, he represented Germany several times. In 1939 he found himself in Buenos Aires when the war broke out in Europe.  He decided to stay and make a life for himself in Argentina.  The down side to this is that the German chess federation had had plans to sponsor a match between him and Alekhine for the world championship...not returning home to Germany ended these plans!  Eliskases remains as one of the strongest players of his generation to have appeared.
 
Some of the following examples are quite difficult, so GOOD LUCK!

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Alekhine Memorial. Final Round Odds
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Round 9 starts on May 1, 1 p.m. Moscow time:




Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model

Current standings:

1. Gelfand - 5
2-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Adams, Aronian, Anand - 4.5
6-7. Fressinet, Vitiugov - 4
8. Kramnik - 3.5
9. Ding Liren - 3
10. Svidler - 2.5

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FIDE May 2013 Rating List
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47 players have a rating of 2700+. Many top GMs have achieved their personal records: Kramnik (up to 2811 from 2810), Grischuk (2779-2773), Svidler (2769-2765), Giri (2734-2730), So (2705-2701).

Updated list of all-time highest chess ratings

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Veselin Topalov and Peter Svidler were tied for first at +22 rating points each. Veselin gets featured due to his victory in the Zug Grand Prix stage

All the players rated 2700+:

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Topalov Convincingly Wins Grand Prix Stage in Zug
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Ex-FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov is back! He won the FIDE Grand Prix stage in Zug 1.5 points ahead of the competitors. Additionally, he has gained 22 points and is currently rated 2793 on the live rating list (#4 in the world). What about re-entering the 2800+ club?

Final Standings:

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FIDE Grand Prix, Zug, Final Round Odds
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Round 11 starts on April 30, 4 p.m. Moscow time:





Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model

Current standings:

1. Topalov - 7/9
2. Nakamura - 6
3-4. Ponomariov, Caruana - 5.5
5-7. Kamsky, Morozevich, Karjakin - 5
8-9. Giri, Leko - 4.5
10-12. Radjabov, Kasimdzhanov, Mamedyarov - 4

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