How Many Games Did Super GMs Play in 2014?

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Monday, 05 January 2015

Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2744), a second of Viswanathan Anand, has become a super GM himself. In 2014 he overtook Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the most active top player in the world.

One of the common questions asked by chess fans is: "How many games per year should I play?". While the answer strongly depends on the player's personality and level, it is still worth taking a look at what the leading GMs are doing. We have been monitoring the tournament schedules of the world's top-20 players for the last 5 years and sharing our observations with you.

Data for years 2009-2013

Please read further to view the statistics for year 2014:

Sorted by January 1, 2015 FIDE rating:

Carlsen (2862) – 55
Caruana (2820) – 97
Grischuk (2810) – 49
Topalov (2800) – 48
Anand (2797) – 43
Aronian (2797) – 75
Giri (2784) – 94
Kramnik (2783) – 59
Nakamura (2776) – 83
So (2762) – 57
Karjakin (2760) – 97
Mamedyarov (2759) – 76
Vachier-Lagrave (2757) – 92
Gelfand (2747) – 56
Wojtaszek (2744) – 107
Svidler (2739) – 65
Adams (2738) – 53
Andreikin (2737) – 36
Vitiugov (2735) – 30
Radjabov (2734) – 48

Sorted by # of games, standard time control only:

Wojtaszek (2744) – 107
Caruana (2820) – 97
Karjakin (2760) – 97
Giri (2784) – 94
Vachier-Lagrave (2757) – 92
Nakamura (2776) – 83
Mamedyarov (2759) – 76
Aronian (2797) – 75
Svidler (2739) – 65
Kramnik (2783) – 59
So (2762) – 57
Gelfand (2747) – 56
Carlsen (2862) – 55
Adams (2738) – 53
Grischuk (2810) – 49
Topalov (2800) – 48
Radjabov (2734) – 48
Anand (2797) – 43
Andreikin (2737) – 36
Vitiugov (2735) – 30

The median number of games per year is 57-59. It is interesting to compare it to the previous years:

2009: 74-75
2010: 66-67 (decreased by 8 games)
2011-2012: 60 (decreased by 6-7 games)
2013: 79 (increased by 19 games)
2014: 57-59 (decreased by 20-22 games)

Natalia Pogonina played 58 standard time control games in 2014.
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