A Young World Chess Champion Soon, Says Negi
Thursday 07th of June 2007
News Post India
The game of chess is gradually becoming younger with the advent of technology and very soon we may even have a world champion in his 20s, feels the world’s youngest Grandmaster (GM) Parimarjan Negi.
‘Technology has changed the game a lot. With computers now we can analyse our game and modify different areas where we need. The game is becoming young with lot of young GMs and they are also able to make it due to the advent of computer. Probably the age of a world champion may also go down and we may see one at the age of 25,’ said the 14-year-old GM here Thursday.
Negi, who is considered as a chess prodigy, became the world’s youngest GM at 13 years and 142 days last year when he got his third and final GM norm by drawing with Russian GM Ruslan Sherbakov at the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal chess tournament in Satka. He broke Norwegian wonder kid Magnus Carlsen’s record of 13 years and 147 days.
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We will soon have world champions under 19.
Question: Should chess match players be permitted to listen to iPODs during the game?
Kasparov was 22 when he won WC title.
Lasker was 26 (over 110 years ago!), Tal was 24, Fischer was 29, Karpov was 24, and Kasparov was 22 when they respectively became world champions, Kramnik beat Kasparov in match at age 25 too, so I don’t know why he is thinking that 25 is so unusual to become world champion at? Pononmariov won FIDE version at 18 (though was just FIDE knock-out).
Magnus Carlsen said at the age of 13:
“My goal is to become World Champion. But it has to happen before 2020.”
Look out world!
He broke Norwegian wonder kid Magnus Carlsen’s record of 13 years and 147 days.
They forgot Karjakin?
this subject is being debated to death. more interesting is – when will we have the first world champion aged over 60? I think Steinitz was the oldest so far at 56.
any candidates? anand? karpov? timman?
I think Negi should study chess history before predicting a WC in his 20’s …..
Just because a prodigy is supremely talented in one area does not mean his growth is at a similar level in other areas. A 1500 rated 14 year old who loved and read chess history would never have made the same mistake. We are gifted in different ways. Competitors look straight ahead to attain their goals. But there are other interesting things to see “on the sides.”