Here are the top 7 American juniors according to the August 2009 rating list.
| 1 | GM Hess, Robert | 17 | NY | USA | 2677 |
| 2 | GM Lenderman, Alex | 19 | NY | USA | 2638 |
| 3 | IM Shankland, Samuel | 17 | CA | USA | 2564 |
| 4 | IM Robson, Ray | 14 | FL | USA | 2553 |
| 5 | IM Ludwig, Daniel | 19 | FL | USA | 2543 |
| 6 | IM Bercys, Salvijus | 19 | NY | USA | 2503 |
| 7 | IM Arnold, Marc Tyler | 16 | NY | USA | 2473 |
Which one will reach the highest level 5 years from now?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
No brainer. Robson, of course.
In 5 years at least half of them won’t play chess professionally anymore.
In 5 years at least half of them won’t play ANY organized chess anymore (perhaps on the Internet).
‘In 5 years at least half of them won’t play ANY organized chess anymore (perhaps on the Internet).’
Internet chess is not chess. Its like comparing scrabble with my grandmothers omellete.
Robson. But because he’ll probably be the only one who’ll be playing professionally
“Internet chess is not chess. Its like comparing scrabble with my grandmothers omellete.”
Ewww! Hopefully your grandma got medicine for that omellete infection of hers.
Monostat makes a good cure…
The question is dubious: “Who will reach the highest level”?
Right now, no American is anywhere near the top 20 juniors in the world. The top “American” adult players are all immigrants. What makes you think that any of these boys will reach the highest level?
US chess sucks. Thanks USCF.