It’s Saturday Open Forum. Linares has just concluded with Anand at the top and Carlsen right behind him. Carlsen has proven this year that he is the real deal. There are talks about him capturing the world #1 ranking by the end of the year. He should already be in the top 5 in a few weeks when the new list come out on April 1.
Another young talent, Fabiano Caruana is leading the 2008 Reykjavik Open. 13 year old Ray Robson is performing at 2555 in the same event. What would you like to discuss? It’s Saturday Open Forum! The Forum is yours!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
what is the formula and the common denominator to produce players like Fabiano, Carlsen, Robson and the Polgars?
El Profesor
In a Chesscafe column you and Paul advised Magnus Carlson to “stay humble”.
How do you and Paul yourselves manage to stay as humble as you do?
el profesor,
Hard work, diligence, focus, and determination to fulfill your dreams.
Anon 10:53,
We love what we do and we care about what we do. We both have fulfilled our personal and professional goals. It is now time to make a positive difference for future generations.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
#1 by the end of the year is quite a lofty expectation for young Magnus. He has played well but I still think he would finsh fourth in a four person tournament with him, Anand, Kramnik, and Aronian. Topalov seems to be scared of the kid, which is why he gets omitted.
Lets give the kid a chance to grow a little bit more before we label him the next dominant player.
Magnus Carlsen may not be the next dominant player – we may have been spoiled by the run of Kasparov and Karpov when they could win both matches and tournaments. Look back at Petrosian, Tal, Botvinnik and Smyslov – yes they all did win major matches but they never played as much as the K’s nor won as regularly. Since Kasparov – none of the others have really been dominant – Topalov, Kramnik or Anand. So we may just be in a phase where there isn’t ‘one’ dominant player and the competition is very broad and tough.
Both Magnus and Fabiano have shown themselves to be the real thing – very strong top GMs and not just the popular creation of favorable press.
I think we are entering the era of the kids and computers. I also doubt we’re going to see one dominant player like we had with Kasparov and Karpov.
Now, what I’d really like to see is a slow move to chess960 by the youngsters. I would love to find out what Magnus and some of the other ‘kids’ think of chess960. I’ve never seen an interview where the question was put to him.
I think the formula is somewhat different for each player. In the case of Carlsen, chess is not work to him at all, it is simply fun. I think this attitude contrasts with what you would see in most of Eastern Europe. Magnus would probably not say he has been working hard to get where he is, he has just enjoyed himself and had a great time with chess. Other than that, he obviously has a large hunger for winning.
Susan,
Have you followed the Rybka-Dzindzichashvili match? Your thoughts on the games and also on human-computer handicapped matches?
Is this a trend we’ll see more of in the future?
Will we be telling the next generation, “there used to be a time when humans played computers straight-up and won!”? 🙂
Since this is an open forum, what is and how does the FIDE Grand Prix work?
El Profesor
womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com
Susan, are you doing the Budapest tour this year?
“Now, what I’d really like to see is a slow move to chess960 by the youngsters.”
I’d like to see the youngsters getting more fresh air.
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One thing that chess has in common with Music and Mathematics is the prodigy. Talent in the young that soars so high and fast is very exciting indeed.
It is not always easy to predict who will make it to the Number 1 position. For example I’ve got to believe that many believed that Kamsky and Short in their day would make it to World Champion.
In Fischer’s day many believed he would make it to World Champion before 1972.
So now we are here in 2008 and Carlsen is 17. It seems likely that Carlsen will make it to World Champion within the next 5 years.
What an exciting time!
We will have to wait and see what will happens when Magnus discovers what he has inside his pants.
Other than that, why is Karjakin being mentioned or invited in big tournaments? Right now, he and Carlsen have quite similar Elo ratings, don’t they?
“Anonymous said…
We will have to wait and see what will happens when Magnus discovers what he has inside his pants.”
What does this mean? Does MAgnus have a mouse in his pants?
10 year old chess player.
i dont see any dominate players like capablanca, fischer and kasparov.. the computers close the gap between the best players in the world… not to mention chess knowledge is reaching a critical mass where its hard to get any better.. i mean does anyone seriously think a human can top 3000 elo.. i doubt it … unless its 20 years from now and the ratings have inflated 200 points…
“wolverine2121 said…
i dont see any dominate players like capablanca, fischer and kasparov.. the computers close the gap between the best players in the world… not to mention chess knowledge is reaching a critical mass where its hard to get any better.. i mean does anyone seriously think a human can top 3000 elo.. i doubt it … unless its 20 years from now and the ratings have inflated 200 points…”
And in the future, when 200 rating points have been inflated, be sure to know that another Polgar will be cheated of those points …