Here are the top juniors in the world according to FIDE. Which one will make the biggest impact in 2009? Will it be Carlsen or are there other dark horses?
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus |
g | NOR | 2776 | 17 | 1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2706 | 17 | 1990 |
3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2696 | 28 | 1990 |
4 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2691 | 7 | 1989 |
5 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2650 | 25 | 1989 |
6 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2646 | 22 | 1992 |
7 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2628 | 8 | 1989 |
8 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2628 | 8 | 1990 |
9 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2627 | 19 | 1993 |
10 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2626 | 22 | 1990 |
11 | Howell, David W |
g | ENG | 2622 | 43 | 1990 |
12 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2614 | 14 | 1990 |
13 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2600 | 35 | 1993 |
14 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2591 | 22 | 1991 |
15 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2587 | 19 | 1989 |
16 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2578 | 40 | 1990 |
17 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2574 | 27 | 1990 |
18 | Gupta, Abhijeet | g | IND | 2569 | 23 | 1989 |
19 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2566 | 38 | 1990 |
20 | Andriasian, Zaven | g | ARM | 2564 | 10 | 1989 |
21 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2564 | 9 | 1992 |
www.fide.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
You forgot Henrique Mecking!
I suppose Carlsen
I’m hoping Wesley So will make the big move in 2009. But more than that, I wish the best in life…not just chess…for that fine young man.
Carlsen is not a dark horse.
Rodshtein!
Tommy!
It is impossible to predict who will continue to climb and who will not. I have read many great things about the (17) world junior champions from 1984 to 2000, but Kasparov remained world champion during that period…
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And Hou Yifan is still not considered as a junior. I think she’ll make a huge impact in women’s chess.
Abhijeet Gupta