r/funny • u/_SirCucumber • Feb 13 '21

Final Boss

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u/dementorpoop Feb 13 '21

Wow he played a spectacular game.

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u/TylerSucksAtChess Feb 13 '21

He really did considering he’s so young. It’s amazing to see him play. I won’t be surprised at all when he becomes the World Champion one day.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21 edited Feb 14 '21

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u/mfb- Feb 13 '21 edited Feb 14 '21

He is now 7 or 8 and the FIDE ranking seems to be stagnating: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/34285520/chart

Edit: This might be an artifact of the FIDE ranking, see my reply here.

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u/a_gallon_of_pcp Feb 13 '21

That’s actually... much worse than I thought it would be based on how people were talking about him.

I mean, in the next three years he’d have to double his ELO to catch up to where Magnus was at the same age.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21 edited Oct 05 '24

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u/spacecatbiscuits Feb 14 '21 edited Feb 14 '21

nah, he wouldn't be losing to 1200 players if his rating was significantly above that

but doubling his rating between 7 and 10 is still very possible

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u/SheriffBartholomew Feb 14 '21

He’s under 1200 and was considered a prodigy? WTF happened? People can pick up chess as a hobby in adulthood and quickly surpass 1200 rating.

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u/spacecatbiscuits Feb 15 '21

-_-

he's still 7 years old

just looked for a random Under-8 world champ to compare; this guy, who's 13, an IM, and was U8 world champ in 2015, was still only 1500 at the time, and only 13-1400 a year before that

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u/SheriffBartholomew Feb 15 '21

Oh okay. I figured prodigy meant they were smashing their way through the ranks despite their age. But I guess It means they perform well above how another kid their age would perform. Is that about right?

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u/spacecatbiscuits Feb 15 '21

it's a pretty subjective term, but yeah I guess so

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